Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges — Global Issues

Pacific Community-Led Health Missions Arrive with Critical Support to Tonga and Kiribati Grappling with COVID-19 Surges — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Pacific Community health experts conduct laboratory training for COVID-19 testing with their healthcare colleagues in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Credit: Pacific Community (SPC) by Catherine Wilson (canberra, australia) Tuesday, May 03, 2022 Inter Press Service CANBERRA, Australia, May 03 (IPS) – Before the pandemic emerged in 2020, health services in many Pacific Island…

Deadly mosque explosion ‘another painful blow to the people of Afghanistan’ — Global Issues

Deadly mosque explosion ‘another painful blow to the people of Afghanistan’ — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The blast at the Khalifa Sahib mosque, located in the Darulaman area in the west of the city, is the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in the capital and provinces.  The explosion tore through the mosque, damaging the roof, which caved in on worshippers, the UN…

Deadly mosque explosion ‘another painful blow to the people of Afghanistan’ — Global Issues

Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The extreme heat is impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, threatening to damage whole ecosystems. Working closely with health and disaster management agencies, the national meteorological and hydrological departments in both countries, plan to roll out heat health action…

Torres Strait Islanders fight the loss of their ancestral home — Global Issues

Torres Strait Islanders fight the loss of their ancestral home — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The Torres Strait Islands, an autonomous part of Australia, are particularly vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis, and extreme weather, including storms, rising sea levels and erosion, are a major threat to the indigenous people, who have inhabited the islands for some 70,000 years. With the case ongoing,…