A 19-year-old woman from Nicaragua in Central America has been telling the United Nations how she was traded as “currency” in a card game, and then trafficked and abused.
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At the end of 2018, The Vegetarian Butcher became part of the Unilever family. We catch up with CEO Hugo Verkuil as he looks back on two years of plant-based growth, campaigning and cooking.
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Worldwide, persons with disabilities experience higher levels of unemployment and economic inactivity than non-disabled persons. Ahead of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Mike Hess, US-based entrepreneur and founder of the Blind Institute of Technology, spoke to UN News as part of the International Labour Organization (ILO) photography project "Dignity at Work: The American Experience".
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Meet the world’s first female Grandmaster, who popularised the game in Georgia, has a chess palace named after her, and is still competing today.
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In exchange for the elimination of duties on live or frozen lobster imported from the US, the EU will get duty relief of a comparable economic value on its own products, such as prepared meals, certain crystal glassware and cigarette lighters.
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Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60.The Argentine Football Association confirmed the news on Wednesday and posted a short message on its social media platforms.
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2020 is the year when so much of normal life has been put on hold: travel, meetings, office work, the simple pleasures of meeting friends and family. It has also been a year of frenzied activity, and of rising to meet new demands in unfamiliar, difficult circumstances.
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The Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) announced today the discovery of substantial recoverable unconventional oil resources located onshore, estimated at 22 billion stock tank barrels (STB), and an increase in conventional oil reserves of 2 billion STB in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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Along with other tried and tested public health measures, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Monday that “there is now real hope” that vaccines will play an essential part in helping end the COVID pandemic.
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As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over the White House from President Donald Trump, experts anticipate a near-complete reversal on climate policy.
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