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News : information or reports about recent events

Noun That's the best (piece of) news I've heard for a long time!

Refugees : a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war

Noun Thousands of refugees fled across the border.

Natural disastres : a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or tsunami that kills or injures a lot of people

Noun Europe's 2003 heat wave claimed more than 30,000 lives, making it the continent's largest natural disaster in 50 years.

Trash : something that is of low quality

Noun I can't believe that someone of his intelligence can read such trash!

air pollution : harmful substances in the air, often consisting of waste from vehicles or industry

Noun Diesel exhaust is a major contributor to air pollution.

Education : the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college, or the knowledge that you get from this

Noun As a child he received most of his education at home.

Solution : the answer to a problem

Noun There's no easy solution to this problem.

Problem : a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with or solved

Noun financial/health problems

Safe place : not in danger or likely to be harmed

Adjective In some cities you don't feel safe going out alone at night.

Basic needs : simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something can develop

Adjective I really need to get some basic financial advice.

Global chanllenges : relating to the whole world

Adjective a global catastrophe/problem

Victim : someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance

Noun to provide financial aid to hurricane/flood, etc. victims

Tolerance : willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from your own, although you might not agree with or approve of them

Noun This period in history is not noted for its religious tolerance.

Scarcity : a situation in which something is not easy to find or get

Noun the scarcity of skilled workers

Refugee : a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war

Noun Thousands of refugees fled across the border.

Health care : the services provided by a country or an organization that involve caring for people's health and treating people who are ill

Noun She worked in health care for 15 years.

Ethnicity : a large group of people with a shared culture, language, history, set of traditions, etc., or the fact of belonging to one of these groups

Noun Ethnicity is not considered when reviewing applications.

Diversity : the fact of many different types of things or people being included in something; a range of different things or people

Noun Does television adequately reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of the country?

Civil war : a war fought by different groups of people living in the same country

Noun The Spanish Civil War lasted from 1936 to 1939.

access : the method or possibility of getting near to a place or person

Noun The only access to the village is by boat.