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  1. 10 hours ago

    The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of any developed country – and the rate is rising. The US is currently the most dangerous place to give birth in the developed world, writes cofounder Juan Pablo Segura

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  2. 12 hours ago

    Around 1,000 , most from Pakistan, some from Afghanistan, have sought shelter in mosques and police stations in Negombo and Pasyala, in . They were driven out of their homes & accused of being connected to the bomb attacks

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  3. 14 hours ago

    An invasive plant is spreading rapidly across Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, taking up an estimated 40% of the almost 2,000 km that the park covers and is affecting animal settlements

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  4. 15 hours ago

    We are behaving as if we have time to deal with . We don’t. The main problem is that we believe we must sacrifice growth and prosperity for the sake of . We don’t, writes

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  5. 17 hours ago

    Investment risks have shifted from employers and governments to future pensioners investing individually via private pension funds, insurance companies and asset management corporations, write Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Michael Lim Mah Hui

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  6. 19 hours ago

    Two women are positively transforming social norms in their respective societies, in Peru and the Dominican Republic, as part of the global movement towards , writes 's Karessa Ramos

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  7. 21 hours ago

    Azimjon Askarov, a 68-year-old journalist and rights activist, shouldn’t be in jail at all: the UN ruled that he was subject to torture and that he should be released immediately. But Kyrgyz authorities upheld his life sentence, writes

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  8. Jun 14

    Out of more than 200 participants, 15 have been shortlisted for the Greenpreneurs 2019 program. This year has a variety of project ideas designed to facilitate the achievement of and action in developing countries

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  9. Jun 14

    playspace for kids in : at a time of extreme scarcity of open space for children, this aesthetic place is completely made of bamboo for kids to have fun

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  10. Jun 14

    Asia and the Pacific will not achieve any of the 17 on its current trajectory. Progress has stagnated or has been heading in the wrong direction in more than half the SDGs, warns latest report

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  11. Jun 14

    Not long ago, 15-year-old Nelsmar attended a middle-class school in central . That was before her family was uprooted by the economic and humanitarian crisis in her country, which has pushed nearly 3.9 million persons to migrate or flee

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  12. Jun 14

    The economic and humanitarian crisis in has pushed nearly 4 million persons to migrate or flee. The mass displacement has led to a heightened risk of sexual violence and exploitation

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  13. Jun 14

    The decision authorizing the sale of Philip Morris International’s heated system in the US inadvertently puts a foot in the door to increase sales of new tobacco products in the developing world, writes Wendell Balderas

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  14. Jun 14

    In the United States, African American women are three to four times more likely to die from childbirth than non-Hispanic white women

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  15. Jun 14

    Asia and the Pacific will not achieve any of the 17 on its current trajectory. Progress has stagnated or has been heading in the wrong direction in more than half the SDGs, warns latest report

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  16. Jun 14

    Not long ago, 15-year-old Nelsmar attended a middle-class school in central . That was before her family was uprooted by the economic and humanitarian crisis in her country, which has pushed nearly 3.9 million persons to migrate or flee

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  17. Jun 14

    While cities around the world have been providing safe havens to , a few US cities in the Upstate New York region have been integrating refugees and asylum-seekers into their communities

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  18. Jun 13

    The Storm is Over, But in Southern Africa, Continues to Rage for Women and Girls

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  19. Jun 13

    Rural & populations in Central America are increasingly on the move, migrating internally or to neighbouring countries. But media focus on these populations has been limited, as they continue to be disproportionately affected by

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  20. Jun 13

    's park, home to a rare breed of tree climbing lions and one of the highest concentrations of primates in the world, threatened by a thicket of invasive thorny trees

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