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Syria: Casualties Soar by Nearly 50 Percent since Creation of So-Called 'De-Escalation Zones'

Syria marks seven years of war this week, and the latest figures show at least 37 civilians killed every day since mid-2017 – an increase of 45 percent across Syria since the creation of ‘de-escalation zones’ including in Idlib and Eastern Ghouta.

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Ahead of Secretary Tillerson’s Budget Testimony, Humanitarian, Development and Global Health Organizations Release New Data Showing the Devastating Human Costs of Proposed Administration Cuts to Foreign Assistance

As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson prepares to testify on the administration’s budget, a leading group of humanitarian, development and global health organizations are releasing new data that shows just how devastating these proposed cuts to the...

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Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Opposition Loses Ground in Election

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won two of the four seats contested in Sunday's by-election for the city's semi-democratic legislature.

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UK Health Officials: Public Risk 'Low' After Poisoning of Former Russian Spy

British health officials said Sunday that traces of a nerve agent used in the suspected attempted murder of a Russian spy in Britain were found in a pub and restaurant he visited, but that the risk to public health remains low.

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