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The disturbing world of child brides: Shocking images show girls young enough to be in pre-school who are married off to older men
There are today more than 650 million women suffering the direct consequences of child marriage. Global instability - war and ...
The National on MSN3d
A look back at the UAE's first Unesco World Heritage site in Al Ain as Sharjah joins the list
Sharjah’s Faya palaeolandscape has won Unesco World Heritage Status. The ancient desert in central Sharjah boasts one of the world’s oldest and most uninterrupted records of human presence, dating ...
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Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries, UN agency says
Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...
The Canadian Press on MSN5d
Today-History-Jul20
Today in History for July 20: ...
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Folk Gossip
In a poem called ‘Berlin’, from Being Reflected Upon (2024) she talks about that afternoon: ‘I like to sit on a park bench ...
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River of life
One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals aims to secure clean water and good sanitation for all by 2030, in recognition of ...
‘We smoked cannabis in Kabul hostels’: Four writers recall the Middle East’s golden age of travel
Travellers nowadays are advised not to visit much of the war-torn region, but it once formed part of the ‘hippie trail’ loved ...
Syria's Druze avoided the worst of the 14-year civil war — and want little to do with new rulers
It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...