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US Places New Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil Company

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced new sanctions Friday on 34 vessels of Venezuela's state oil company and two companies that ship crude oil to Cuba.

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Trump Visits US-Mexico Border to Inspect Replaced Border Wall

U.S. President Donald Trump has visited the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station, a crossing point between the United States and Mexico.

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Boeing Admits Faulty Sensor May Have Caused Deadly Ethiopian Airlines Crash

Boeing admitted Thursday that a faulty sensor in its anti-stall system played a part in last month's deadly Ethiopian plane crash.

Ethiopian investigators released their preliminary report into the disaster that killed 157 people, saying the anti-stall system kept pushing the nose of the plane downward shortly after takeoff as the pilots struggled to take control.

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Forced Labour Tainted Cotton: from Turkmenistan via Turkey

Turkmenistan uses Turkey as a gateway for its forced labour affected cotton to enter global supply chains – Rocio Domingo Ramos on our latest research.

Does your business source cotton products from Turkey? Or maybe you have been buying clothes with ‘Made in Turkey’ tag? I have bad news for you: you may be inadvertently supporting a massive scale system of forced labour.

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Venezuelans brave torrential border river, face exploitation, abuse – UN urges greater protection

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In a situation of human mobility, hundreds of Venezuelans wait in line at the Rumichaca border of Ecuador with Colombia to seal their passport and continue their journeys.

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Islamic Development Bank and UNICEF to establish a Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for Children

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and UNICEF signed a communique to announce their intent to develop a Global Muslim Philanthropy Fund for Children on April 03, 2019.

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UN chief pays tribute to Egypt’s role in avoiding ‘dramatic’ escalation in conflict across the Gaza-Israel border

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Egypt’s FM Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, as part of his two-day visit to Egypt.

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Cyclone Idai: 900,000 cholera vaccine doses arrive in Beira, Mozambique

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On 21 March 2019 in Mozambique, Helcio Filipe Antonio holds a boy named Anderson Tackdi the Samora Michel High School in Beira. The Samora Michelle High School is one of the places used as a living space for people from Buzi, Mozambique that has been displaced by the floods caused by Cyclone Idai.

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Wars have rules: 5 things the UN humanitarian chief wants countries to tackle so human suffering in conflict can be minimized

With the rights and lives of millions of women, children and men uprooted by conflict every year, the UN Security Council held a special meeting on Monday to examine ways to promote and strengthen the rule of law, especially in the humanitarian field.

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Ukrainians Vote in Presidential Election

The polls have opened and voters in Ukraine are casting their ballots Sunday in the first round of the country's presidential election.