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- CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ
Vatican City
RNS
Pope Francis’ “guardian angel” handed in his wings on Monday. Domenico Giani, the head of the Vatican police force, submitted his resignation amid the latest leaks and scandals surrounding the Catholic institution’s finances.
“In order to assure the proper serenity to the ongoing investigation,”
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- Ellen Francis, Tuvan Gumrukcu and Phil Stewart
Beirut, Lebanon/Ankara, Turkey/Washington DC, US
Reuters
Russian-backed Syrian forces took rapid advantage of an abrupt US retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier less than 24 hours after Washington announced a full withdrawal.
Washington's Kurdish former allies said they invited
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- JACK JENKINS
Washington, DC
RNS
A comment last week by candidate Beto O’Rourke that churches and faith-based institutions should lose their tax-exempt status if they don’t support same-sex marriage has brought criticism from two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination.
At least two other Democratic White House hopefuls
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- THIN LEI WIN
Rome, Italy
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Farmers around the world are losing up to 20 per cent of the food they produce every year but action can be taken to reduce this, according to the United Nations on Monday as it quantified such losses for the first time.
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- ALEXANDRA VALENCIA
Quito, Ecuador
Reuters
Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said he struck a deal late on Sunday with Indigenous leaders who have mobilised thousands of protesters against a decree that slashed fuel subsidies, agreeing to replace it with one that does more to help the most needy.
In exchange, the
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- Kyung Hoon Kim and Kwiyeon Ha
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- NELLIE PEYTON
New York City, US
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Major chocolate companies such as Godiva, Lindt and Hershey are failing to keep child labour out of their supply chains, according to a new ranking by activists released last Thursday.
Godiva was rated the worst, followed by Ferrero and Mondalez on
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- UMBERTO BACCHI
Copenhagen, Denmark
Thomson Reuters Foundation
From penalising cars to planting trees, dozens of mayors from every continent pledged cleaner air on Friday in a bid to improve urban health and tackle climate change.
More than 90 per cent of people breathe dirty air, causing death and disease, according
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- RINA CHANDRAN
Mumbai, India
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Attic.Caramel.Truth is not a crossword puzzle. It is the address of India's most famous monument - the Taj Mahal - on a mapping app that aims to help millions of slum dwellers, rural residents, refugees and those in need of emergency aid.
As
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- NELLIE PEYTON
Dakar, Senegal
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Nigeria's President called for stricter laws against sexual abuse on Friday after a documentary showed a university lecturer propositioning a reporter posing as an underage student.
The BBC film used an undercover reporter to expose sexual harassment at two universities in Nigeria and
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- Devjyot Ghoshal
