There are 62.5 million internally displaced persons worldwide, according to 2022 data by the UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. These individuals were forced to leave their homes but remain in the same country.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2024
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They are indispensable in journalism, but their work is often overlooked: fixers, the locally-based collaborators who assist foreign war correspondents with their work. Since the outbreak of covid-19, these local contact ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2021
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Around the world there are 10 wars are being fought, according to recent figures. That covers humanity's most deadly clashes, but the figure rises to 49 if you count those state-based conflicts where 'only' 1,000 people or ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2019
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Have fun remembering all of your passwords.
Business
Apr 17, 2019
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Rates of deforestation in war zones increase dramatically once peace is declared, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.
Environment
Dec 5, 2018
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The heaviest snowfall in four years in Britain caused travel mayhem Sunday, while more than 300 flights were cancelled at Germany's busiest airport and a ferry ran aground in the French port of Calais.
Environment
Dec 11, 2017
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If you get pneumonia, or even an infected cut, your body is now a war zone.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 13, 2016
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A device billed as the world's first ethically sourced smartphone was unveiled in London this week, but despite thousands of pre-orders its designer says the project remains a huge gamble.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 19, 2013
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The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been hard on military marriages, with the risk of divorce rising directly in relation to the length of time enlisted service members have been deployed to combat zones, according to a ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Lockheed Martin has announced that it intends to build a new kind of extraction and payload delivery craft that can be flown remotely or at times autonomously. The craft is to resemble a helicopter, but will ...
