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Millions breathe hazardous air in Amazon as drought, wildfires spread through rainforest

Millions breathe hazardous air in Amazon as drought, wildfires spread through rainforest

Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought. In Manaus, a city of 2 million, air quality ranked among the worst globally, leading…
October 10 marks World Mental Health Day

October 10 marks World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health in order to bring more…
Special wheelchair allows users to stand, climb stairs

Special wheelchair allows users to stand, climb stairs

A team of scientists at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), led by Dr. Chan-hoon Park, have designed and developed a special powered wheelchair that addresses the major problems regular products cause for people with walking disability. The…
Amazon’s first internet satellite launch was a success

Amazon’s first internet satellite launch was a success

Amazon launched its first two prototype satellites into space on Friday in a challenge to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service. The e-commerce and web services giant’s Project Kuiper aims to provide fast and affordable broadband internet around the world by…
Rights groups voice concern over unjust placement of Muslims on blacklists across Europe

Rights groups voice concern over unjust placement of Muslims on blacklists across Europe

Muslim leaders have called on European governments to take measures against Islamophobia in Europe at security and human rights conference in Poland Report: Muslim civil society groups from Europe warned of the growing level of Islamophobia spreading across the continent…
Kenya: Large crowd of Muslims protest against LGBTQ rights

Kenya: Large crowd of Muslims protest against LGBTQ rights

Hundreds of Kenyan Muslims marched on the country’s Supreme Court Friday in protest against a recent decision upholding the right of LGBTQ groups to associate and form non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Deutsche Welle reported on Saturday, October 7. Angered Muslims carrying…
Climate disasters displaced 43m children in past six years, UNICEF reports

Climate disasters displaced 43m children in past six years, UNICEF reports

At least 43 million child displacements were linked to extreme weather events over the past six years, the equivalent of 20,000 children being forced to abandon their homes and school every single day, new research has found. Floods and storms…
Shia loyalists in Germany celebrate blessed birth anniversary of Honorable Prophet, Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq

Shia loyalists in Germany celebrate blessed birth anniversary of Honorable Prophet, Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq

The Shia devotees of AhlulBayt, peace be upon them, in Germany have celebrated the blessed birth anniversary of the Honorable Prophet and his grandson Imam Jafar Al-Sadiq, peace be upon them. The husseiniyya of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, in…
October 2nd marks International Day of Non-Violence

October 2nd marks International Day of Non-Violence

On June 15, 2007, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared October 2 — the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s independence movement — as the International Day of Non-Violence. The UN resolution is intended to promote the culture…
Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows up tea shop in Somalia capital, kills at least seven

Al-Shabab suicide bomber blows up tea shop in Somalia capital, kills at least seven

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday at a tea shop in Somalia’s capital, killing at least seven people, Al Jazeera reported. The Sunni-extremist al-Shabab terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Arabic media…
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