Nearly 80 schoolgirls poisoned in Afghanistan
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 80 girls have been poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in Afghanistan, an official has said….
World bicycle day: If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf everybody cycled as much as the Dutch, global carbon emissions would drop by nearly 700 million tonnes per year. Read More
Senegal's protest-hit capital left with looted shops and debris
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteStreets filled with rubble and ransacked shops greeted residents of some Dakar neighbourhoods on Saturday – fallout from clashes between Read More
Pimlico hotel caves in to asylum seekers after staff agree to end 'unsafe' four-to-a-room policy
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Pimlico hotel has caved into asylum seekers’ demands over an ‘unsafe’ four-to-a-room policy as staff now agree only a maximum of…
Iran to seize cars of women caught without hijabs in new crackdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Iran has ordered police to seize the cars of women who do not wear a hijab in a strengthening of the…
Fake Chinese honey imports spur Spanish producers to demand EU action
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpanish honey producers are demanding the EU change its labelling laws to stop the industry from collapsing due to cheap imports of fake…
Health officials on high alert as cholera breaks out in Meru
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealth workers in Meru County are on high alert following an outbreak of cholera. Read More
Life-extending breast cancer drug slashes risk of disease returning by a QUARTER, study suggests
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA drug can slash the chances of the most common type of breast cancer returning by a quarter, new research shows. Read…
‘Horrendous’ practice of handcuffing children in care must be banned, MPs warn
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA coalition of MPs and peers is calling for the “horrendous” practice of handcuffing children in care during transport to be banned. Read…
UN document: UAE keeping rights activists in jail past end of sentences
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe United Arab Emirates is arbitrarily detaining 12 human rights activists who have already completed prison terms handed down over an alleged…