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man and woman side by side

Residents of informal settlements among the most at risk from climate change 

In Karachi, Pakistan, a tragedy this past summer highlighted those risks. 

The Nehr-i-Khayyam drainage ditch in Karachi, Pakistan, where sewage and trash collect and can impede the flow of stormwater.

‘The system is broken’: At COP27, developing countries push for more money to adapt to climate change

Climate Change
A police officer examines a damaged car at the site of a firing incident, in Karachi, Pakistan

Taliban takeover could mean more security challenges for Chinese projects in Pakistan

Business, Economics and Jobs
A massive protest of women wearing colorful head wraps and masks with signs supporting Karima Mehrab Baloch.

Canada urged to investigate the death of Baloch human rights activist 

Human rights
Adults and children swim in water near a large, white building in the background and birds flying overhead

In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat

The Big Fix
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Ambulances and fire brigade vehicles gather at the site of a passenger plane crash in a residential area near an airport in Karachi, Pakistan, on May 22, 2020.

Plane crashes in Karachi with at least 99 aboard; Khashoggi’s children ‘pardon’ father’s killers; Trump to withdraw from arms control treaty

Top of The World

Top of The World is our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here Plane crashes in Karachi with at least 99 aboard A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with at least 99 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area of the city of Karachi on Friday, with many feared dead, officials said. The […]

The author's 3-year-old daughter Leila has been occupying herself during the "stay at home" order in Boston amid the coronavirus outbreak by making cards and beaded necklaces for her preschool friends. 

How families around the world talk coronavirus with kids

COVID-19

It’s hard explaining to kids what COVID-19 is, much less the new restrictions that come with it. Reporter Ari Daniel spoke to a bunch of families all over the world about their challenges and how they’re making do.  

Pashtun women in Pakistan hold posters of their missing family members

Is Pakistan poised for a Pashtun Spring?

Global Politics

Pashtuns are an ethnic minority group composed largely of about 30 million people in Pakistan. They have also gone missing by the thousands.

A portrait of assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is displayed atop a table in Islamabad.

Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The theories behind the murder

Conflict

Ten years after former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, was killed in Rawalpindi the unanswered questions about her assassination still fuel conspiracy theories.

Thousands of people attend the funeral procession of Amjad Sabri, killed when unidentified gunmen open fire on his car in Karachi, Pakistan.

Another assassination in Pakistan, new determination to ‘keep on keepin’ on’

Conflict

After a singer is killed in Karachi, a numbness follows. Says one who has survived the city’s attacks by Muslim extremists: “I know I will be killed in this war.”

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