Thousands of people demonstrated across Poland to demand abortion rights, accusing Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government of failing to deliver on its election promise to liberalise the country’s restrictive abortion laws. The
The facts are clear and they are shocking: Factory farming is unhealthy for consumers, dangerous for workers, and devastating for the environment, and it is the largest cause of animal cruelty in the history of mankind.
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The impact of agriculture on climate change is significant. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the agriculture sector is responsible for 10 percent of the total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, after transportation
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(Xinhua) — With economic hardships having severely affected living conditions in Afghanistan, continued humanitarian support coupled with investment in long-term solutions are urgently needed for the country, the United Nations (UN) officials
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Almost 700 workers employed at the Ekapa diamond mines in South Africa’s Northern Cape province began an indefinite strike on August 7. Organized by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa
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Since July 12, thousands of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) have been on indefinite strike, demanding that the state government provide higher wages, government employee status, a pension as a part of
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The all-party conference on reconciliation and the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and the visit of the President to India have generated arguments with regard to the implementation of the 13th Amendment,
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Some dominant powers in the current international order prioritize civil and political rights and ignore, even trample, the economic and social rights of many of their own populations, and of peoples in
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Gambia is gearing up for a landmark trial set to open in October following the devastating deaths of 300 children across Gambia, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan due to contaminated cough syrups. The trial’s
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Pregnancies among girls and adolescents continue unabated in Central America, where legislation to prevent them, when it exists, is a dead letter, and governments are influenced by conservative sectors opposed to sex
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Some jokes are bad. Some are tasteless. But to Malaysia’s government and large numbers of its social media users, comedian Jocelyn Chia’s jokes in June about the Southeast Asian country were beyond the pale.
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Shootings have continuously made headlines just seven months into the year. The gun violence epidemic continues unabated in the United States. According to some reports, the United States is averaging two mass
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“The public health of a country is the foundation on which all else rests.” – Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes The Issue Throughout centuries of the journey of humanity, one basic truth has emerged
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It was the Roman lawyer, Cicero, who in his De Re Publica, uses the literary device of the Dream of Scipio to give the authority of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the greatest
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(Xinhua) In most literary works, robbers are often portrayed wearing masks as an iconic symbol. The rationale behind donning a mask during acts of plunder signifies that even the most ruthless and malicious
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Editorial For three decades, Sri Lanka has been haunted by the ghosts of its dark past – the reign of terror inflicted upon innocent lives by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
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