Year: 2019
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Festival or refugee camp? Music events test emergency aid
When an inventor wanted to test-drive a toilet aimed at providing safe sanitation in the developing world, she knew just…
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A Picasso sold during Nazi flight can stay at New York’s Met -U.S. court
The 2016 federal law gives people six years to file claims after learning the whereabouts of artwork lost between 1933…
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An armed conflict between the US and Iran would be a condemnation for the Middle East
The tensions between Trump and the Iranian regime in the last month may explode an armed conflict between countries. What…
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‘She provoked him’: Colombia struggles to convict murderers of women
Studies show Latin America is home to 14 of the 25 countries with the world's highest rates of femicide
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Abortion map shows U.S. bans in ‘stark contrast’ to global trend
Reproductive rights experts say bans do not stop abortions but drive them underground, endangering lives and causing an estimated 23,000 deaths a year
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Best third-placed qualification: a fair or unfair competition format?
Soccer has changed, but the issue of a classified team thanks to a wild card has already been a rule in several…
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Searching for superpowers? Female chefs look into forgotten ingredients
On three continents, three women have taken three different paths to find healthy and tasty solutions to one of the…
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Cuts or closure? Safety fears loom for women at Mexico’s trafficking shelters
Mexico’s few shelters for victims of human trafficking are under threat following a government crackdown
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‘Snail’s pace’ progress of women in politics calls for tougher measures, leaders say
The number of women in the top echelons of world politics has crawled to an all-time high, but progress is…
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Colombia’s ‘disastrous’ minimum wage is restraining its development
Christopher Pissarides, a winner of the Economics Nobel Prize, emphasized the need for labor reform in Colombia, starting with the minimum wage…
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