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India's International Child Abduction Dilemma

India has found itself in the eye of an international storm by refusing to ratify the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980). The con...

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Environment

A Crack In The Antarctic Ice Shelf Just Grew By 11 Miles

This story has been updated. An enormous rift in one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves grew dramatically over the past month, and a chunk nearly the size of Delawar...

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Hollywood

Beyonce And Lin-Manuel Miranda Top DoSomething.org’s 2016 Celebs Gone Good List

DoSomething.org, a global movement of young people doing good announces its ninth annual Celebs Gone Good list. Celebs Gone Good is an annual list that recognizes the year&...

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Alternative Entertainment

From Sidewalk To Catwalk

The documentary-maker tells her friend, actress and writer Margo Stilley, how the Young and Homeless Helpline will be there for those who – like she once did – ...

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Bollywood

'Desi girl' Priyanka Chopra Raised Own Bar Globally In 2016

She once said that she wants the world, and it seems 2016 helped her get a few steps closer to her dream. The year saw Priyanka Chopra becoming the first South Asian to win...

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Environment

New Study Confirms NOAA Finding Of Faster Global Warming

 Once again, science is shown to work. The laborious process in which scie...

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Hollywood

Djimon Hounsou Visits Nigeria With Oxfam

Earlier this month, Academy Award-nominated actor and Oxfam Global Ambassador, Djimon Hounsou, visited Nigeria to meet families living in desperate conditions as they face ...

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Human Rights

Education Above All, Gavi Reach Underserved Communities With Education And Immunization

Sometimes the development world creates an opportunity for seemingly strange bedfellows. Such cross-sectoral collaborations between different organizations can then emerge ...

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Environment

Growing Mega-Cities Will Displace Vast Tracts Of Farmland By 2030, Study Says

Our future crops will face threats not only from climate change, but also from the massive expansion of cities, a new study warns. By 2030, it’s estimated that urban ...

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Human Rights

Ashoka's Bill Drayton: Every Child Needs To Be A Changemaker

Everyone can be a changemaker and it is never too early too start. That is the premise that global non-profit Ashoka says is behind its new LeadYoung initiative, which seek...

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