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All-girls robotics team designs low-cost anti-COVID ventilator in Afghanistan
In the eastern Afghan city of Herat, 18-year-old high school student Somaya Faruqi adjusts a suction cap as she puts the finishing...
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Italian-Cuban solidarity: doctors and nurses from the Henry Reeves contingent return to Cuba
The group supported the specialized personnel of Lombardy for three months, intervening directly and curing more than 210 people. Cheered...
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The plight of seafarers in the time of COVID-19
Around 200,000 workers around the world are stranded on ships amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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BAME businesses contribute £25bn to UK economy but held back from growth, report finds
Many BAME entrepreneurs have struggled to access external finance to help their business survive and prosper.
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'Colour-blind' France lacks pandemic data for ethnic minorities
Back at the start of France’s COVID-19 crisis in February, epidemiologist Cyrille Delpierre encountered a problem when trying to find out...
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Leicester lockdown review pending, says health minister
Coronavirus cases in Leciester remain well above the rest of the country.
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Databases needed to effectively address racial injustice in the EU
A large proportion of EU member states do not utilise concepts of race or ethnic origin in data collection.
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Exclusive: UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, returns home
Do you remember Vietnam’s most seriously ill COVID-19 patient, a British pilot who at one point seemed close to death? He finally left...
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