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Juan Pablo Torrents-FauraSquatters in town
Barcelona, Spain • Current Affairs • 14 Jul 2020
Nowadays, living in empty properties is widespread in Spain. This situation is a hurdle for many people whose right to private property is unprotected: something many might believe is evidently unacceptable. Firstly, an owner of an apartment must pay exhaustive amounts of bills, taxes and anything... Read more
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Memet Faruk AksakalFirst official Covid-19 case reported in Turkish/rebels controlled part of Idlib.
Reyhanlı, Turkey • Investigative Reporting • 15 Jul 2020
A doctor from Bab al Hava hospital right across Turkish border reported as the first official positive Covid-19 case in Turkish and rebels controlled pat of Idlib in northern Syria. The hospital temporary closed. The number of the Covid-19 cases in Idlib and the other parts of Syria that controlled... Read more
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Hagia Sophia Church which is a museum now may be announced as a mosque on July 10th.
İstanbul, Turkey • Breaking News • 15 Jul 2020
Hagia Sophia church which used as a museum may be converted into mosque and this may be announced by Turkish high administrative court on Friday July 10. The court made decision on on July 2nd but has not announced its decision yet. Read more
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Núria VilcomHome care unit working in a situation of extreme vulnerability amid the pandemic in Spain
Barcelona, Spain • Breaking News • 15 Jul 2020
A home care unit is working these days in a situation of extreme vulnerability; they work on the front lines and are not recognized as health workers. They have precarious wages, and they are seeing how the most vulnerable people are living the virus: people with mental health problems, dependent... Read more
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No humanitarian aid to Idlib, Russia and China veto extending cross-border aid to Syria
Reyhanlı, Turkey • Breaking News • 16 Jul 2020
Nearly one million refugees live in camps in northern Syria. Under the current resolution, the UN aid is delivered from Turkey to northwestern Syria via the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salam border crossings. The current UN resolution will expire on 10 July. If that happens it will severely impact... Read more
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Illegal immigration of Afghan and Pakistanis to Turkey via Iran, refugees boat sank in Van lake, 11 bodies recovered
Van, Turkey • Social • 17 Jul 2020
Nearly one million Afghani and Pakistani illegal immigrants came to Turkey via Iran in last four years. They just walk from the border to nearest city and from there they go to western Turkey. The immigration of Pakistani and Afghans also continue during Covid-19 pandemic. A boat sank in Van lake... Read more
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Neil Pyatt43 Missing Students: Remains Found of Some of Missing 43 Students from Ayotzinapa, Mexico
Ciudad de México, Mexico • Breaking News • 17 Jul 2020
"The Historical Truth is over." The new, and first-ever Left-leaning Mexican government has revealed that some human remains have been found and identified as being from three of the 43 Ayotzinapa teacher-training students who were abducted and subsequently disappeared in 2014. The federal... Read more
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Heather LuskHalfway in Haiti
Indianapolis, United States of America • Natural Disasters • 18 Jul 2020
The goal of Zanmi Fondwa is to build 40 homes in 3 years for the people of Fondwa, Haiti. July marks 18 months since the founder made this commitment, and the organization will soon be dedicating their 20th home with finances secured to build several more. While the pandemic has hampered some... Read more
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Ayodeji Victor BolorunduroHow Qatar has been combating the corona virus pandemic as it prepares for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Doha, Qatar • Medical • 30 Jul 2020
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup a little more than two years away, Qatar found itself in the unique and unexpected position of preparing for the tournament while joining the world in combating the rampaging COVID 19. How this country of fewer than 3 million people has been pushing on despite the... Read more
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"Keeping a safe distance will be a problem": blind people during coronavirus
Barcelona, Spain • Breaking News • 31 Jul 2020
The complicated boundary for blind people during the de-escalation process after coronavirus lockdown. Miquel is a journalist and one of the voices of an Spanish radio station. Since the start of the health alert, he is working at home because he is in the risk group. There are around 73.000 blind... Read more
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Enos DenhereThriving For Climate Resilient and Low Carbon Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe • Arts & Books • 04 Aug 2020
According to science almost 4.5 billion years ago, our planet formed from a cloud of gases. Those gases solidified. A thin outer crust formed, and an atmosphere developed. Since its birth, Earth has been morphing in ways big and small. And ever since the first inklings of life arose, some 3.8... Read more
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COVID-19 sending “CLEAR” message on African Presidents to change the old fashioned mind sets.
Harare, Zimbabwe • Climate Change • 04 Aug 2020
Source Freelance Journalist- Enos Denhere 19/05/2020 COVID-19 sending “CLEAR” message on African Presidents to change the old fashioned mind sets. Will Africa arise after the Corona virus pandemic is over? The COVID-19 have exposed the misplaced priorities in the health and economy sectors in... Read more
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Girl Child is more vulnerable to abuse during this period of COVID-19
Harare, Zimbabwe • Climate Change • 10 Aug 2020
The corona virus pandemic have made the girl child life to be more vulnerable to abuse than a boy a child. They are multitudes of young girls who have been severely traumatized by the abuse that has been inflicted upon them during the lock down. Some common forms of abuse are physical, verbal,... Read more
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Rebuild Africa Initiative needs your assistance to see light
Harare, Zimbabwe • Breaking News • 25 Aug 2020
As Rebuild Africa our heart is bleeding for betterment of Africa. Africa once dubbed the black continent continues unabated its trend of not satisfying needs and aspirations of its especially the youths and it's underdeveloped citizens. The current nature of global conflict and the array of threats... Read more
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Africa needs to go green
Harare, Zimbabwe • Climate Change • 31 Aug 2020
30 June 2020 Source Enos Denhere: Freelance Journalist Africa Needs To Go Green Will Africa arise after the Corona virus pandemic is over? Africa need to fully utilise the untapped wealth resources and fight corruption so that her people will not be vulnerable during difficult times. The... Read more
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PLAN AHEAD ON HOW TO SUBDUE THE AFTER EFFECTS OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
Harare, Zimbabwe • Climate Change • 31 Aug 2020
Life is full of ups and downs. The COVID-19 has left many people miserable. People no longer know what to do to adapt to new world order .There is a big shift in terms of doing things. The tables have turned down. In many homes the people are having one/no meal a day especially in Africa. The clear... Read more
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Beryl OsindoEarly marriages in western kenya
Nairobi, Kenya • Cultural • 01 Sep 2020
Early Marriages in Rural Kenya and Informal Settings For a long period in my life, I struggled to understand why my parents never wanted my family to stay in our ancestral home except on vacations. My six siblings and I felt overly important each fortnight of the family vacation. We were the... Read more
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Luka KazzahCOVID 19: Nigeria and China, Issues and Matters Arising....from Business and Economy Perspective.
