Articles from April 2019

Greek cat sanctuary ‘overwhelmed’ with emails after advertising paid job on idyllic island with 55 felines

The toughest battle in the fight against Aids? There is still one region where infection rates are on the rise

Four years ago global leaders announced bold plans to wipe out Aids by 2030. Huge global progress has been made in tackling an epidemic which has claimed over 35 million lives since the 1980s. But there’s…

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Austria rejects asylum claim from 18-year-old Afghan because ‘gait and posture’ were not ‘homosexual’

Authorities in Austria have come under scrutiny after they reportedly rejected a gay asylum-seeker because he didn’t walk or dress “like a homosexual”. The unnamed 18-year-old claimed he faced persecution in his native Afghanistan because…

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Israel’s wave of strikes on Gaza ‘kill pregnant woman and toddler’ after militants’ rockets hit town of Sderot

Israel carried out a major wave of strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead in another severe flare-up of…

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