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Calls grow for repeal of statute of limitations and widening of definition of rape after former model makes allegations on TikTok
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From upcycled school benches in India to plant pots in Peru, people are finding enterprising and ingenious solutions to a perennial problem
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With 15,000 living rough and stealing to get by, rising poverty and hunger in the country is driving more boys and girls from their homes
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In Makoko, one of the world’s largest floating slums, most people are illiterate and many children cannot afford to go to school. The charity, Chess in Slums Africa, uses the game to inspire children to come to class
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About one in 10 people in Poland is now Ukrainian. The welcome has been warm, but as war grinds on, some fear the ‘full’ sign must go up soon
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One Ukraine journalist tells why she and her colleagues across the country are determined to bear witness to unfolding horrors
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As food prices soar, Zimbabwe’s diaspora are opting for delivery services rather than money transfers to help hard-hit relatives
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Somalia’s first woman to head a media house explains how she beat the odds to become a journalist and why Bilan was set up
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Khaula Jamil explores the difficulties faced by Bengali-speakers in Pakistan, and how they are filtering down the generations
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Exploitation common in the Gulf is emerging in the UK – and will only get worse without government intervention
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Evidence appears to show illicit payments taken from workers harvesting produce for M&S, Tesco and Waitrose
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Nargis Orakzai now lives in freedom in Germany. But the pain of leaving behind her mother, and the career she loved, is with her every day
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Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change that
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A ceasefire breakdown has seen violence between the military and M23 rebels intensify in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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