Abuja, Nigeria • Current Affairs • 25 Sep 2020
Covid 19 : Nigeria and China, Issues and Matters Arising..... from Business and Economy perspective . Nigeria ranks the seven-largest country in the world, also the African largest market economy, its remains the most competitive destination for the establishment of medium and large... Read more
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Andy RoesgenCoronavirus U.S. updates / Summer gatherings
Chicago, United States of America • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
I'm available for outdoor live shots (I shoot them myself through Skype) at public places, like beaches, where health officials are worried the coronavirus will spread, and I can update the rapidly-changing re-opening plans in the states, hospitalizations and case numbers. I also shoot my own video,... Read more
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Chicago's spiraling gun violence
Chicago, United States of America • Current Affairs • 30 Sep 2020
Chicago's gun violence is roaring back to life after the coronavirus shut-down. Over the Independence Day weekend, at least 17 were killed and over 60 injured, despite an extra 1,200 officers on the streets. For three weekends in a row, young children have been killed. Why? The reasons, the... Read more
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Jackie Guigui-StolbergMunich Confronts its Nazi Past at the National Socialist Documentation Center
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
The Braunes Haus, the building that housed Nazi party headquarters in Munich from 1930 to 1945, in fact no longer exists; it was destroyed by Allied forces after the war. But precisely at the site where it once stood, the National Socialist Documentation Center represents Munich's final coming to... Read more
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Strolling Through History: A Walking Tour to Remember Munich's Nazi Past
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
The name of Munich's most successful walking-tours company, "Stattreisen" is a play on German words that mean something most closely translatable as "alternative trips". The message is clear: on a "Stattreisen" walking tour you will experience the Bavarian capital in unusual ways, with... Read more
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"Blindgänger" (Unexploded Bombs in Germany) - Blasts from the Past
München, Germany • Cultural • 30 Sep 2020
For countless reasons, World War II is present in the German psyche and memory for many people in the general population on almost a daily basis. Cities like Berlin and Dresden, for example, still have eerily empty spaces in the middle of town, where it is obvious that some edifice once stood there... Read more
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Enric Duran: the Robin Hood of the banks
Barcelona, Spain • Social • 30 Nov 2020
I'm a freelance journalist based in Barcelona, and I'm looking for media interested on publishing this story: Enric is a Catalan activist who in 2008 announced that, through a false payroll and a fictitious trade, he got loans from 39 financial institutions for a total of 492,000 euros -almost half... Read more
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Núria Vilcom
Coverage Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo-Tuzla-Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) • Current Affairs • 30 Dec 2020
Good morning, I'm a freelance journalist based in Barcelona. During march I will be in Bosnia and Herzegovina to write some reportages -also with video and photos. -I will go to the Bosnian-Croatian border to see the situation of migrants trapped at EU gates. Specifically, Croatia's returns to... Read more
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Mohammed SulemanPoor Infrastructures in Our Basic Schools
Ayensuano,Ghana • Social • 30 Dec 2020
The Yaw Donkor D/A Basic school in Yaw Donkokrom within bepoase, an electoral area in Ayensuano district has a population of 160 pupils with a three unit classroom block. The three unit classroom is shared among the primary and junior high level creating unconducive environment for teaching and... Read more
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People and School children Get Stranded due to Absence of a Footbridge on the River
Ayensuano,Ghana • Social • 30 Dec 2020
People of Agyei Krom suffers to reach other communities as the log serving as a footbridge on the Ayensu River can cause a havoc if not rehabilitated.The only route to the communities educational facility hence when it rains,pupils have to either swim through the river or stays at home for... Read more
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Germany's Stagecoach Inns
Munich, Germany • Food & Drink • 31 Dec 2020
The easiest way to find an excellent and atmospheric restaurant in Germany is to look for the main church in old town and village squares. Next to the church you will often find a large old building bearing the name "Gasthof zur Post." After the fifteenth-century founding of postal routes along the... Read more
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"Tiny Homes" neighborhoods a big way to fight poverty/homelessness
Chicago, United States of America • Current Affairs • 31 Dec 2020
A pastor in Detroit, Rev. Faith Fowler, dreamed up a neighborhood that would be comprised of tiny homes, as a ticket out of poverty -- and today it's thriving. All the materials are donated -- pop star Jon Bon Jovi even donated $100,00 00 -- and Fowler is getting calls from neighborhood planners... Read more
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Cloth fit for a King
Bavaria, Germany • Cultural • 31 Dec 2020
Volker Illimann was born into a family of textile manufacturers and is one of Europe's leading experts on historical fabrics. His expertise has made cloth reconstruction possible for exquisite furniture in many castles and palaces in Germany: in Potsdam, Würzburg, Munich... Not only does he know... Read more
