The 2014 World Cup is helping shine a spotlight on Brazil’s child prostitution crisis. CNN’s Shasta Darlington reports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAttQ2MGQTY
Have you ever heard of Morocco’s ‘Mule Ladies’ ?
It was 9 a.m., and hundreds of Moroccan women, many of them older, were already at work, bent over and straining, trying to inch up the hill to the border post here. […]
Libya has the least public debt in the world [interactive graphic]
The clock is ticking. Every second, it seems, someone in the world takes on more debt. The idea of a debt clock for an individual nation is familiar to anyone who has […]
The U.S. is looking for a major enemy to justify its $1 trillion defense spending
As US spending on defense reaches $1 trillion a year and defense giants such as Boeing gain increased lobbying power, the US must justify this money by creating tangible enemies around the […]
The left of Paris voted right and the right of Paris voted left
In Paris, they have a geo political wall as we also know it from Berlin. In the left part of the city, they vote right wing. In the right part of the […]
Russia calls for federated Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister has said the solution to Ukraine’s crisis should be a loose federation of regions that can choose their own economic model, language and religion. Sergey Lavrov said he and […]
Guantanamo detainee sues Barack Obama over ‘medieval’ torture methods
A Yemeni inmate at Guantanamo Bay has introduced a landmark lawsuit challenging the practice of force-feeding at the US military prison camp. The case represents the first time a US court will […]
Thousands of Taiwanese protest in the streets of Taipei against new trade pact with China
More than hundred thousand Taiwanese have rallied against a trade pact with China. Taiwan’s president says the deal will improve the economy, but campaigners say it will make their territory too economically […]
People in Crimea welcome time shift that synchronises them with Russia
People in the Crimean capital Simferopol have been celebrating the clocks changing to synchronise with the time in Moscow. Moscow formally annexed Crimea earlier in March after the predominantly ethnically Russian region […]
Democracy at work: Republicans are trying to suppress black votes in swing states
Pivotal swing states under Republican control are embracing significant new electoral restrictions on registering and voting that go beyond the voter identification requirements that have caused fierce partisan brawls. The bills, laws […]
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