Climate change exacts heavy toll on Middle East
Temperatures in the Middle East rise faster than the global average with shrinking rainfall and increasing droughts. Iraq endures sandstorms while Egypt’s Nile Delta suffers rising soil salinity. Afghanistan faces out‑migration amid drought as COP27 in Egypt spotlights needs for billions in climate financing and adaptation funding.
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Pope Francis Mass in Canada amid residential school apology
Pope Francis drew about 50 000 worshippers to Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton for a Mass after delivering a national apology for the Catholic Churchs role in Canada's residential school system. He urged reverence for grandparents while residents pressed for fuller acknowledgment of church institutions in colonial policies. Moray Sinclair urged deeper accountability, noting the church was a co author of the era's darkest chapters.
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