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Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Cascades of rain…

The Times of India

Asia Cup: Afghanistan revelling in familiar conditions

SHARJAH: Much of the talk leading to the Asia Cup here in UAE has been around how the conditions have become as good as home conditions for India and Pakistan. However, as Afghanistan roared into the Super 4s here in the Asia Cup after beating Bangladesh on Tuesday, captain Mohammad…

The Times of India

Pakistan: Major health risks unfolding amid floods

According to a preliminary assessment conducted by WHO and humanitarian partners, the current level of devastation is much more severe than that caused by floods in Pakistan in previous years, including those that devastated the country in 2010," said Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Disasters Emergency Committee launches urgent Pakistan flood relief appeal

The DEC, made up of 15 UK charities, is urging everyone to donate whatever they can spare to help relief efforts.

The Independent UK

Pakistan steps up aid efforts after ravaging floods

Millions trapped by monsoon floods await help amid threats of more flooding.

Al Jazeera

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan appears in court in contempt case

The five-member bench of the IHC heard the case where Khan was summoned in personal capacity.

Al Jazeera

Health officials warn of major outbreaks of disease after severe floods in Pakistan

Diarrhoea and malaria cases spread, with risk of dysentery and cholera, as millions of displaced people forced to drink flood water

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Pakistan floods: Is climate change responsible?

Torrential monsoon rains, extreme temperatures and melting Himalayan glaciers conspire to bring chaos to country particularly vulnerable to consequences of global heating

The Independent UK

Pakistan PM Sharif thanks Modi for concern over losses caused by massive floods

Floods triggered by unprecedented monsoon rains have caused widespread havoc across Pakistan, killing over 1,100 people and displacing 33 million or one-seventh of the country's population

The Hindu

First came the heatwaves, then the floods: Why Pakistan is on the frontline of the climate crisis

“Literally a third of the country is under water,” Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman warned this week, after the death toll from the nation’s devastating floods topped 1,100 after record monsoon rains. The torrential downpours come after a series of heat waves, highlighting Pakistan’s vulnerability to climate change.

France 24

From furnace to flood: world's hottest city in Pakistan now under water

Not long ago, Sara Khan, principal at a school for disadvantaged girls in Jacobabad in southern Pakistan, looked on in alarm as some students passed out from the heat - the city was the world's hottest at one point in May.

Reuters

Daily Dose Ep 1138: Mamata’s nephew gets ED summons, last Soviet leader dies

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Punjab, Jharkhand, New Delhi, West Bengal, Pakistan, and Russia.

Newslaundry

Nicola Sturgeon urged to send more aid to flood-hit Pakistan

NICOLA Sturgeon's government faces calls to send further aid to the victims of Pakistan's floods as one third of the country is under water.

The National (Scotland)

Pakistan floods are tied to global warming, and exceed past events

Large parts of provinces are under water.

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First Thing: Mikhail Gorbachev, ‘one-of-a kind’ Soviet leader, dies

Western figures praise former president who helped end the cold war. Plus, US states ‘rolling back’ LGBTQ rights

The Times of India

India, Pakistan fined for slow-over rate in their Asia Cup opener

DUBAI: India and Pakistan have been fined 40 percent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate in their opening Group A match of the Asia Cup.

The Guardian - UK

‘Just a pile of mud’: Pakistani floods force family to rebuild home again

As well as losing livestock and crops, villagers must rebuild homes for a second time after floods destroyed them in 2010

Dublin Live

Charlie Bird wishes he 'had a voice' after seeing climate catastrophe

The veteran journalist admitted that he is struggling in the run up to his birthday

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Flooding has devastated Pakistan – and Britain’s imperial legacy has made it worse

Colonialism and its aftereffects have left regions such as south Punjab resource-starved, poverty-stricken and deeply vulnerable to floodwaters, says Yale University’s Shozab Raza

The Independent UK

In Pakistan, fears of waterborne diseases as floods recede

Officials in Pakistan are raising concerns about the spread of waterborne diseases among thousands of flood victims as waters from powerful monsoon rains began to recede in many parts of the country

Reuters

Pakistanis protect homes against devastating floods; aid arrives

Residents in southern Pakistan used sandbags to shield their homes from surging floodwaters that inundated a major highway on Wednesday, as global aid began arriving with food, medicine and tents to help alleviate a major national disaster.

France 24

From the 1997 archives: How the press reported Princess Diana's death

IN THE PAPERS - Wednesday, August 31: We look at reactions in the front pages and illustrated press after the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev passed away at the age of 91. Also, Pakistan and the UN launch an appeal after devastating floods that are being blamed on climate change.…

The Hindu

Partition and the heavy bangle of history

India and Pakistan follow different versions of the history of Partition. Moving forward collectively is still best achieved through individual stories and portrayals

The Times of India

PCB to manage all six teams of its junior T20 league after failing to attract bids for team rights

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to manage all six teams of the Pakistan Junior League T20 after failing to sell the team rights.

The Independent UK

For Pakistan flood victims, waters hit swiftly and brutally

Pakistani flood survivors recount how the surging waters were like nothing they had ever seen before, striking their homes swiftly and brutally

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