Eight-time Olympic Champion Usain Bolt sent a message of good luck to athletes assembling in Lausanne for the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). The Jamaican sprinter was an ambassador for the first ever YOG in Singapore in 2010 and he told the competitors to enjoy every moment of their experience at …
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Illinois, the largest Midwestern state in the U.S., is beginning 2020 with the implementation of a new law that allows people to legally buy marijuana for recreational use
A year ago, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Act to help the country’s disabled. However, Nigeria’s blind and visually impaired say they are still struggling against poverty and bias, with many forced to beg for a living.
Afghan Women now want peace,stability and obviously freedom which they are enjoying in Afghanistan
Two million Cambodians were killed during the four years of the Khmer Rouge’s reign. On Plugged In, Youk Chhang tells Greta Van Susteren his story of surviving genocide, reconciling what he witnessed and endured to honor the victims and hold his torturers accountable
Newly qualified paramedic Myizambek Ishenbek Uulu is just 22, but he must care for over 400 people in a remote Kyrgyz village. He travels to many of his patients on horseback or on foot
A cleft lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects among infants. In developed countries like the U.S., corrective surgeries are often performed during the first couple of years of a child’s life. But in some places like Pakistan there are thousands of children with the birth defect, but not enough doctors who can perform the corrective surgery
American Teen Cross Country Runner Noor noticed that her name was not up there because of her Hijab. She broke down.A special report
Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival organised by the Global Poverty Project.The project is a movement that seeks to bring an end to extreme poverty by 2030 as part of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Take some time off and get a close look at the lanes and bylanes of North Kolkata, it’s age old buildings, it’s a magical charm, – that’s forever