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The number of workers suffering from the “silent killer” of extreme heat in Europe and central Asia has increased by almost a fifth since 2000, the UN labour agency said, as the world this week experienced its hottest days.
The global average surface temperature of 17.16C reached on Monday surpassed the previous day’s record on Sunday by 0.06C, according to preliminary data from Copernicus, the European earth observation…