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Rio de Janeiro expands unpaid prison labor program
By law, inmates must be paid to work, but last year Rio's government created a new category of "volunteer labor"…
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Cuban artist sketches under the sea among fish and coral reefs
He gets fully kitted out in scuba diving gear including an oxygen tank and yellow flippers and swims out 60…
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‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage
The looting of archaeological sites is a longstanding problem in Tunisia, said Yasser Jrad, head of the seized objects department…
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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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‘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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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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