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Hollywood

Geena Davis Institute study shows gender gap in film/TV is prevalent worldwide

Geena Davis is more than an actress, she’s an advocate for gender equality in film and TV. The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media just released new data showing...

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Hollywood

Redfoo and Ronan Keating ride motorbikes for charity

Redfoo and former Boyzone star Ronan Keating dressed up for a three-hour charity motorcycle ride on Sunday (28Sep14). The stars, who are both judges on The X Factor Austral...

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Health

LGBTQ Center holds free HIV/AIDS testing

The University LGBTQ Center co-sponsored an HIV/AIDS testing event Friday with Thrive of Charlottesville, a non-profit organization aimed at providing medical care to the C...

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Sustainable Development

World risks spending $250 billion on simply monitoring UN development goals: report

A development expert, Morten Jerven, has estimated that the world might end up spending close to $250 billion just to monitor UN development goals for 2030. In a report, Je...

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Environment

Climate change could see rise of violent conflict in India, warns new report

A new report from the Global Sustainability Institute at Anglia Ruskin University warns that India is vulnerable to ?climate conflict?, due to climate change having an impa...

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Health

HIV on rise as gay men abandon condoms

Doctors are concerned that gay men with HIV are abandoning safe sex practices, and may unwittingly be spreading previously rare sexually transmitted infections such as syph...

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Health

New drug target could prevent major global cause of maternal death

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) occurs when the uterus fails to contract vigorously after childbirth and the mother loses 500mls or more of blood in the 24 hours after deliver...

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Health

Put the Physical in Education

When confronted with an overly active child, many exasperated teachers and parents respond the same way: “Sit still!” It might be more effective, though, to enc...

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Bollywood

Indian actress Kalki Koechlin ‘brilliant’ in role as disabled student in Margarita, with a Straw

Kalki Koechlin has announced herself as one of India’s finest actresses with a brilliant performance as an aspiring songwriter afflicted by cerebral palsy in Shonali ...

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Sustainable Development

Poverty Makes Minority Kids More Vulnerable To Abuse

Children belonging to minority communities face increased risk of maltreatment due to exposure to poverty, says a U.S.-based study.
Poverty – rather than biased ...

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