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Environment

United Arab Emirates Is Considering Building AFake Mountain To Bring Real Rain

The United Arab Emirates is looking into building an “artificial mountain” to help increase rainfall in the desert country, and has hired scientists from the Co...

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Festivals

Hidden Gems Film Festival Celebrates Women Of India

This year’s Hidden Gems Film Festival will present eight films over two weekends with the festival kicking off May 6 to 8 at the amphitheatre of the Alberta College o...

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Alternative Entertainment

The Making Of Japanese Handmade Paper: A Short Film Documents An 800-Year-Old Tradition

For many of us, washi paper is the art supply equivalent of a dish that’s “too pretty to eat.” I love to look at it, but would be loathe to mar its beauty...

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Bollywood

National Awards: Amitabh Bachchan ‘Touched’ By President Pranab Mukherjee’s Speech

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been honored with the Best Actor Award at the 63rd National Film Awards, says he was humbled and touched as President Pranab Mukherjee me...

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Hollywood

Bono Joins Lupita Nyong’o At Broadway’s ‘Eclipsed’ Show To Raise Awareness About Missing Girls In Nigeria Here's Another Reason To Sing Bono's Praises

The U2 front man and known philanthropist surprised the audience at Broadway's "Eclipsed" show on Saturday when he joined Lupita Nyong'o onstage to raise awareness about 21...

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8 TRAVEL DOCUMENTARIES ON INDIA THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO PACK YOUR BAGS NOW

The shining sun, the cooling breeze; the sounds of nature, the joyous rain; the deep sea, the vast mountain; the towering trees, the mind-boggling streets; the foreign tong...

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Health

FOUR IMMUNIZATION INNOVATIONS THAT ARE SAVING CHILDREN'S LIVES

One of the things I like most about spring is that my 52-week-a-year job gets extra attention for one full week: World Immunization Week.
Each year, the World Health O...

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Human Rights

THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CREATED A NEW WAY TO BUST SEX TRAFFICKING RINGS

When she was still an undergrad, Emily Kennedy created Traffic Jam, a program that helps authorities track prostitution rings by using publicly available data.
Last ye...

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Environment

IN PHOTOS: THE LARGEST BURNING OF IVORY IN HISTORY

Kenya torched 105 tons of ivory worth an estimated $105 million over the weekend in a bid to highlight the impact of poaching. Eleven piles of ivory, representing the tusks...

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Alternative Entertainment

One Woman's Holocaust Secrets Make For A Powerful Film

HOW GENEALOGICAL DETECTIVE WORK MENDS A SHATTERED FAMILY
ONE OF THE WORST PARTS OF THE HORROR THAT WAS THE HOLOCAUST IS THAT ITS ECHOES NEVER CEASE TO REVERBERATE. YOU...

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