Climate lawsuits against companies on the rise: report
Companies worldwide have faced mounting legal pressure to reduce their impact on global warming as activists use litigation to fight climate change, according to a new report Thursday.
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Julian Assange 'rediscovering life' as free man in Australia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "rediscovering life" as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said Thursday.
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Struggles of 'levelling-up' plan epitomise UK Tory decline
The UK Conservatives scored a thumping win in 2019 by promising to "level-up" struggling regions, but for voters in towns like Keighley, the flagship policy has been eclipsed by spiralling costs.
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Australia swim queen Campbell retires after missing out on Paris
Australian swimmer Cate Campbell has announced her retirement after failing to qualify for a fifth Olympics, ending a career in which she set seven world records and won a slew of medals.
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From undocumented to business owner: a Honduran's American dream come true
Nahun Romero, a Honduran footballer who arrived in New York penniless and undocumented, is living his American dream in the Big Apple where he leads a successful sports school.
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Murdered and forgotten: Iraqi victims of gender-based violence
In a sun-baked cemetery in northern Iraq, silence lingers over a forsaken corner devoid of mourners, where women killed in gender-based violence rest in unmarked graves.
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The herders caught in India and China's icy conflict
Lines on a map once meant little to India's Tibetan herders of the high Himalayas, expertly guiding their goats through even the harshest winters to pastures on age-old seasonal routes.
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Hit UK politics podcast revives lost art of disagreement
Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart have something to add to their already lengthy CVs: political podcast stars.
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France's Risacher goes to Hawks with top pick in NBA Draft
France's Zaccharie Risacher was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the first overall pick in Wednesday's opening round of the NBA Draft.
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Who could get key roles in a UK Labour government?
With the Labour party widely expected to win next month's UK general election, speculation has turned to who leader Keir Starmer could appoint as senior ministers.
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