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Pressing humanitarian emergencies across the globe have seen the budget for the World Food Programme’s multimillion-dollar school feeding operation in Cambodia slashed for the second year in a row, leaving about 275,000 students without daily hot breakfasts and other food…
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Prominent activist monk Venerable Loun Sovath is awaiting new charges after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court discovered grave technical errors involving his case during a trial that lawyers and NGO officials have called “bewildering”. Sovath, an internationally recognised human rights…
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The province is struggling to recruit a second forensic pathologist to take some of the workload from the only specialist in Saskatchewan holding that position. Based in Saskatoon City Hospital, Dr. Shaun Ladham is Saskatchewan’s first and only forensic pathologist…
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MANILA – A sinewy man covered in thick soot stands in a grey cloud of smoke, watching over a slow-burning pile of wood that sustains his life but may also eventually kill him. Nearby, emaciated children with their bones visible through…
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MANILA, Philippines – A clan whose chiefs are on trial for the Philippines’ worst political massacre secured big wins in local elections this week, results showed Friday, deepening fears that justice may never be served. Leaders of the Ampatuan family…
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Julie Parsons was leading the last of her horses to the barn when she heard an ear-shattering scream. She spun around and saw one of the nearby barns completely engulfed in flames, and her horrified neighbour frozen in panic. “It’s…
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Scarborough has welcomed a wave of new immigrants for the past 25 years. According to the 2006 census, 57 per cent of Scarborough’s population is made up of immigrants. For many, Scarborough has become a stepping stone for those who…
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Hi! I’m Sarah, a Canadian freelance multimedia journalist, serial expat and self-proclaimed third culture kid. Specialising in tech, travel, immigration, culture and health, I have followed my sixth sense for news to various places in North America, Asia and now, Europe. When I’m not writing or editing, I’m losing sleep over travelogues and fantasy books or planning motorcycle trips from the Old Continent.
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