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  • At least 16 people were killed and 32 injured when a powerful earthquake rocked Tibet in southwest China on Thursday night.
  • On Thursday, thousands of people participated in protests to support of abortion rights around Poland, including in Warsaw, the country's capital, and more than 20 other cities.
  • The state-owned Emirates News Agency reported that Lana Nusseibeh is the United Arab Emirates' nominee for secretary-general of the United Nations.
  • After last weekend's protests, French authorities on Thursday banned or restricted new demonstrations.
  • The European Union's top prize for human rights achievement, the Sakharov Prize, has been given to the International Criminal Court in 2026.

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March 9, 2021

Venezuela Refugee Musicians in Chile

Former choir director Ana Marvez could not stand to see the musical skills of her fellow Venezuelans go to waste in Chile, their host country. To showcase those hidden talents, she started an orchestra

COVID 19 Impact on Body

Last March, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, it had already proved to be lethal and highly contagious

March 8, 2021

Afghan Woman Shot in Face Turns...

About 52 percent of women in Afghanistan have experienced violence in their homes, according to the World Health Organization

March 7, 2021

COVID Plunging Many Kenyans Deeper into...

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya, thousands of families are struggling with deepening poverty and unemployment.  A survey by the charity Twaweza shows 60% of Kenyan families can no longer afford three meals per day

International Women’s Day:Women Still Facing Gender...

For over a century, International Women’s Day has celebrated women’s achievements across the globe, overcoming persistent gender inequality

March 6, 2021

Women Defying the Odds

Two documentaries shine a light on women defying the odds in the face of brutality and corruption

For Georgian Woman, A Tattoo Is...

Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she decided to stop wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo

Authorities in Northeast Syria Release 65...

Al-Hol camp authorities on Thursday released 65 Islamic State families of Deir el-Zour under an agreement with Syria’s tribes

March 5, 2021

Despite Setbacks, Europe’s Far Right Finds...

Europe’s far right has suffered some setbacks recently: Germany’s top opposition party is under surveillance for extremism and France shut down a right-wing youth group

Russia Ends Ban on Hundreds of...

It’s a new era for Russian women, at least if they’re aspiring truckers, boat drivers, or pilots. Russia’s government has opened up several hundred professions that previously barred women under late-Soviet-era labor restrictions

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