Non-Antibiotic Drugs Promote Antibiotic Resistance
THE widespread use of antibiotics encourages the pathogens they are directed against to become inured to their effects. That is
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Trump Fires Tillerson on Twitter
US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and immediately replaced him with the director of the
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It Is Time To End The Child Soldier Stereotype
From Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Myanmar and Nigeria, countless children remain trapped in armed conflict. The UN
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Prison or Deportation: The Impossible Choice For Asylum Seekers in Israel
Just two months from now, the Israeli government says it will begin indefinitely imprisoning asylum seekers who refuse deportation. IRIN
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Robots Must Work For The Good Of Humanity, The Pope Tells Davos
Responding to the rise of robots in the workplace, Pope Francis has called for automation growth to be underpinned by
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The Cities Where African-Americans Are Doing The Best Economically 2018
By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox (Forbes.com) The 2007 housing crisis was particularly tough on African-Americans, as well as Hispanics, extinguishing much of
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Pope Francis’s Message To Davos 2018 In Full
This is the text of a prepared speech read at Davos by Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of the
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Ten Humanitarian Crises to Look Out For in 2018 – IRIN
IRIN’s editors sketch out the gloomy-looking horizon for year 2018 From the Rohingya to South Sudan, hurricanes to famine, 2017 was full of disasters and crises.
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UN Honours 14 Peacekeepers Killed in Eastern DR Congo
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday paid tribute to the Tanzanian peacekeepers
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Women, Youth and SMEs to Benefit from African Development Bank’s $100-Million Loan to Mauritius
Thousands of small and medium enterprises in Mauritius will benefit from a US $100-million loan to the country from the
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