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Venezuela, the unheard: “Why do these things happen to us?”
Three weeks before he was shot dead, Miguel Calderon, an inmate in the lawless Los Llanos jail on Venezuela’s central plains, sent a...
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BREAKING NEWS: UN forced to cut aid in Yemen even as virus increases need in the country
Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn Yemen, saying they have already been...
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Philippines: children hit by "the war on drugs"
The “war on drugs” waged by the Philippine police since the 2016's coming to power of President Rodrigo Duterte has seen the lives of...
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'Cynical' Italy: Critics slam amnesty for undocumented migrants
A partial six-month amnesty for Italy's undocumented migrants was announced this month in a move described by some as "a watershed...
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India: Punjab policeman's TikTok video helps reunite man with his family
Some light in the dark amid the Coronavirus pandemic! When a Punjab policeman posted a TikTok video of a poor labourer to raise awareness...
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Cameroon: fire rips through crowded prison
A fire tore through an overcrowded maximum-security prison in Cameroon’s port city of Douala. A local fire chief reported that the fire...
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Somalia: seven health workers, civilian killed in village aid group
Seven health workers and a civilian were assassinated in a village in the north part of the Somali capital, after being abducted by...
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Malaysia: FGV optimistic on recovery from a sharp quarterly loss
Malaysian palm giant FGV holdings officially reported a deep first-quarter loss on lower output and a demand slump due to the pandemic...
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