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‘Invisible killer’: fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds

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Pollution from power plants, vehicles and other sources accounted for one in five of all deaths that year, more detailed analysis reveals

Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering one in five of all people who died that year, new research has found.

Countries with the most prodigious consumption of fossil fuels to power factories, homes and vehicles are suffering the highest death tolls, with the study finding more than one in 10 deaths in both the US and Europe were caused by the resulting pollution, along with nearly a third of deaths in eastern Asia, which includes China. Death rates in South America and Africa were significantly lower.

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Olympic committee condemns president’s remarks about women as volunteers quit

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Yoshiro Mori of Tokyo organising committee under growing pressure to step down as anger grows

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has condemned derogatory remarks about women by the head of the Tokyo 2020 Games organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, as “absolutely inappropriate”.

The unusually strong intervention came after Mori complained last week that meetings tended to drag on because “competitive” women in attendance “talked too much”.

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Outcry as more than 20 babies and children deported by US to Haiti

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Ice accused of sending ‘defenseless babies into the burning house’ as deportations of 72 carried out in apparent breach of Biden order

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) deported at least 72 people to Haiti on Monday, including a two-month-old baby and 21 other children, in an apparent flagrant breach of the Biden administration’s orders only to remove suspected terrorists and potentially dangerous convicted felons.

The children were deported to Haiti on Monday on two flights chartered by Ice from Laredo, Texas to the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. The removals sent vulnerable infants back to Haiti as it is being roiled by major political unrest.

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Coronavirus tracker: California reported 7,692 new cases, 163 new deaths as of Feb. 7

California communities reported 7,692 new cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, Feb. 7, bringing the total number of cases to 3,394,577, according to California public health websites.

The 14-day average of 16,600 daily new cases is down 60.9% from the Jan. 1 high of 42,468.

There were 163 new deaths reported Sunday, for a total of 44,137 people in California who have died from the virus.

California saw 391 fewer hospitalizations on Sunday from the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 12,085, a 47.1% decrease from the Jan. 6 high of 22,853, according to California public health websites.

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Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Johns Hopkins University, the World Health Organization, the California Department of Public Health, The Associated Press, reporting counties and news sources

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