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Staying healthy on the global walk

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Out of Eden Walk

Staying healthy on the Out of Eden Walk

Inside Indonesia's new eco-capital

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Environment

Indonesia makes plans for a utopian future capital

China is trying to erase Uyghur culture — in person and online

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Cybersecurity

The disappearance of Ekpar Asat

10 years after Paris Agreement, key architect reflects on treaty's legacy

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Climate Change

A decade after the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the treaty’s architect looks back at its legacy

Spain's paternity leave could be a model for the US

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Family Choices

This country’s paternity leave could be a model for the US

Climate negotiations take center stage in new play 'Kyoto'

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New play ‘Kyoto’ looks at the global agreement that first aimed to curb greenhouse gas emissions

Italian court shoots down plan for big bridge

Infrastructure

Polish baking that's 'dobre, dobre' — not too sweet

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Food

‘Dobre Dobre’: A cookbook that highlights Polish and Jewish baking traditions

New rules aim to keep skiers safe at 80+ MPH

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Sports

New rules aim to safeguard skiers in an inherently dangerous sport

Milan intimates turn abandoned refugee boats into musical instruments

Migration

From shipwreck to symphony: Prisoners in Italy turn migrant boats into violins

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Liberia to support President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's only female president.

Books

How hard is it to elect a female head of state? Liberians made it look easy.

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Conflict

An uncertain welcome awaits hundreds of Nigerian women and girls freed from Boko Haram captivity

Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix spent two years in Swaziland teaching English.

Business

Netflix goes live in the sub-Saharan, because ‘the future is in places like Africa’

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