Tim McDonnell
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Workers in Indonesia are beneficiaries of incredibly generous severance laws. But when one factory closed, it looked as if the workers wouldn't get what they expected.
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The big problem for these booming businesses isn't staff shortages, government regulations or software glitches. It's all about the electrical grid.
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To pack a healthier punch into staple foods like flour, researchers borrowed technology from the pharmaceutical industry.
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Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."
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The first global analysis of blood supply and demand finds that many developing countries are relying on risky emergency donations.
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A comprehensive new report from UNICEF calls attention to the surge in obesity in developing countries — even as they're dealing with children who are undernourished.
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A front-line hospital was abandoned Friday as up to 100,000 people fled Turkey's ground and air offensive.
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Gulalai Ismail spoke out against sexual assaults committed by Pakistani security forces. She was detained and threatened. Then she disappeared — until last week.
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Low- and middle-income nations are still tens of billions of dollars a year short for recovery from the increasing number of disasters, according to a new report.
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In April, the president put $450 million on hold for Guatemala as well as Honduras and El Salvador over what he described as the failure of their governments to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S.
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New research by the World Resources Institute finds evidence of a growing crisis in the supply of urban water.
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A study from Niger reveals a dramatic drop in mortality among children given a twice-yearly dose of azithromycin. Yet concern remains about the potential impact on antibiotic resistance.