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Is Britain ready for the next pandemic?
As bird flu and m-pox continue to spread, experts are asking, ‘what’s the plan?’ in the event of a new pandemic. We assess UK preparedness
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Suicide by self-immolation ‘I poured gasoline then set fire to my clothes – the flames shot up my body’
A disturbing trend has swept Kurdish-governed Iraq. Many women see the horrifying act as their only escape from domestic abuse
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Hazard or heritage? Mongolia saddles up for fight over child jockeys
Traditionalists and human rights groups clash over a dangerous custom that has killed at least 30 children over two decades
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Smothered by the Sahara Dust storms are becoming ‘more frequent and severe’ – so are we prepared?
As haze from the Sahara envelops Athens, scientists are racing to explain a worrying global trend
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The deadly ‘dzud’ A deep freeze has decimated millions of farm animals in Mongolia
The East Asian nation is in the grip of a weather phenomenon known as the ‘dzud’ – its worst in decades. Is climate change to blame?
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‘What kind of man cries?’ The country with the highest suicide rate in the world
Mental illness is described as a ‘white man’s disease’ in Lesotho – it’s a mindset with deadly consequences
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Back from the brink The secret rewilding project that could save the white rhino
Poachers have driven the species to the edge of extinction – but an ambitious programme hopes to permanently secure its future
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Fifty days in chains The Thai hostage who survived Hamas
Phonsawan Pinakalo was taken prisoner on October 7. He endured beatings, bombings and solitary confinement – but lived to tell the tale
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‘They kill and play with their victims’ bodies like dolls’ The elephants terrorising Thailand
After years of endangerment, elephant numbers in the wild have surged – with deadly consequences for local communities
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Ebola 10 years on The survivors still infectious a decade after the world’s biggest outbreak
A decade after the virus ravaged West Africa, the threat of its return looms in an unlikely source: the testicles of men who survived
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Vaccine drought ‘Immunisation would have kept my child alive’
Unvaccinated children across Africa are dying from easily preventable diseases. A new project in Ethiopia is using solar power to fix this
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Kissinger’s legacy The invisible killer haunting Laos 50 years after the Vietnam War
US officials including Kissinger approved a relentless bombing campaign in Laos. The legacy remains deadly in the munitions-strewn country
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Virus jungles Inside one of the world’s deadliest forests – and the bushmeat hunters risking contagion
Ebola, Marburg and never-before-seen infections are spilling over into Guinea’s hunter communities. Scientists fear biological catastrophe
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‘Cash for kidneys’ Global private hospital group embroiled in organ racket
Desperate young people from Myanmar selling their organs to rich patients of India's prestigious Apollo Hospitals chain
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‘It was a needless death’ The forgotten victims of the pandemic
As the Covid Inquiry resumes, among those waiting for answers are families who needlessly lost loved ones to the virus
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Solar storm Why the next disaster to strike will come from the sun
From satellite blackouts to power cuts, the next major solar storm will cause worldwide chaos. Scientists believe it's only a matter of time
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Six years trapped at sea ‘I was beaten with barbed stingray tails and scalded by boiling water’
A decade after reports of modern slavery in Thailand’s trawler fleet first emerged, ‘unfinished’ reforms mean fishermen remain abused
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Conflict is undermining efforts to boost child vaccination rates, UN warns
In 2023, 14.5 million children did not receive a single shot for diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus – a jump from 13.9 million in 2022
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From monster to minister: Is the past about to catch up with Liberia’s war criminals?
They got away with murder during years of bloodshed. Now, a proposed war crimes court is making hardened killers uneasy
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‘People are dying of hunger’: Sudan’s war starves a nation into submission
The conflict has so far displaced at least 9.3 million people. Now, large parts of the country have run out of food
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Are warmer temperatures causing fungi to attack humans? Two deaths in China suggest it may be
The pathogen’s unusual characteristics raise concerns that climate change could make fungal infections increasingly dangerous to humans
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West Nile fever surges in Israel
Case numbers are at their highest level since 2000, experts say climate change and the ongoing conflict with Gaza could be responsible
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Why Alaska’s elite firefighters are being deployed to protect its permafrost
In a groundbreaking move, the state’s ‘smokejumpers’ will now combat fires that could further exacerbate climate change
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Has the pandemic made us sicker?
The momentous two year event had a profound impact on health ecosystems globally – but its legacy goes beyond a possible immunity debt
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This city was built on diamonds but its citizens are starving
Mbuji-Mayi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, made its wealth out of diamonds. Now, the city is overcome by poverty and malnutrition
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‘The new rock n roll stars of our time’: Photographer Rankin swaps celebrities for scientists
Acclaimed artist – renowned for his portraits of Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II – fixes his lens on hidden heroes
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