UN chief expresses ‘concern’ over Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid
Experts say Trump administration’s order to halt foreign assistance will ‘cost many, many lives’.The head of the United Nations has ...
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France says EU will lift some sanctions on Syria after al-Assad’s fall
European countries say they are eager to help reconstruct the war-ravaged country and build bridges with its new leaders.Some European ...
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‘Voy! I’m coming!’: The blind footballers of South Sudan
Before the blind league, ‘I had totally lost hope’ Participants in the game play with a ball that jingles while ...
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In India’s east, farmers risk jail to grow lucrative cannabis crop
Odisha, India – Ajay Rout is an Indigenous farmer in a remote village in a southern district of India’s Odisha state. ...
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An Indian state used citizens’ data on political beliefs to deny benefits
Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state ...
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40 years after Bhopal gas tragedy, barefoot school ‘offers hope’
Bhopal, India – Triveni Sonani starts her working day at 9am when she opens the gates of Oriya Basti school ...
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How Suriname and Guyana plan to share oil and gas wealth with citizens
The small South American country of Suriname plans to share revenues from newly discovered oil- and gasfields off its coast. ...
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Indonesia’s shrinking middle class casts shadow on economic rise
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband ...
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