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Top WHO scientist fired after allegations of sexual misconduct
Dr Maurizio Barbeschi accused of removing trousers in presence of female colleague and urging group of women to 'go and put bikinis on'
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Inside the besieged city of Goma Food is fast running out – and sexual violence is rife
As thousands of civilians swamp DRC’s refugee camps, the sanctuaries are becoming increasingly unsafe for women and children
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Corruption, pollution and exploitation The fallout from China’s push into Africa
In Sierra Leone, the Chinese have stepped into the void left by the British, plundering natural resources and threatening livelihoods
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Remaking Turkey Inside the biggest rebuilding project on earth
After February’s catastrophic earthquakes, Turkey must now repair its broken cities and towns. But can Erdogan and his government deliver?
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‘It was like being on a warfront for two years’ Pandemic experts reveal how they coped with the crisis
When Covid struck, they found themselves leading the UK response. Now, scientists and experts reflect on the highs and lows of the crisis
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‘Six of my classmates died in the war’ The Ukrainian refugees with time ticking on their visas
Thousands of Ukrainians are helping the war effort from afar, but many are continuing to battle old-fashioned British bureaucracy
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Roads to hell The country with the worst motorcycle death rate in the world
The motorbike boom reflects increasing prosperity and freedom – but it has come at a terrible human cost
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Lies, love and deception Inside the cut-throat world of international adoption
Over six decades, a million ‘orphans’ were shipped to the West from around the world. Now many are finding their past was a fabrication
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Drone assassins The AI weapons of mass destruction that could rewrite the rules of war
We are entering the much prophesied age of the killer robot – but do we really know what we’re unleashing?
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The ‘road of death’ A treacherous, jungle trafficking route lined with rotting corpses
Patrolled by drug traffickers and armed bandits, the Darien Gap is a prominent route to North America – and one of the most dangerous
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Deadly cocktail The villagers with no option but to drink toxic water
River pollution is plaguing India, and experts warn it is causing a deadly crisis that threatens the country’s health and prosperity
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Vulture apocalypse Why we should all be worried about the decline of raptors
The birds are synonymous with death and gluttony – but their plummeting numbers could spell serious trouble for humans
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Into the sewers Risking snakes and toxic gases in the ‘world’s worst job’
Manual sewage clearing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, but is widespread among India's outcasts, the ‘untouchable’ caste
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Horn of Africa drought ‘First I lost my livestock, then I lost my children’
Russian food blockade turns lives and livelihoods to dust in Somaliland
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Kabul’s addiction abyss Inside the Taliban’s new drugs hell
The country's heroin reaches all corners of the world, but it is inside Afghanistan itself that a catastrophe of addiction is unfolding
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Snail fever Waterborne parasites are laying eggs inside women’s bodies – with deadly consequences
An invisible enemy lurking beneath the water's surface is leading to cancer and infertility in Zambia
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‘Annihilation by pollution’ Peru’s toxic gold mines
Would-be treasure hunters flock to an uninhabitable town at the top of the world – but the lure of riches comes with a heavy price tag
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Thousands of corpses are rotting on the streets of Khartoum
Health experts warn that decomposing bodies could risk major disease outbreaks, particularly as Sudan approaches cholera season
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Women and children targeted in Haiti kidnap crisis
Data shows almost 300 women and children were kidnapped in the first six months of this year – three times more than the total in 2021
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Niger’s military coup casts doubt on EU migration scheme, warn analysts
The landlocked West African nation has become a bulwark of EU policy to curb migration from Africa into Europe, which is now in jeopardy
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Flaming tornadoes, ‘death ray’ heat – is humanity about to burn alive?
Fire Weather, John Vaillant’s terrifying study of one Canadian wildfire, shows how the threat of global inferno is greater than ever
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As extreme heat and wildfires hit Europe, experts look to Bangladesh for climate change advice
The South Asian country is on the front line of climate change – yet it leads the way in learning how to live with it
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War, Covid and climate change push 122 million more people into hunger, says major new report
Global food insecurity worsens due to the ‘perfect storm’ of worldwide crises
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‘Doomsday’ floods and landslides kill at least 40 in India
Extreme monsoon rainfall has demolished buildings, ripped down bridges, swept away vehicles and breached dams
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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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