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• The World Health Organization listed unhealthy foods, education of health care workers and epidemic preparation among the pressing issues going into the new decade.
• Cities around the world are facing dangerously poor levels of air quality due to pollution, which kills approximately 7 million people a year, WHO stated.

Geneva, Jan.15.– Climate change, infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance all made the World Health Organization's list of "urgent global health challenges" the world will face in the new decade.

The health organization released a list this week of the most pressing health issues facing people that was "developed with input from our experts around the world." The list "reflects a deep concern that leaders are failing to invest enough resources in core health priorities and systems."

An Iranian missile likely brought down a Ukrainian plane. Here’s how it could have happened.

Ottawa, Jan.9.– An Iranian missile appears to have brought down a Ukrainian passenger plane over Iran this week killing 176 people – including 63 Canadians – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday.

“We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile,” Trudeau said during a news conference in Ottawa.

“This may well have been unintentional.”

The country's new climate law shows that governments don’t have to choose between the environment and the economy.

 Paris, Jan.8.– After millions of people worldwide took to the streets last September to demand politicians take action against climate change, climate scientists were disappointed by the outcome of December's U.N. climate summit. Developed countries made no commitments to cut emissions in the near-term or to finance developing countries' emissions goals. Although the European Commission (aside from Poland) separately pledged a "Green Deal" to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, experts say it isn't enough.

"Everyone needs to get to net zero by 2050, but we won't stay on track if we don't see significant reductions by 2030," says Rachel Cleetus, policy director and lead economist in the Climate and Energy Program at the Union for Concerned Scientists, an independent advocacy nonprofit that represents a network of 25,000 scientists, economists and other experts around the world.

According to Kenya Defence Forces, an attempt was made to breach security at Manda Air Strip. The attempted breach was successfully repulsed. Four terrorists bodies have so far been found.

 Nairobi, Jan.5.– Militant group Al-Shabab attacked a military base in Kenya used by U.S. and Kenyan troops, authorities have said.

The Somalia-based Islamist group, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the dawn attack on on Camp Simba in Lamu county early on Sunday.