Humeyra Pamuk and Oliver Holmes, Thomson Reuters

Cuba is out of oil

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Energy

Cuba runs out of oil

Doctor who discovered rare genetic disease balks at it being named after her

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Health & Medicine

Families organize amid government funding cuts into rare disease research

How coastlines propelled ancient humans across the planet

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Out of Eden Walk

How coastlines propelled ancient humans across the planet 

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

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Sports

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

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