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School pencil cases banned to stop ‘stigma’ in England
A school has banned pencil cases in a bid to stop pupils from poor families being stigmatized.
St. Wilfrid's Primary School in Northumberland, England, said...
Women activists in India anger at India sanitary pad poll pledge
Women activists in India have criticized two of India's major political parties who have made sanitary towels a key promise for upcoming state elections.
India's...
104-year-old Scientist ends life in Switzerland
Australian Scientist David Goodall, age 104, has died after choosing to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, a right-to-die organization says.
The praised...
University in England suspends 11 students over rape jokes
Eleven students have been suspended from the University of Warwick in England after rape jokes made in a Facebook group chat emerged.
Student online papers...
US President says North Korea has released three American prisoners
North Korea has freed three United States citizens from prison, according to a tweet from US President, Donald Trump.
According to the BBC, the move...
World braces for announcement on Iran deal
President Donald Trump can today land his most devastating blow yet on the legacy of Barack Obama, but a move to pull out of...
Nigeria’s authorities have shut down three drugs companies
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (Nafdac) in Nigeria said it shut 3 pharmaceutical firms for failing to fully co-operate...
British Foreign Secretary appeals to US President not to pull out of Iran’s nuclear...
British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has appealed to United States President, Donald Trump not to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement, saying the...
China steps up quarantine checks on United States apple and log imports
China’s main ports will step up quarantine checks on imports of apples and logs from the United States (US), and shipments found carrying disease...
Nobel Prize for literature postponed in wake of sex scandal
The Swedish Academy has announced that no Nobel Prize for literature will be awarded this year, in wake of a financial and sexual scandal...
