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Gender

How Can We Empower Women Entrepreneurs Around The World?

Since childhood, Gircilene Gilca de Castro dreamed of owning her own business, but struggled to get it off the ground. Her fledgling food service company in Brazil had only...

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Festivals

Canberra International Film Festival Returns With Grassroots Focus.

With the proliferation of online streaming services, it’s hard enough to convince people to venture out to see a movie, and in sea of film festivals it’s easy t...

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Environment

Cecil The Lion Killing Brings Calls For Extradition And Global Reckoning On Endangered Species

The killing of Cecil the Lion in a remote stretch of Zimbabwe has prompted an international reckoning over how countries protect endangered species and combat illegal hunti...

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Festivals

Charlie Hebdo Film Je Suis Charlie To Premiere At Toronto Film Festival

A documentary about the Charlie Hebdo attack will receive its world premiere at this year’s Toronto film festival.
The latest schedule announcement from the fest...

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Hollywood

Amnesty International Backs Decriminalising All Sex Work In Historic Vote.

Amnesty International has voted in favour of a proposal that would mean adults who buy sex from prostitutes would not face criminal sanctions. The human rights organisation...

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Sustainable Development

Paging Dr. Watson: IBM Supercomputer Gains Access To 30 Billion Medical Images

IBM’s Watson supercomputer (and “Jeopardy!” winner) will be processing a lot of broken limbs and tumors in its ultimate quest for sentience. The company a...

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Gender

The little Girls Of Dakshina Kannada Villages Who Are Not Allowed To Dance In The Name Of Islam.

In the deafening noise around the ‘big things that matter’, little yet important aspects of social life go unnoticed and unchecked. Little things like dancing c...

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Sustainable Development

Chinese Research Will Fly On The International Space Station For The First Time

The International Space Station is a bit like an orbiting United Nations composed of 16 different countries. But it has yet to welcome China into its ranks. That could be s...

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Bollywood

Sonam Kapoor, Sania Mirza Support 'BETI' Cause At IIJW 2015.

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and Tennis star Sania Mirza today featured at the inauguration of India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) 2015 in Mumbai. The sixth edition...

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Health

Study Finds Pill Prevented 200,000 Womb Cancer Cases In Rich Nations

A recent research shows the contraceptive pill has prevented around 200,000 womb cancer cases. The study published in medical journal, The LancetOncology, says that taking ...

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