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Human Rights

Dispatches: Five of the Worst Places for Children

In some countries already devastated by war, the situation for children is only getting worse. A new UN report makes for grim reading, with one shattering statistic after a...

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Environment

Renewable Energy Smashes Global Records In 2015, Report Shows

An upsurge in new wind, solar and hydro plants and capacity saw renewable energy smash global records last year, according to a report on new supply.
Some 147 Gigawatt...

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Gender

This Week In Women's Sports: WSF Studies Gender Bias In College Sports, USWNT Loses In Court

This week the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) released the report, “Beyond X’s & O’s: Gender Bias and Coaches of Women’s College Sports,&r...

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Environment

Syrian Value Of Eco Crimes Soars By 26% With Devastating Impacts On Natural World

Environmental crime is now the world’s fourth largest illicit enterprise after drug smuggling, counterfeiting and human trafficking and has outstripped the illegal tr...

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Gender

Canada's National Anthem May Become Gender -Neutral

A vote is set to take place today on whether to change the English version of Canada's national anthem, "O Canada," to remove a reference to "sons" and replace it with gend...

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Health

Diagnosing India’s Growing Health Problem

The Indian health story has trended upwards going by the standard indicators of health. Besides significantly increasing the longevity of its citizens and keeping a check o...

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Environment

Parties Discuss Aspects Of Global Stocktake At Bonn Climate Talks

On Tuesday, the Ad-hoc Working Group on Paris Agreement (APA) asked parties to discuss three issues related to global stocktake—inputs needed for conducting the stock...

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Hollywood

Why It Matters When Hollywood Actresses Talk About Pay Equality

This week everyone was talking about “House of Cards” — not because Netflix just dropped a new season on us, but because a star of the series, Robin Wrigh...

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Health

High Death Rate Mars Health Score

After the dust of the political campaigns and victory rallies settles, as the government begins to set the agenda for the next five years a look at the health status of the...

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Sustainable Development

How Worried Should We Be About The 'Nightmare Bacteria' Making Headlines?

 “It’s not that this bacteria is highly transmissible,” said Dr. Emil Lesho, director of WRAIR’s Multidrug-resistant Organism Repository and Su...

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