Afghans fleeing Pakistan lack water, food and shelter, aid groups say
ISLAMABAD — Afghans fleeing Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are sleeping in the open, without proper shelter, food, drinking water and toilets once they cross the border to their homeland, aid agencies said Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have left Pakistan in recent weeks as…#islamabad #afghans #pakistan #torkham #chaman #taliban #afghanistan #kayalmohammad #pakistani #peshawar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Delhi primary schools to close amidst high pollution levels
[1/5] A man exercises on a playground of the school after primary classes were ordered shut by the Delhi government for Friday and Saturday as the air pollution increased and the air quality index (AQI) plummeted, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 3, 2023. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis…#delhi #aqi #newdelhi #twitter #atishimarlena #iqair #lahore #pakistan #srilanka #worldcup (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Practices for dealing with bullying by educators in Pakistan: results from a study using the handling bullying questionnaire - Siddiqui S, Schultze-Krumbholz A, Hinduja P.
The presence of bullying and cyberbullying in Pakistani primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions has been widely studied. The detrimental effects of these forms of aggression on students' physical, mental, and emotional well-being have been extensivel... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Tens of thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan amid crackdown on migrants
Undocumented Afghans forced to return to Taliban-led homeland after warning from security forces#afghans #taliban (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pakistan Stocks on Track for First Record High in Six Years
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Source: Reuters: Health - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Thomson reports higher third-quarter sales, higher profit
The Thomson Reuters logo is pictured on a building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S. November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters Corp (TRI.TO), on Wednesday reported higher sales and higher…#thomsonreuters #manhattan #newyorkcity #thomsonreuterscorp #trito #legalprofessionals #helencoster #coster #princetonuniversity #pakistan (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

To prevent'lost' nukes, scientists suggest storing them in a hall of mirrors
Researchers say they have developed a method to remotely track the movement of objects in a room using mirrors and radio waves, in the hope it could one day help monitor nuclear weapons stockpiles. According to the non-profit org International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, nine countries,…#unitedkingdom #pakistan #israel #northkorea #unitednationstreaty #cctv #nuke # #sebastienphilippe #naturecommunications (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million
[1/5] Muhammad Rahim, 35, a driver and father of two, who was born in Karachi in an Afghan family, sits with his family in a pickup van as they prepare to return home, after Pakistan gave last warning to undocumented migrants to leave, at a bus stop in Karachi, Pakistan October 29, 2023.…#muhammadrahim #karachi #afghan #pakistan #pakistani #taliban #afghanistan #afghans #abdulmutalebhaqqani #nearkarachi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Sharing ‘ Real-Time ’ Data, Consistent, Simple Messaging Helps
Aradhiya Khan, 25, a transwoman, got her vaccination in the middle of the night in July 2021, when the centre was less crowded, and stood in the women's line as there was none for her gender. By Zofeen EbrahimKARACHI, Oct 31 2023 (IPS) After months of warding off appeals from his employers to get vaccinated for the COVID-19 disease, Mohammad Yusuf, 24, working as a live-in domestic worker in Karachi’s Clifton area, finally relented and got his first shot. “I believed that anyone who took the vaccine would die within two years,” he told IPS. He said he got this information from social media. The people who finally con...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Zofeen Ebrahim Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Featured Headlines Health Human Rights TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report Pakistan Source Type: news

Women and War
By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct 31 2023 (IPS) In 1968, the tobacco company Philip Morris introduced a new cigarette brand called Virginia Slims. Under the slogan “You’ve come a long way, baby” it was exclusively marketed to women. The advertising campaign exploited the civil rights movements of the 1960s, indicating that those cigarettes were enjoyed by strong, independent, and liberated women. A blatant lie – why would “independent” women choose to poison themselves with a commodity which each year causes more than 480,000 deaths in the US alone – nearly one in five deaths? Another question arising from...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jan Lundius Tags: Armed Conflicts Crime & Justice Gender Gender Violence Global Headlines Health Human Rights Peace TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

Australia ’s economic complexity ranking now behind Uganda
Australia’s international ranking in economic complexity has fallen again, with the country now sat at 93 out of 133 countries in an index produced by Harvard University researchers. The Atlas of Economic Complexity, produced by the Growth Lab at Harvard University, shows the country’s has fallen…#harvarduniversity #uganda #pakistan #australian #albanese #jamesriley #email (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

We live in troubled times, but can fear be a force for good?
Anxiety is an obvious response to world events. But what if fear is actually a motivational emotion driving change? Here, author Robert Peckham reveals why the history of fear is the history of hopeOn 22 January 1988, hordes of Pashtun mourners made the journey from Peshawar in Pakistan to Jalalabad in Afghanistan for the funeral ofBacha Khan, a political leader who campaigned against British colonial rule. Among them was Robert Peckham, a British student who was backpacking around the region. He hopped in a van with some friends, journalists and the editor of theFrontier Postand travelled along the winding Khyber Pass, a ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 29, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Will Coldwell Tags: Anxiety Israel-Hamas war Ukraine Coronavirus World news Europe Books Culture Society Science Source Type: news

Elon Musk Still Hasn ’t Deleted X Post Falsely Showing 26 US Military Bases Around Iran: ‘Oh the Irany,’ He Writes
Elon Musk tweeted a graphic early Saturday of a map showing Iran surrounded by over two dozen American flags, each of which meant to represent a U.S. military base. The graphic read, “Iran wants war. Look how close they put their country to our military bases.” Musk added, “Oh the Irany.” The…#elonmusk #iran #afghanistan #pakistan #turkmenistan #bbcverify #shayansardarizadeh #sardarizadeh #bagramairfield #pakistani (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

International Oscar Race: Pakistan Submits Cannes Title ‘In Flames’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Zarrar Kahn’s horror film “In Flames” is Pakistan’s entry for the international feature Oscar. The film debuted at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight earlier this year. In the Karachi-set film, after the death of the family patriarch, a mother and daughter’s precarious existence is ripped apart by…#zarrarkahns #inflames #pakistan #oscar #karachi #anamabbas #shantjoshi #toddbrown #maximecottray #xyzs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pakistan Prepares to Deport Afghans Fearful of Life Back Home
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Source: Reuters: Health - October 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news