The Assad regime detained the six Syrian children with its parents in 2013. Where are they now?

The Assad regime detained the six Syrian children with its parents in 2013. Where are they now?

Children's school uniforms are hung on the door. Their academic workbooks are placed on the desk. The dust-covered toys are still on the floor. That's what Naila al-Abbasi discovered her sister Rania's apartment in Syria after nearly 12 years after being detained with six children and entering the secret network of prisons and detention centers…

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'My best friend is going to work

'My best friend is going to work

Fighting back tears, 22-year-old garbage collector Okuku Prince recalled the moment his best friend's lifeless body was found in a huge garbage dump in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Last August, a landslide in Kiteezi dump killed 30 people, including his friend Sanya Kezia. “I think some people are still under the trash,” he told…

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How foreign aid lays the foundation for disease outbreak

How foreign aid lays the foundation for disease outbreak

Dangerous pathogens left unsecured in laboratories across Africa. Checks for MPOX, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints have been stopped. Millions of unscreened animals are transported on the border. Scientists say the Trump administration’s suspension of foreign aid has developed plans to prevent and get caught in global outbreaks, leaving people everywhere…

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