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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 46 million people are living as slaves globally with the greatest number in India but the highest prevalence in North Korea, according to the third Global Slavery Index launched on Tuesday with Australian actor Russell Crowe.
The index, by Australia-based human rights group Walk Free Foundation, increased its estimate of people born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, or trapped in debt bondage or forced labor to 45.8 million... Читать дальше...
Damage from diesel emissions scandal only part of longer-term issue, says finance director
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — South Korea's President Park Geun-hye met Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday and discussed the trade imbalance between the two countries on the second day of her three-day visit to Kenya.
Internet trolls’ offensive comments are facing a new kind of policing from live-video app Periscope: the flash jury.
Dellen Millard and Mark Smich have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Prosecutors at the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay want 10 people who lost relatives in the terrorist attack to testify before the long-stalled case goes to trial.
– Juventus have confirmed negotiations with Barcelona’s Dani Alves and Javier Masherano – Club chief Giuseppe Marotta says talks with Dani Alves going smoothly but Masherano is still rough Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta has suggested that Barcelona and Brazil full back Dani Alves is closer than ever to joining the club. The 33-year-old looks set […]
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SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- POSCO, South Korea's biggest steelmaker, has regained its status as the world's fourth-largest steel-producing firm, data from the World Steel Association showed Tuesday. The Pohang-based company produced 41.9 million tons
Ekurhuleni Mayor Mondli Gungubele is elated to have finished the 2016 Comrades Marathon‚ seven minutes before the 12-hour cut-off time.
Ankara Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı, İstanbul'un fethinin 563. yıl dönümü kutlamalarıyla ilgili sosyal medyadaki paylaşımları dolayısıyla Altıoklar hakkında, "Cumhurbaşkanına hakaret" ve "halkı kin ve düşmanlığa...Devamı için tıklayınız
Antigovernment activists accused Russia of carrying out the airstrikes in which a hospital and a park were hit, an allegation Moscow denied.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahraini authorities have released prominent rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja on humanitarian grounds after two and a half months behind bars, her sister told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
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The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) adopted a package of documents setting common marcoeconomic targets and kicking off talks on free trade zone with Serbia, the Kremlin said in a statement Tuesday.
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Since Russia's illegal seizure and annexation of Crimea from Ukraine on March 18, 2014, six countries have come out in support of Moscow.
And in any other circumstance, the support Russia has received would be enough to make politicians blush.
The following map from the spokesperson for the US Embassy Russia shows the six nations, in addition to Russia, that have supported the Crimean annexation.
The six nations that have supported the Crimean annexation are... Читать дальше...
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Donald Trump slammed Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol at a press conference Tuesday, calling him a "loser" after he alluded to a possible independent run in the 2016 presidential election.
Kristol tweeted Sunday that there would be an "independent candidate — an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance," prompting Trump to tweet in response, calling Kristol a "dummy." Kristol responded that he hoped Trump's "nervousness about an independent candidacy... Читать дальше...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark is preparing to change the law so that being transgender will no longer be considered a mental disorder.
Moeller Mortensen said Denmark has lost patience with the World Health Organization, which has come under pressure to stop classifying transgender identity as mental disorder in its clinical guidelines.
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Considering what a musical polymath he is, it makes perfect sense that Jack White has provided the funky little theme song to NBC's Maya and...
Shaquille O'Neal landed his first official label release recently and is preparing for his forthcoming Hall of Fame induction, but he's...
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CURITIBA, Brazil, May 31 (UPI) -- A 3-year-old Rubik's cube prodigy solved the puzzle in only 47 seconds at an international competition in Brazil.
