Bogota elects first woman mayor in Colombia regional vote

Claudia Lopez has promised to put more police officers on the streets, to fight child labor and teenage pregnancy and to expand educational opportunities for adults over 45

'Grass' or 'VIP'? How rural Vietnamese make treacherous journey to Europe

Many trafficked Vietnamese end up working in illegal cannabis farms in Britain but 'grass' in this case is a slang word used in Vietnam to describe something as dirt cheap


Missouri's only abortion clinic to challenge state shutdown order

Missouri is one of 12 states to pass laws restricting abortion access this year


Geena Davis receives honorary Oscar for work against gender bias

While equality for women lags throughout U.S. society, it is even worse in film and television, says Davis


Pope, closing synod, decries plundering of the Amazon

The synod's final document warned of the risks to the Amazon basin from mining and deforestation, which scientists say increases the threat of global warming


Thousands throng Taipei streets in E.Asia's largest Pride march

Since legalisation on May 24, more than 2,150 same-sex couples have married in Taiwan


Firefighters struggle against massive, wind-whipped California wildfire

About 180,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders


Indonesian students use puppets to banish 'big ghost' of plastic waste

Indonesia has been struggling to cope with the waste it produces, much of which goes into landfills and often seeps into rivers and oceans



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