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Kiribati is the first country that is going to be completely wiped off the map by rising sea levels

"Groundwater depletion will soon be as important a factor in contributing to sea-level rise as the melting of glaciers other than those in Greenland and Antarctica, scientists say."

Disparities, Whites, Black, Hispanic

Lost since 1979 ... about 80 per cent of summer sea-ice. Photo: Nick Cobbing Climate change has moved into a new and dangerous phase. The Arctic has been warming two to three times faster than the rest of the world.

Germany has pledged to take in 5,000 refugees from Syria. But they still haven't arrived. Human rights organizations complain that the EU's refugee policy is marked by a lack of solidarity.

Now there are 1 million child refugees from Syria. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23803308

Some facts about the refugees and where they stay. Worth a look. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23801200

The triple threat of drug smuggling, illegal aliens, violent gangs, and the concomitant rise in violence is no more evident than in the state of Texas. Along the U.S. border with Mexico there are 43 Ports of Entry. Of these 43 entry points, 18 are in Texas.

Asia is in the grip of a diabetes epidemic. In human and financial terms, the burden is huge and it is hitting the poor especially hard. Often thought of as a disease of the rich, experts say the unabating rise may be fuelled as much by food scarcity and insecurity as it is by excess. Changing lifestyles, rapid urbanisation and cheap calories in the form of processed foods are putting more and more people at risk of developing Type-2 diabetes. There are now 382 million people worldwide living with diabetes, according to new figures from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). More than half are in Asia and the Western Pacific, where 90-95% of cases are classed as Type-2.

In the run up to a key global warming report, those sceptical of mainstream opinion on climate change claim they are "winning" the argument. They say a slowing of temperature rises in the past 15 years means the threat from climate change is exaggerated.

In developing nations, where improvements in health care and sanitation are seeing death rates fall, birth rates still remain relatively high. This is leading to rapidly rising populations. In fact, 97 out of every 100 new people on the planet are currently born in developing countries.