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Drone photos over Aleppo, Syria show the massive devastation caused by the earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey, leaving tens of thousands dead and injured

Expert comment: Professor Walker on the Türkiye/Syria earthquake disaster

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No United Nations member state, whichever continent they are in, can claim [the war] does not concern them. Credit: Shutterstock

Expert Comment: No UN member, whichever continent they are in, can claim Russia's invasion does not concern them

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Policy
Social Sciences
Somali families: Our research found a 1 °C warming is estimated to lead to a ten-fold increase in expected displacement. It is alarming that, even this marginal change in temperature, has such a huge impact. It highlights the likely effect climate change

Small temperature rise can cause large scale forced migration - study

Climate change
Environment
Research
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Monument of Independence of Ukraine in Kyiv: In the years prior to, and in the three decades since, the USSR’s collapse, Ukraine had a civil society and sense of national identity. Credit: Shutterstock

Expert Comment: Three decades on, Ukraine, a sovereign country, is fighting a war for independence

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Social Sciences
Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap launched

Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development Roadmap launched

COVID-19 vaccine
Health
Medical Sciences
Letting the tech take the strain

40% of time spent on mundane chores could be automated within 10 years – AI experts

Artificial Intelligence
Research
Social Sciences
Technology
NHS COVID-19 app saved estimated 10,000 lives in its first year, research finds

NHS COVID-19 app saved estimated 10,000 lives in its first year, research finds

Coronavirus
Health
The build-up of Russian troops on the Ukraine border could lead to open conflict. Russian forces are massing on Ukraine's border. Military intervention, war crisis risk

Expert Comment: This is no proxy war - Russia really invaded Ukraine

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Social Sciences
Picture shows Dame Angela McLean standing in front of the Ministry of Defence

Oxford Biology don named new Chief Scientific Adviser

Biology
Policy
Shrinking cities? This sudden shock [the COVID-19 pandemic] was especially pronounced in Europe’s largest 66 metropolitan areas (cities with 500,000 inhabitants and above). Almost all experienced a drop in population growth rates. Credit: Shutterstock

Nine in ten major metropolitan areas in Europe lost population because of COVID-19 pandemic

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