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World Day Against Child Labor highlights conditions on US tobacco farms
An estimated 500,000 children are working on tobacco fields in the United States, most of them in extremely hazardous conditions. World...
Zimbabwe offers new exchange rate: $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars
Central bank discards local currency after years of hyperinflation which at one point reached 500,000,000,000% An old Z$100tn note,...
Ghana halts Ebola vaccine trial due to community protests
Ghana has halted a plan to test two Ebola vaccines in an eastern town after legislators backed local protests against the trials sparked...
First bodies of Germanwings victims arrive home in Germany
The bodies of 44 Germans killed in the Germanwings plane that was deliberately crashed in March have been repatriated. After more than...
Former Japanese PM tells Shinzo Abe to confront wartime atrocities in Asia
Architects of Japan’s wartime apologies have warned the prime minister risks ‘disgracing Japan’s people’ by glossing over war record....
Deutsche Bank bosses resign following Libor manipulation scandal
Surprise announcement that Anshu Jain and Jürgen Fitschen will step down comes one month after Deutsche was fined £1.7bn for Libor...
Google self-driving car gets rear-ended in 13th accident since 2009
1.8 million miles later, turns out Google self-driving cars seem pretty safe. Google has sustained its 13th car accident since it began...
Australia has forfeited world leadership on climate policy, says Kofi Annan panel
Canberra has withdrawn from constructive engagement on the issue, says report, as Australia is grilled at crucial meeting in Germany....
Sepp Blatter Decides to Resign as FIFA President in About-Face
Sepp Blatter, who led world soccer’s governing body for 17 years and who was regarded as one of the most powerful people in global...
How renewable energy in South Africa is quietly stealing a march on coal
Solar, biomass and wind energy systems are popping up all over the country and feeding clean energy into the strained electrical grid The...
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