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Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to address climate crisis through new Bezos Earth Fund

He said the grant will fund scientists, activists and NGO's to explore new ways of fighting the impact of climate change.

Polar vortex freezes US Midwest; schools, postal services shut down as authorities struggle to provide shelter to homeless

Winter's sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory, prompting officials throughout the Midwest in the US to take extraordinary measures to protect the homeless as the chill of the polar vortex froze a huge chunk of the region.

Fire destroys around 150 shanties in Noida village, leaves hundreds of daily wage earners homeless

Around 150 shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out at a village here early Friday, leaving hundreds of people, mostly daily wage earners, in temporary shelters

Nigeria floods: 199 people killed, 286,119 homeless after Niger and Benue rivers overflow, says disaster management agency

A national disaster has been declared in Nigeria's Kogi, where the Niger and Benue rivers meet, along with Delta and Anambra in the south.

Alcoholism, diseases, poverty define everyday struggles of Chennai's pavement dwellers as govt refuses to count them as homeless

People living on the footpaths of Chennai belong to a different category called ‘pavement-dwellers’ and there are no benefits or schemes meant for them

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos commits $2 billion to help homeless, finance pre-schools

This marks a deeper foray into philanthropy for Bezos, whose fortune is more than $160 billion.

Heavy snowfall hits Europe, kills 55; 'Beast from the East' blizzards snap transportation links across continent

Heavy snowfall and deadly blizzards lashed Europe on Thursday, forcing airports to cancel or delay flights around the continent, as a deep freeze gripped countries.

Mann Ki Baat: Narendra Modi lauds Indian women in 40th edition of monthly radio programme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation in his first Mann Ki Baat radio address of 2018 on Sunday at 11 am

BJP questions AAP over deaths of 42 homeless people in Delhi, urges all-party meeting to address issue

BJP questioned the AAP government in Delhi over the deaths of 42 homeless people in the city this month, saying that if Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would have taken an interest, their lives could have been saved

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