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Colombian renewable energy projects spark Indigenous opposition
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Green Tourism: How Countries are Paving the Way for Sustainable Travel 
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Mine Collapse in Mali Leaves Scores Dead 
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Albania’s TikTok Ban Sparks Protests Ahead of Elections
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“The Fate of the World Rests Upon This Election”: Germans Head to the Polls February 23
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Aid in Gaza has always been essential and yet inadequate, a problem the ongoing war has greatly exaggerated as women in Gaza continue to face a shortage of critical aid in the form of menstrual products amid the Israel-Hamas War.

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2021 saw a notable increase in national movements advancing reproductive freedoms. At the forefront of the year’s victories are young activists from East Asia and Latin America.

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