Social Issues
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Japan suicides rise for 1st time in 11 years
Tokyo, Jan 22 (efe-epa).- The number of suicides in Japan increased by 3.7 percent in 2020, the first increase in…
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The perpetual wound
Marta Rullán Lima, Jan 21 (efe-epa).- Maria Elena Carbajal was sterilized on 18 September 1996, after giving birth to her…
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Argentina promulgates law making abortions easier to get
By Javier Castro Bugarin Buenos Aires, Jan 14 (efe-epa).- After banning it for almost a century, Argentina on Thursday began…
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Fire destroys 550 Rohingya shelters in Bangladesh camp
Dhaka, Jan 14 (efe-epa).- A devastating fire in the Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar destroyed more than 550…
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Thousands forced to panhandle amid Venezuela’s severe economic crisis
By Ron Gonzalez Caracas, Jan 12 (efe-epa).- Tired of walking the streets and begging for food for her four-year-old grandson,…
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Cavani ban forces racial reckoning in Uruguay
Raúl Martínez and Alejandro Prieto Montevideo, Jan 7 (efe-epa).- The English Football Association’s sanction of Manchester United’s Uruguayan footballer Edinson…
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Hazaras protest in Pakistan over killing of 11 miners of the community
Islamabad, Jan 6 (efe-epa).- Thousands of members of Pakistan’s minority Hazara Shia community on Wednesday continued their protests for the…
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Pakistan’s top court orders reconstruction of Hindu temple razed by Islamists
Islamabad, Jan 5 (efe-epa).- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the reconstruction of a temple of the marginalized…
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Shelter offers hope for homeless, at-risk members of Mexico’s LGBT community
By Monica Rubalcava Mexico City, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Before discovering Casa Frida, Alex Navarro thought of shelters as uniformly hostile…
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Australia changes national anthem to recognize indigenous people
Sydney, Australia, Jan 1 (efe-epa).- Australia has amended its national anthem to acknowledge that its indigenous people, who have been…
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