By Stephanie Nolen Campaigns in some countries have reduced the practice, but it remains widespread in those with high rates of population growth. Source: Female Genital Cutting Continues to Increase Worldwide Category: Female Genital Mutilation, Women and Girls, Vagina, Medicine and Health, United Nations Children’s Fund, Somalia, North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Burkina Faso, […]
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By Agence France-Presse It may have deadly animals and wild weather, but Palm Cove in Australia’s northeast has been named the world’s best beach, beating rivals in Hawaii, Greece and Fiji. The two-kilometre stretch of pristine white sands backed by rows of palm trees was ranked number one beach in the world by the magazine […]
By Alison Maloney Reuters Part of a wing washed up 2,500 miles away at Reunion Island, a French territory near Mauritius[/caption] It was 17 minutes before air traffic controllers in Vietnam realised the plane was missing from their screens, and more than an hour before airline officials were told. There are people flying who shouldn’t […]