Facebook has been criticised for allowing a 16-year-old child bride in South Sudan to be auctioned off to the highest bidder on its platform. Her father received 500 cows, two luxury cars, two bikes, a boat, some mobile phones and $13,800 in exchange for his daughter..
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Trump said he has 'no financial interests in Saudi Arabia.' But his businesses have made millions from the Saudi government, and the crown prince gave his New York City hotel a huge boost..
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Mexico has approved legal commercialization of 38 cannabis products: In Mexico, the Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) deregulated 38 products made from or with cannabis to be sold. This is first time marijuana products are allowed to be legally sold in Mexico..
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Eight years ago, Reddit helped my speech to the Iowa legislature about growing up with two moms go viral. Two weeks ago, I was elected to the Iowa State Senate. AMA..
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Utah—Yes, Utah—Has Approved a Ballot Initiative to Curb Gerrymandering.
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Bernie Sanders says Amazon doesn't deserve government subsidies.
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People who experience traumatic events as children are more empathetic as adults, suggests a new study..
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Children from low-income families who got intensive education early in life treat others with high levels of fairness in midlife, more than 40 years later, even when being fair comes at a high personal cost, according to a new study published today in Nature Communications..
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Over 8 years, healthcare data breaches affected 164 million patients. But a new study finds that hackers are not the biggest problem, with 53% of breaches caused by healthcare organizations' own mistakes or neglect..
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