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2019-12-22 Will New Rules Save Lives on Mount Everest?

Experienced climbers of Mount Everest are wondering if new proposed rules will deal with the root causes of deaths on…

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2019-12-22 An Ethiopian ‘Hero’ Works to Rebuild Girls’ Dignity

Freweini Mebrahtu remembers when she returned to her home village in northern Ethiopia. She saw women bending down and sitting…

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2019-12-21 Amsterdam Tests ‘Bubble Barrier’ to Clean River

Amsterdam is testing a "bubble barrier" to help remove plastic from the city's waterways. The project is called the Great…

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2019-12-21 Arctic Reindeer Face Starvation Threat in Sweden

Members of a native community in the arctic areas of Sweden say their reindeer are facing possible starvation from unusual…

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2019-12-20 Collapse of Jakarta Seawall Raises Concerns over Flood Threat

The recent collapse of a seawall protecting the Indonesian capital of Jakarta has raised concerns about the ongoing flood threat.…

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2019-12-20 Just in Time for the Holidays, Some Strange News

A camel, cow and donkey were recently found walking together along a road in the U.S. state of Kansas. That might…

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2019-12-18 Fiat Chrysler Joins with Peugeot to Save on Technology Costs

Two of the world's largest car makers are joining their businesses so they can move production to electric vehicles more…

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2019-12-19 Imaginary Nation Wakanda Appears on US Trade List

The name of an imaginary country in the 2018 movie Black Panther appeared this week in an online list of U.S. trading…

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2019-12-18 Five Years after Reduced Tensions with US, Cubans Say Hopes Decreasing

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the end of nearly 60 years of hostilities between Cuba and the United…

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2019-12-17 Without Safety Approval, Boeing Freezes Production of 737 MAX Jet

Aerospace company Boeing's announcement that it is suspending production of the 737 MAX passenger jet is affecting more than just…

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2019-12-17 Former Pakistani Military Ruler Musharraf Sentenced to Death

A court in Pakistan announced Tuesday that former president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf is guilty of high treason. The…

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2019-12-17 ‘Safer Opioid’ Fuels Crisis in Poor Nations, Conflict Areas

Opioid abuse is not just a problem in the United States. There is another opioid crisis that is just as serious.…

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2019-12-16 Global Refugee Forum to Seek Greater Support for Forcibly Displaced

More than 2,000 people are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first-ever Global Refugee Forum. The three-day event opens Monday. It aims to…

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2019-12-15 UN: Nearly 500 Million People in Asia-Pacific Still Going Hungry

A new report says nearly 500 million people in East Asia and Pacific Ocean countries suffer from hunger and poor…

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2019-12-12 International Court Begins Consideration of Genocide Case Against Myanmar

Public hearings on genocide accusations against Myanmar have ended at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands. On…

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