When 14-year-old Janani gets her period, she doesn’t always make it to school. Some days, there are no sanitary pads at home, and Janani is forced to use a pad made from old clothes. On those days, she skips classes.
“I feel ashamed of using…
Category: 4. World
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Firms in Guangdong welcome ‘ceasefire’ but look to diversify
Laura BickerChina correspondent
BBCDerek Wang spent almost half a million dollars setting up his company There’s a vast empty space in the middle of the factory floor in Foshan in southern China where workers should be welding high-end air fryers…
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Trump’s Middle East visit comes as his family business ties there grow
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s not just the “gesture” of a $400 million luxury plane that President Donald Trump says he’s smart to accept from Qatar. Or that he effectively auctioned off the first…
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Detained Philippines ex-President Duterte wins mayoral race in his home city : NPR
In this file photo, Rodrigo Duterte (left) takes his oath as president of the Philippines before Philippine Supreme Court…
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Trump says Iran must stop support of proxy groups as part of a nuclear deal
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump told Gulf leaders on Wednesday he urgently wants “to make a deal” with Iran to wind down its nuclear program but Tehran must end its support of…
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Trump gets another fighter jet escort as he visits Qatar on Mideast trip
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Donald Trump’s trip to Qatar is off to a flying start.
Like Saudi Arabia a day earlier, Qatar didn’t bother waiting for Trump to land before setting out to…
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Syria poised for investment boom as US sanctions eased – DW – 05/14/2025
During a visit to Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to lift crippling sanctions on Syria, marking a major policy shift by Washington after 14 years of civil war.
The country has been isolated by United…
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Starmer condemns fires as ‘attack on democracy’
Sir Keir Starmer has told MPs suspected arson attacks on properties linked to him are “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for”.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch condemned the attacks as “completely unacceptable” at…
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