Saturday, November 25, 2023

5 wounded in Russian drone attack on Kyiv, mayor of Ukrainian capital says

A man collects broken glass after the explosion of a downed Russian drone in Kyiv.

Ukraine's capital suffered what officials said was Russia's largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-drones-kyiv-1.7040154?cmp=rss

Pregnant people, children face 'dire' health consequences from climate change, WHO warns

 In this Jan. 26, 2016 photo, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos holds her son Juan Pedro, who was born with microcephaly, outside her house in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Santos was never diagnosed with Zika, but she blames the virus for her son's defect and for the terrible toll it has taken on her life.

Pregnant individuals face “extreme health risks from climate catastrophes,” according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pregnant-people-children-face-dire-health-consequences-from-climate-change-who-warns-1.7038058?cmp=rss