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Uganda plans bill imposing death penalty for gay sex
By Imani Mitchelle,
1125, October 11, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda has announced plans for a bill that will impose death penalty on gay sex. Speaking to Thomson Reuters Foundation, Ethics and Integrity Minis...
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In a first for Africa, Kenya census to count intersex people
By Reuters,
1014, August 21, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya will become the first African country to recognize its intersex population in a census on Saturday that counts people born with a sexual anatomy...
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As U.S. restrictions tighten, women seeking abortions hit the road
By Reuters,
1039, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
Nearly a half century ago, women with unwanted pregnancies would cross state lines seeking abortions that were legal in New York but banned in many ot...
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Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in
By VOA,
1053, August 14, 2019 (EAT)
Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...
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Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit
By VOA,
842, August 13, 2019 (EAT)
The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...
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Visitors to United States under visa program at risk of trafficking, research says
By Reuters,
1359, July 31, 2019 (EAT)
Dozens of young adults visiting the United States in recent years under a cultural exchange visa program have become victims of human trafficking, acc...
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Grey fingers: Ageing Singapore uses gardening to fight loneliness
By Reuters,
1124, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
Since her mother died last year, 74-year-old Lim Yeo Hong has been living alone in a flat on the outskirts of Singapore, scavenging for cardboard scra...
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Top tourist spots crack down as they become victim of own success
By Reuters,
910, July 25, 2019 (EAT)
It is not the sheer number of tourists descending on Venice that bothers Italian food blogger Monica Cesarato so much as the type of visitor. Not s...
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KLM still under fire after telling breastfeeding mother to cover up
By Reuters,
1146, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
Dutch airline KLM recently faced sharp criticism for its “antiquated values” after cabin crew told a breastfeeding woman to cover herself up to sp...
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‘This is our land’: Uncertain future for Ugandans facing eviction from wildlife reserve
By Reuters,
953, July 23, 2019 (EAT)
The landscape is bucolic: shoulder-high grass, patches of woodland and the occasional homestead, all sloping down to the east bank of Uganda’s River...
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After #MeToo, U.S. women seen reporting less workplace harassment
By Reuters,
1333, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
From leering and unwanted touching to being asked for sexual favours, U.S. women say they suffer less sexual harassment in the workplace since #MeToo ...
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Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
By VOA,
2038, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Bolivia, which has one of South America's highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and w...
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Planning a BBQ? Not if you want to save the planet
By Reuters,
1354, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Meat sizzling on the barbecue (BBQ) might be synonymous with summer, but consumers should re-think their menus to save the planet, a U.S.-based resear...
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World’s major cities to face ‘unknown’ climate conditions by 2050
By Reuters,
1852, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
A fifth of the world's major cities will face "unknown" climate conditions by 2050, researchers warned on Wednesday, as rising temperatures heighten t...
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As drought stokes urban hunger, Ethiopia dishes up free school meals
By Reuters,
1438, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Endale Terefe from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia remembers a time when he used to go to school so hungry he had trouble staying awake during lessons. The 14...
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LGBT+ campaigner bids to become Tunisia’s first openly gay president
By Reuters,
1036, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
A Tunisian politician vying to become his country's first openly gay president has said he will push to decriminalize gay sex and insisted his candida...
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South Sudan court rules against marriage of girl, 16, in landmark case
By VOA,
1120, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
A court in South Sudan has annulled a child marriage, in a rare legal case that activists say could signal a turning point for women's rights in the c...
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Save the world with a message from space, says United Nations advocate
By Reuters,
1203, July 3, 2019 (EAT)
Want to grab some headlines for the United Nations' global goals to cure world ills like poverty and inequality? Send them on a rocket into space. ...
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Nigeria has #MeToo moment after popular pastor is accused of rape
By Reuters,
606, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
A rape accusation against a popular pastor in Nigeria has prompted a new #MeToo movement on social media with women sharing stories of sexual assault ...
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Georgia’s first LGBT pride march called off amid political turmoil
By Reuters,
1412, June 22, 2019 (EAT)
Organizers of Georgia’s first LGBT+ pride march called off the event at the eleventh hour Friday after a wave of political unrest in Tbilisi that le...
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