Act now or risk disaster, world told at UN climate summit After the starkest warnings yet of the catastrophic threat posed by climate change, nations gathered in Poland on Sunday to chart a way for mankind to avert runaway global warming.

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Australia's under-pressure government received a double blow Monday from the United Nations and a leading doctors' group over harsh treatment of refugees on off-shore island camps.

UN, doctors hammer Australia over refugee camps

About 380?asylum?seekers have shut themselves inside the Manus Island Centre for more than three weeks

Papua New Guinea police enter shut Australia-run detention camp, order protesting asylum seekers out

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News brief: Big stories of the day

UN, doctors hammer Australia over refugee camps

Papua New Guinea police enter shut Australia-run detention camp, order protesting asylum seekers out