Sex worker art.
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A unified voice that gets heard.
Putin visits Assad in December 2017.
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Putin has pulled his troops out of Syria before, only to put them back.
EU citizens: fighting for their rights after Brexit.
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The deal was not as bad as it could have been, but not as good as it should have been.
Boots on the ground.
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October 2017 was Mexico’s deadliest month on record.
Coming on the heels of ‘gold’, ‘blond’ and ‘wealthy’, ‘north’ is a telling symbol of how Japan saw 2017.
Binders full of rebels.
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Despite apparently over-the-top tactics, Tory whips failed to stop backbenchers from voting against the government. So why wouldn’t they do it again?
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It’s all about doing things well.
Get a move on.
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Some of the crucial mechanisms meant to deliver peace in Colombia have yet to be set up.
Rohingya refugees in mid-December at a camp in Bangladesh.
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Two global compacts on refugees and migrants will be proposed in 2018.
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Digital and communication poverty is unhelpful – depriving prisoners is short-sighted.
Malcolm Turnbull: not at all in the middle.
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Canberra’s attitude to nuclear weapons has always been riddled with contradictions. Homegrown nuclear campaigners winning the Nobel prize have put the cat among the pigeons.
Doctors face hard choices.
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Some people could get quicker help if they are referred to a de-radicalisation programme.
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It’s a multi-lingual effect.
Bashar al-Assad, with his men.
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Lessons in military manliness and how to respect it have been a part of Syrian education for decades.
Dealing with damaging harassment culture means changing the way we treat men, too.
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Is it a crisis when men start to connect with their emotions? Or is it actually the right direction of travel?
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American voters would not give more money to the wealthy.
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Brexit is causing nothing but trouble and who knows if independence will ever happen. No wonder the frozen north is such an appealing prospect.
Trying to keep everybody happy.
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It depends on whether you look at the politics or the law.
Kim Jong-il and his counterpart Kim Dae-jung give peace a chance in 2000.
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For a brief moment at the turn of the millennium, it seemed Seoul and Pyongyang were starting to open up to each other.
Refugees in Greece seeking reunification with family in Germany.
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The issue of whether to allow refugees to bring their close family to Germany has been a sticking point in coalition negotiations.
Homeless people in India wait to receive a free meal in Kolkata in 2011.
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When high income researchers take their unethical methods abroad it’s the poor who suffer.
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There are many ways in which older people can engage in their communities and meet new people this Christmas.
A helping hand: a volunteer at a food bank in Glasgow.
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The people most affected must be involved in designing the solutions.
More of this to come.
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The UK government surprised everyone by meeting the criteria to progress to the next phase of talks. Here’s what that actually means.
A welcome to refugees from local school children in Belfast.
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Northern Ireland lacks an integration strategy for refugees.