Ukraine one year on: Several homeless refugees in Southwark
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeveral Ukrainian refugee households were homeless or at risk of homelessness in Southwark, new figures show. Read More
‘Adults and kids pushed each other to grab as many bottles as they could’: how the world got hopped up on energy drinks
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 13-year-old I know (whose identity I am thinly veiling to preserve his privacy) came back from school the other day and…
Turkish earthquake victims sleeping in trains, tents and greenhouses
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly two weeks after a massive earthquake levelled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria,…
What is driving terrorism in Jerusalem?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn just a few weeks, 11 Israelis have been murdered in three terrorist attacks in Jerusalem. Read More
Mum finds out she has HIV after using home STI test kit
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteShauna Davies was diagnosed at the age of 25 and says she has now come to terms with her condition. Read More
How Turkish man pulled from rubble after 11 days discovers his newborn baby survived
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Mustafa Avci, 34, was pulled from the debris of a building in Turkey’s Antakya 11 days after it was hit by a…
‘My menopause was so catastrophic, I wanted to throw myself into the Thames’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s October 2017, lunchtime, and I’m standing by the Thames wondering how much the impact of falling in would hurt. Read More
Nigerian police say protesters who attack banks, ATMs to be treated as robbers
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigerian police on Friday said some citizens frustrated by cash shortages in the country were attacking banks and vandalising cash-dispensing machines, and…
Taliban ban on female aid workers means women and children deprived of ‘life-saving aid’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Taliban’s ban on female aid workers means Afghan women and children are being deprived of life-saving help during the country’s starkest hunger crisis in…
Busting 5 Common Myths About Leprosy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the years, plenty of misconceptions and myths about leprosy have spread widely, increasing the need to address and end the stigma…