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Washington, DC
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Hong Kong democracy activists urged members of the US Congress on Tuesday to pass legislation to combat human rights abuses in the city, rejecting any suggestion that such a move would be inappropriate US involvement in another country's affairs.
"This is not a plea for
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- THIN LEI WIN
Rome
Thomson Reuters Foundation
It may be possible to help tackle climate change while still munching on the occasional bacon sandwich or slurping a few oysters, a new study suggested on Tuesday.
Scientists found that diets in which meat, fish or dairy products were consumed only once a
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- CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ
Vatican City
RNS
Following an attempt by the Vatican to exercise control over its upcoming and reform-driven gathering, the Catholic Church in Germany has made it clear that it has no intention of backing down, proving to be yet another wedge in the internal church wars that have
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- KATE KELLAND
London
Reuters
The world is facing a mounting threat of disease pandemics that could kill millions and wreak havoc on the global economy, a international expert panel has warned, and governments should work to prepare for and mitigate that risk.
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, co-convened by the
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The World Evangelical Alliance has this week launched a global campaign to mark 2020 as the Year of the Bible.
The initiative, which was launched by Bishop Efraim Tendero, secretary-general of the WEA, is also supported by Pope Francis, the global Lausanne network, Youth With A Mission, the United Bible
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- MEGAN ROWLING
Barcelona, Spain
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Everyone in the world could be provided with clean, affordable electric power by a global deadline of 2030 if international funding toward the effort is used more intelligently, the UN official in charge of the task said.
Rachel Kyte, the UN secretary-general's special
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- SONALI PAUL
Melbourne, Australia
Reuters
Lawyers for former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday filed an appeal to Australia's High Court in a final bid to overturn his conviction for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choir boys, the High Court said.
Pell is seeking leave to appeal the state of
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- NAIMUL KARIM
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Bangladesh said on Monday it has appointed a former judge to advise on how to clear a huge backlog of trafficking cases after coming under international pressure to do more to tackle the crime.
Bangladesh has been on a US State Department watchlist
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- ANASTASIA MOLONEY
Bogota, Colombia
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Armed with a mobile app, Glenis Barragan has been knocking from door to door in the poor neighbourhoods of Colombia's northern city of Cucuta, aiming to combat the spread of the Zika virus, a mosquito-borne disease.
In the past year, Barragan has
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- MICHELLE NICHOLS
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- TOM HENEGAN
Paris
RNS
The network of émigré Russian Orthodox parishes in Western Europe, founded in Paris by refugees from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, appears to be headed for years of complex canonical and legal disputes after their archbishop announced on Saturday that he would rejoin the Moscow Patriarchate and
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- MICHELE CHABIN
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- THIN LEI WIN
Rome, Italy
Thomson Reuters Foundation
The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday.
A new global study found the health and environmental benefits of transforming the way we farm would
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An Australian state will spend tens of thousands of dollars each month to truck water into a drought-hit town that is forecast to run out of drinking water by December.
The north-eastern state of Queensland has announced $A2.4 million in emergency funds, which would include $A800,000 per
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- SONIA ELKS
London
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Monopoly is turning the gender pay gap upside down with a new version of the board game where women earn more than men, its creators - inspired by female trailblazers - said last week.
Ms Monopoly replaces the game's familiar mustachioed real-estate mogul on
