Tunisian women shout slogans and hold posters reading, "don't touch my rights" and "woman is the future of man" during a protest calling for the respect of women's rights and other fundamental rights in Tunis, Tunisia, August 13, 2012. Fauque Nicolas/ABACA/Press Association Images. All rights reserved. #NoWomanNoFly was the hashtag that concluded 2017 in Tunisia; …
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A game between the Sacramento Kings and the Atlanta Hawks was played in a nearly-empty arena on March 22, 2018, after residents gathered in front of the arena to protest yet another police shooting of an unarmed black man. Stephon Clark was killed the previous week, on March 18, outside his residence after officers received a …
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Opposition supporters protesting during a rally against alleged electoral fraud in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 03 December 2017. A victory by president Juan Orlando Hernandez looms over the horizon over a week after the disputed presidential elections in Honduras. The opposition accuses the government of electoral fraud and won't recognise the results. The situation could escalate. Photo: …
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Click:outdoor barbecue lighter Each day from Dec. 14 through Dec. 25, GOOD Sports will feature a worthy school athletic program in need of funding. Dan Powell Intermediate School in rural Fort Worth, Texas, has an open field but no soccer balls. The school’s soccer club — run by a group of teachers, including Jena Wood — meets …
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From left: Paul Murray, Peta Credlin, David Speers and Kieran Gilbert with their Silver Logie for the Most Outstanding News Coverage during the 2017 Logie Awards at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Sunday, April 23, 2017. Tracey Nearmy/Press Association. All rights reserved.For much of the 1980s, Rupert Murdoch steadily lost money on his Sky TV …
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On March 9, a tearful Martin Shkreli gave a New York judge a final plea for leniency before being sentenced to seven years in prison for wire and securities fraud. The news about Shkreli — who was dubbed the “Pharma Bro” and the “most hated man in America” for raising the cost of a life-saving …
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The author and Joe Truss, Team Syntegrity 2017 facilitator. In Team Syntegrity 2017 which took place in Barcelona this June, participants addressed the opening question – by choosing twelve topics to discuss over a period of three and a half days. Here are some of the results so far. This is a protocol of overlapping sessions, designed …
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Jim Thome’s plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame will depict the Cleveland Indians icon with a hat bearing the team’s “Block C” logo rather than the offensive Chief Wahoo mascot that the team will continue to use in the upcoming 2018 season. The decision to break from the logo that Thome wore for most of his career …
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Members of the Catalan National Assembly, distribute information through the streets of Barcelona asking for the vote in the referendum of independence of Catalonia on October 1. September 17, 2017. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved.A reader not familiar with the ins and outs of Spanish and Catalan politics over the last ten years would be …
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With a new digital approach to youth health, Argentina hopes to avoid a repeat of the challenges that followed its difficult sexual revolution. At a time when half of young Argentines don’t use condoms properly, over 40% have sex before age 16, and a third lose their virginity without contraception, officials concluded that a latent …
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