Storms, floods and wildfires led to more than 43 million displacements of children between 2016 and 2021. The UN agency warned that 100 million more children could be displaced by extreme weather over the next 30 years.
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Kazakhstan and China Reach New Level of Partnership
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held several meetings May 18 with the senior management of large Chinese companies engaged in the production, processing, and transportation of oil and gas, petrochemistry, energy, metallurgy, telecommunications, as well as financial and banking activities and the investment sector. According to CITIC Group Chair Zhu Hexin, the company signed five commercial documents worth over $1.6 billion with Kazakh partners to implement projects in the energy and petrochemical industries.
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Indian Ocean Island Games opening ceremony killed at least 12
A stampede of sports fans trying to enter Madagascar’s national stadium for the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games has killed at least 12 and left around 85 injured.
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China will skip G20 summit in India
Chinese President Xi Jinping is apparently skipping this week’s Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. Instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the September 9-10 gathering.
