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Armstrong Vaz has been a journalist for last 20 years, writing for different Indian newspapers based in Goa &mdash; Herald, Navhind Times and Gomantak Times. He covers tourism-related stories and sports.

Armstrong Vaz

Spain fills vacant shepherd jobs with people from elsewhere

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Jobs

Spain taps into immigrant and refugee communities to fill vacant shepherding jobs

Pakistan's solar revolution

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The Big Fix

Pakistan’s solar revolution

French public media targeted by the far-right

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Media

French public media is being targeted by the far-right

The humanitarian catastrophe the world continues to overlook

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Conflict & Justice

Anti-immigrant protests surge in South Africa

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Anti-immigrant sentiment rises in South Africa

Are women behind the move in Spain to legalize undocumented immigrants?

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Scotland fans hire fleet of school buses for World Cup

A large group of people in kilts and Scotland soccer jerseys gather outside a grand building with columns.

Sports

Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring a fleet of school buses

Plan to kill dozens of wild hippos generates fierce debate in Colombia

Four hippos partially submerged in green, algae-covered water.

Animals

Plan to kill dozens of wild hippos linked to Pablo Escobar generates fierce debate in Colombia

Why 'Asia's cleanest village' bans tourists on Sundays

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Lifestyle

Asia’s ‘cleanest village’ tries to find a balance between tourists and calm

Decolonizing Berlin

People holding a large banner reading "Rassismus tötet!" during a protest on a street.

Efforts to decolonize Berlin as UN calls for reparations to right ‘historical wrongs’

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