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Mediterranean migrant deaths in 2015 pass 2,000
More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, according to the International Organization for...


A Story of Chocolate and Child Labor
At 6 a.m., 10-year-old Emmanuel wakes and readies himself for a day of labor in the cocoa fields. Along the way, he watches as other kids...


China to expand medical insurance in bid to reform healthcare
President Xi Jinping’s government unveils latest step in plan to deliver universal affordable treatment to population of 1.4 billion...


U.S. Stock Futures, European Equities Drop as China Rallies
Stocks drifted lower on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday, while fresh measures to curb volatility prompted a rally in China. In...


SAA launches route between Ghana and US capital
South African Airways (SAA) has officially launch its inaugural flight between Accra, Ghana and Washington DC in North America. The new...


The $1-a-week school
Private schools are booming in poor countries. Governments should either help them or get out of their way ACROSS the highway from the...


Boy of 8 makes medical history to become world's youngest double hand transplant patient
Zion Harvey lost both of his hands and feet at the age of two after they became infected with gangrene An eight-year-old boy has made...


Zaha Hadid hits back over scrapped stadium for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
London-based architect’s firm says warnings over selection of building contractors and other issues were not heeded by Japan’s sport...


Welcome to Astana, Kazakhstan: one of the strangest capital cities on Earth
The flashy buildings of Astana rise up implausibly from the flat plains of oil-rich Kazakhstan to form a city stuck between a Soviet past...


Archbishop Desmond Tutu readmitted to hospital
South African rights campaigner back in Cape Town hospital to treat infection unrelated to his prostate cancer treatment, his foundation...
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