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Cleaning up Fukushima: Decommissioning work continues on nuclear power plant

Decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan began soon after it suffered a triple meltdown in March 2011. Fourteen years on, the work continues. This summer will mark two years…

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Thailand: Searching for bats with this expert virus hunter

Supaporn Wacharapluesadee has been uncovering the secrets of bat-borne viruses, linking them to past outbreaks like Nipah, SARS, and MERS. Her research on zoonotic spillover is more important than ever.…

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‘Pfizergate’: Court finds EU Commission chief von der Leyen broke transparency rules

We look at a crucial court ruling in EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's "Pfizergate" scandal. But first, Hungary's government examines a bill that would allow it to shut down media…

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Italy: The women taking on the mafia

Italy's southern Puglia region is the territory of the Sacra Corona Unita, also known as the "fourth mafia". Less well known than Cosa Nostra, the Camorra or the 'Ndrangheta, the criminal group…

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Peru’s battle against organised crime: Lima gripped by rampant violence

It’s been a deadly start to the year in Peru. The country has already seen more than 700 homicides: a 20 percent increase compared to last year. These murders are often the…

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HRW report: migrant workers in Saudi Arabia electrocuted, decapitated and falling to death

We speak to Ahmed Benchemsi, advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Human Rights Watch, which has published a report on grave abuses committed on construction sites in Saudi…

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Gaza’s Morag corridor: What does satellite imagery show us?

FRANCE 24's The Observers team has analysed a series of satellite imagery, including Israeli media and army footage, that shows us the latest developments regarding the construction of the IDF's Morag corridor…

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Turkey’s crackdown on dissent disrupts EU-Turkey relations: Europe in difficult balancing act

"Business as usual with Turkey cannot continue." That was the message MEPs sent when they voted on a report about Turkey's EU accession process on May 7 in Strasbourg. Amid a crackdown…

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Not just numbers: Quantifying development as metrology hits 150-year milestone

If you can measure it, you can manage it. One of Kenya's metrology heavyweights speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith about how there is might in monitoring. There were no African signatories when 17…

2 days ago

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US-backed aid group to start work in Gaza by end of May under heavily criticized plan

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation will start work in Gaza by the end of May under a heavily criticised aid plan that the UN aid chief Tom Fletcher described as a “fig…

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Kashmir: The Pakistani militant groups India is targeting

A fragile ceasefire is in place between India and Pakistan following days of aerial strikes between the two nuclear powers. DW takes a look at the Islamist militant outfits India said it…

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Cleaning up Fukushima: Decommissioning work continues on nuclear power plant

Thailand: Searching for bats with this expert virus hunter

‘Pfizergate’: Court finds EU Commission chief von der Leyen broke transparency rules

Italy: The women taking on the mafia

Peru’s battle against organised crime: Lima gripped by rampant violence

HRW report: migrant workers in Saudi Arabia electrocuted, decapitated and falling to death

Gaza’s Morag corridor: What does satellite imagery show us?

Turkey’s crackdown on dissent disrupts EU-Turkey relations: Europe in difficult balancing act

Not just numbers: Quantifying development as metrology hits 150-year milestone

US-backed aid group to start work in Gaza by end of May under heavily criticized plan

Kashmir: The Pakistani militant groups India is targeting

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