A protest in New Delhi against the arbitrary exclusion of Indian citizens from the National Register of Citizens in August 2018.
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Shifting parameters for citizenship are at risk of excluding millions from Indian citizenship.
Your country needs you to procreate.
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There are signs China could drop its two-child policy in an attempt to boost population growth.
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In one sense, the brain feels no pain. In another sense, it feels all the pain.
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Living as a woman in North Korea can be psychologically and physically gruelling.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia is a compilation of 52 essays from First Nations authors, some of whom have never been published before.
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Author Anita Heiss speaks with Professor Jacinta Elston about her new anthology of essays from First Nations writers spanning the breadth of Australian society.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a news conference in Ottawa in June 2018. A United Nations housing watchdog has criticized the Liberals over what it sees as their about-face on a promise to put a human rights lens on its housing strategy.
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If the liberal international order is to survive, countries like Canada will need to defend international human rights law.
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past a iceberg in Lancaster Sound in 2008.
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New shipping opportunities are opening up in the Arctic as sea ice continues to recede. But travel is still dangerous and the region isn’t equipped to deal with more vessel traffic.
El Salvador forges new relationship with China – it isn’t the first nor will it be the last nation to be wooed by Chinese investment.
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In the footsteps of US foriegn policy blunders, China is making friends and influencing people in Latin America.
Demonstrators in Berlin demand justice for Namibian victims of German genocide.
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The third repatriation of human remains in August this year was another missed opportunity for reconciliation between Germany and Namibia.
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And here’s what to do once a future sinkhole has been identified.
A yellow citronella bucket candle is essential for summertime evenings to keep the mosquitos away.
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Bug sprays with DEET feel oily and smell gross. That’s why scientists are developing new mosquito repellents based on natural plant oils. But translating these into commercial products isn’t easy.
The past and present of Google – what’s next?
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As Google turns 20, a look at how the company has grown – and what the next two decades might bring for the company.
Reuters journalist Wa Lone is escorted out of the Insein township court in Yangon.
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From press freedom to ethnic cleansing, Myanmar seems to be slipping backwards faster than ever.
Police escort the Indonesian leader of Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), Zainal Ansori (centre), during his recent trial in Jakarta.
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Arresting JAD members and banning the group is unlikely to completely neutralise JAD’s influence because its weakness is not in the organisation’s structure, but in its ideology.
Smaller portions reduce food waste and waistlines.
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Two of the world’s problems – obesity and waste – can be reduced together.
A medieval engraving of the persecution of witches: historians are increasingly demonstrating that belief in witchcraft survived in Western Europe well into the 18th, 19th and even 20th centuries.
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It is estimated that thousands of people are killed in witchcraft-related violence around the world each year. How can we tackle this problem today?
Writing is an act of imagination - but when it comes to imagining other people’s lives, it pays to do your research.
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Writing based on observation and empathy is one thing; but interviewing the people whose experiences you aim to depict - and showing them your work - is quite another.
Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi.
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In the last two decades, neglect of traditional medicine has been replaced by renewed focus and a raft of policies and new laws.
A United Nations staff member pays tribute to Kofi Annan during a ceremony at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Kofi Annan and John McCain’s positive eulogies could be because both men seized moments of human dignity and decency.
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A dejected public and a crowded, unpopular field of candidates make for an unhappy election.