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BERLIN: The German Protestant Church on Thursday acknowledged it did not do enough to protect children after an independent study revealed thousands of cases of sexual abuse within the organisation. The study estimated that the number of minors who fell victim to church ministers and staff may be as high as 9,355. Researchers made the calculation after reviewing the files …

PARIS: The number of people under 50 diagnosed with cancer has surged worldwide in the last three decades but it is not fully clear why, a study said on Wednesday. Cases of cancer among people aged 14 to 49 rose by nearly 80 percent, from 1.82 million to 3.26 million, between 1990 to 2019, according to the study published in …

PARIS: Amid record-high temperatures globally, a study on Monday reveals that a few days of searing heat can be enough to prevent billions of people already living hand-to-mouth on daily wages from putting food on the table. A week of extreme temperatures in India, for example, means an additional eight million people will likely experience serious food insecurity, according to …

GENEVA: Europe is now the fastest warming continent on the planet, with the temperature having risen by about twice the global average since the 1980s, according to a joint report by the World Meteorological Organisation and the European Union. Europe’s summer last year was the hottest on record and caused thousands of deaths, scientists confirmed, while warning that such events …

BEIRUT: Syria’s 11-year war has provided a “drone laboratory” to countries, militants and other armed groups, with some weapons trialled and later deployed in Ukraine, peace monitors said on Tuesday. Six countries have deployed 39 models of military drones over the war’s course, according to a new report published on Tuesday by Dutch-based peace-building organisation PAX. “Countries and non-state armed …

LAHORE: As the authorities and key government figures have been drawing attention to the economic losses due to illegal trade, the country’s shadow economy accounts for about 40 per cent of GDP, while 6pc of the gross domestic product is being stolen every year, according to a study on tax evasion in five sectors, including tea, tobacco, tyres & auto …

WELLINGTON: Polynesian seafarers likely reached Antarctica hundreds of years before the Western explorers usually credited with discovering the frozen continent, a new study has concluded. New Zealand researchers scoured so-called “grey literature” — including oral records, historic indigenous artworks and non-academic sources — looking for links between Maori people and Antarctica. “When you put it together, it’s really clear, there’s …

ROME: Antibodies against coronavirus remained in the blood of patients with Covid-19 for at least eight months after they were infected, Italian researchers said on Tuesday. They were present “regardless of the severity of the illness, the age of the patients or the presence of other pathologies,” according to a statement from the San Raffaele hospital in Milan. The researchers, …

LONDON: Britain is home to at least 100,000 modern slaves according to a new study, 10 times more than the official estimate, as activists warned 90pc of victims may be going undetected. Anti-slavery charity Justice and Care and think tank The Centre for Social Justice said the real number could be even higher, and warned that the coronavirus pandemic was …

The United States may need to endure social distancing measures adopted during the coronavirus outbreak until 2022, according to researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health. The study comes as more than 2,200 people died in the United States from the outbreak on Tuesday, a record, according to a Reuters tally, even as the country debated how to reopen its economy. The overall …