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California
November 06th, 2018
Think global - act local: CA City Council Candidate Andrew Nosrati
in:Humans
by:Yair Oded
While on a visit to his native California, Andrew Nosrati identified an opportunity to act on his aspirations and decided to run for city council.
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agriculture africa
November 05th, 2018
Sustainable agriculture is possible
in:Nature, Economy
by:Frank Odenthal
No secret: it really is the eleventh hour. We can rescue agriculture and the environment. We just need to seize the opportunities, says Hans R. Herren
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humantrafficking
November 02nd, 2018
"The ‘human trafficking crises’ is a desperate, all-hands-on-deck global crisis"
in:Humans
by:Bob Koigi
Africa remains one of the continents grappling with a record of smuggled immigrants and trafficked humans.
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refugees welcome
November 01st, 2018
The Grand Refugee Hotel
in:Humans
partner:NewsDeeply
Germany is home of one of the most radical refugee integration experiments.
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border
October 31st, 2018
Thousands demand release of separated migrants in the U.S.
in:Humans
by:Yair Oded
org:change.org
U.S. government launched one of its most draconian decrees: a ‘zero tolerance’ on migrant families. Kids in Need of Defense demands end of detention.
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child marriage
October 24th, 2018
Zimbabwe moves to criminalise child marriages
in:Humans
by:Cyril Zenda
Harsh jail terms of upto to as many as 60 years are proposed in case of child marriage.
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medical africa
October 23rd, 2018
Mandela Castro medical program continue to transform South Africa
in:Humans
by:Shasha Seakamela
Diplomatic relations between South Africa and Cuba have resulted in the establishment of a successful medical collaboration programme.
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binary damage code
October 22nd, 2018
Can an algorithm help us to make decisions?
in:Humans, Nature
by:Frank Odenthal
AlgorithmWatch claims to classify processes of algorithmic decision-making that are of social relevance.
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prison
October 18th, 2018
Surviving Denmark’s Open Prisons for ‘Undeportables’
in:Humans
partner:NewsDeeply
Married to a Dane, with a Danish son, Khoshnaw Nameq has been refused asylum in Denmark but cannot be deported to Iraq. what now?
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nigeria drugs
October 17th, 2018
The fake drug detector app
in:Humans, Economy, Technology
by:Bob Koigi
How a group of Nigerian teenage girls fight fake drugs with a detector app...
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Characters videogames
October 16th, 2018
Love in the time of Mystic Messenger
in:Technology
by:Sofia Gallarate
partner:Screen Shot
For the last few decades, dating sims (also known as relationship simulation role-playing games, RS and RPG), a gaming subgenre.
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Bosnien_3885
October 15th, 2018
A Bosnian enemy image
in:Humans
by:Katarina Panić
Bosnia's nationalists keep power by creating an enemy image against their own citizens
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UH-60 Blackhawk
October 12th, 2018
On the run from war caught into a deadly drought
in:Humans, Nature
by:Shadi Khan Saif
The crippling drought caused by climate change has forcefully displaced more people in Afghanistan than the fighting has.
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canada migration
October 11th, 2018
What if an Algorithm Decided Whether You Could Stay in Canada or Not?
in:Humans, Technology
partner:NewsDeeply
Rights advocates Petra Molnar and Samer Muscati pick apart experiments of AI in immigration that will be copied around the world.
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coal
October 10th, 2018
Axis of evil: The illegal charcoal trade from Kenya to the Gulf States
in:Humans, Economy
by:Bob Koigi
Behind a flourishing illegal charcoal business in Somalia is a complex network of an Islamist terrorist group, the Kenyan military and the Gulf States.
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immigration
October 09th, 2018
What happens when human provenance is used to determine immigration rights?
in:Technology
partner:Screen Shot
Contemporary politics have seen a massive swing towards nationalism for better and, much more often, for worse.
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October 08th, 2018
A festival of misery – and a mirror of society?
in:Humans, Arts
by:Gurmeet Singh
Does a Human Rights Film Festival in a European capital make sense? It does!
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Cholera
October 01st, 2018
Fresh hope for cholera-prone Zimbabwe
in:Humans
by:Cyril Zenda
Zimbabwe is currently in the throes of yet another cholera outbreak.
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Kajiado, Kenya. 2010
September 26th, 2018
Africa’s youngest mobile money company CEO redefines financial inclusion
in:Humans, Economy, Technology
by:Bob Koigi
The youngest and only female to run a mobile money business in Africa, Natalie Payida Jabangwe, uses the power of technology for financial inclusion.
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clean air
September 25th, 2018
Welcome to the luxurious world of clean air
in:Technology
by:Sofia Gallarate
partner:Screen Shot
As a vast majority of the world’s population is exposed to toxic air on a daily basis, an increasing number of people seek new ways to access clean air.
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