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Renewed hope for children displaced by extreme environmental events

Led by the United Nations, a group of organisations have come up with a framework to help millions of boys and girls who have already been affected by climate change.

British and American universities come face-to-face with their racist past

The University of Cambridge will conduct a two-year academic study into how it benefited from the Atlantic slave trade. It is the latest turn in the ongoing debate over how institutions should face their demons.

Dozens of privileged people charged in US college admissions scandal

US federal prosecutors charge dozens, including celebrity Felicity Huffman, in a college admissions fraud scheme.

Are US-Russia tensions in Deir Ezzor really about territory?

As the common enemy in Syria is almost defeated, US and Russian-backed proxies have clashed in some areas. Their struggle to consolidate power has surfaced, but some analysts think the various actors have already claimed their spheres of influence.

Who says Muslims never condemn violence?

US student Heraa Hashmi came under the spotlight after deciding to share a 712-page document of Muslims condemning atrocities on Twitter. We talk to her about the story behind the post, and her experience of life as a Muslim woman in America.