UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned on Friday (Saturday in Manila) that his country's worst-ever floods were a sign of climate catastrophes to come around the world as he urged justice for developing nations that bear little responsibility for warming.

Unprecedented monsoon downpours flooded a third of the country — an area the size of the United Kingdom — killing nearly 1,600 people and displacing more than seven million.

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