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Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...

Source: nytimes

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Sparks fly at Clinton, Sanders debate over who is more progressive

Sparks fly at Clinton, Sanders debate over who is more progressive

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed sharply Thursday over who is more progressive, at...

Posted: About 10 years ago
Source: foxnews
Photography by the blind present us with a unique glimpse into their world, with the help of her Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi

Photography by the blind present us with a unique glimpse into their w...

To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the New Delhi chapter of the Bri...

Posted: About 10 years ago
School-based mindfulness training may reduce stress, trauma

School-based mindfulness training may reduce stress, trauma

Middle-school students in urban areas may benefit from in-school mindfulness programs, a new...

Posted: About 10 years ago
Source: foxnews

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A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
Posted: About 10 years ago

A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making

PARIS — It took almost two weeks for negotiators from 195 countries to finally pass the landmark climate accord this weekend after ...

Source: nytimes
‘Growing inequality threatens democracy’
Posted: About 7 years ago

‘Growing inequality threatens democracy’

Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal St...

Source: BBC News
Thailand votes in first post-coup election
Posted: About 7 years ago

Thailand votes in first post-coup election

About 50 million voters are heading to the polls in Thailand for the first general election since the 2014 coup. Thailand has be...

Source: BBC News
Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot
Posted: About 7 years ago

Brazil’s new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot

Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has chosen a new foreign minister who believes climate change is part of a plot by “cultu...

Source: The Guardian
Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants
Posted: About 7 years ago

Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants

Tokyo: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, with 660 injured, the government said on Mon...

Source: FirstPost
Polar vortex claims eight lives as US cold snap continues
Posted: About 7 years ago

Polar vortex claims eight lives as US cold snap continues

At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its worst cold snap in decades. An Iowa st...

Source: BBC News

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Posted: About 7 years ago
Source: BBC News