Q&A-'Scammers are winning': Rescuing trafficked cyber-scam victims | Context by TRF

From paying ransoms to helping victims who have jumped out of buildings; what it's like to rescue cyber-scam victims

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UK migrant carers 'owed huge sums' in visa scheme 'scandal' | Context by TRF

Labour rights group calls for compensation scheme after overseas care workers in Britain left in debt and homeless

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Foreign students scrub social media as US expands visa vetting | Context by TRF

As the U.S. halts student visa interviews, applicants are censoring their online presence for fear of being denied entry

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'No one supports the children' - Hunger plagues Mozambique | Context by TRF

In Mozambique, millions of children go hungry as aid cuts, conflict exacerbate drought-fuelled hunger crisis

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Syria is changing but its children need international help now | Context by TRF

More than 7.5 million Syrian children need aid with many chronically malnourished. But as needs soar, funding is drying up

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What is bottom trawling and how does it harm oceans? | Context by TRF

Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling

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Panic and Plan B: How the US visa pause impacts Indian students | Context by TRF

Indian students are plunged into uncertainty after the US pauses visa interviews

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Aid cuts 'disaster' in Syria as services axed and refugees return | Context by TRF

As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance

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Q&A: Algorithms tested on migrants should worry citizens too | Context by TRF

As governments deploy AI to manage borders, citizens should be wary of this tech too, says researcher

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Brazil bets on conservation "mosaics" to manage its vast forests | Context by TRF

Brazil's conservation mosaics seek to combine regional development with forest conservation

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US aid cuts mean no period pads, no school in Kenyan refugee camp | Context by TRF

Girls in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp are particularly hard hit by U.S. aid cuts as period supplies run out, food is cut

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LGBTQ+ suicide risk rises as Trump cuts mental health services | Context by TRF

The Trump administration plans to cut vital LGBTQ+ services, calling it 'radical gender ideology'

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Trafficked cyber scam victims in SE Asia freed but cannot get home | Context by TRF

Rescued from cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia, trafficking survivors find themselves mired in process of getting back home

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Rising seas complicate Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding | Context by TRF

As seas rise, California coastal communities damaged by wildfires debate if they should remain on the shoreline.

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Trump rollback on climate justice opens pockets of resistance | Context by TRF

Historic focus on climate and inequality continuing at state, local levels despite Trump attacks

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Boat driver arrests intensify as EU set to tighten smuggling laws | Context by TRF

New people-smuggling rules will worsen criminalisation of migrants and NGOs trying to help them, rights groups warn

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In north Lebanon, Syrian Alawites shelter among graves | Context by TRF

After fleeing sectarian violence at home, Syrian Alawite refugees eke out a precarious existence in north Lebanon

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How dried-out wetlands on the Iran-Iraq border threaten the region | Context by TRF

Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking wetland in Iran

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Q&A: Women and girls pay the price for savage aid cuts - UN | Context by TRF

From Sudan to Ukraine, key services for women and girls face closure or major disruption

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Can pandemic pact avert COVID chaos in next crisis? | Context by TRF

New WHO pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during COVID

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Global hunger monitor faces 'large gap' after US aid cuts | Context by TRF

Global hunger monitor FEWS NET funded by U.S. government operating at reduced capacity, undermining humanitarian efforts

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Syrian businesses dare to dream after Trump vow on sanctions | Context by TRF

Syria's small business owners stock up after Trump's sanctions move, hoping for more customers and easier access to cash

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Afghans in US feel betrayed as Trump ends deportation protection | Context by TRF

Refugee advocates say it is indefensible to remove protections for Afghans who risked their lives for the U.S.

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Deep love or deepfake? Dating in the time of AI | Context by TRF

A projected 8 million deepfakes will be shared worldwide in 2025, risking a romance scam explosion

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Why does Britain need migrant care workers? | Context by TRF

Britain ends recruitment of foreign care workers as sector struggles to fill vacancies amid ageing population

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US aid freeze leaves TB survivors in India 'high and dry' | Context by TRF

'TB champions' are a key plank in India's programme to end tuberculosis, but their work has stalled with the halt in USAID funding

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"Sculpting within the law': Where does Poland stand on abortion? | Context by TRF

Although Poland could elect a liberal president on May 18, women say a change to the abortion law is unlikely despite years of protest

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No milk, no diapers - US aid cuts hit Syrian refugees in Lebanon | Context by TRF

USAID cuts may push desperate Syrian refugees into further debt, prostitution to survive, UN warns

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US states target trans in slew of anti LGBTQ+ bills | Context by TRF

Most bills are expected to fall but advocates say their very existence unleashes new vitriol against LGBTQ+ Americans

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Forgotten migrants: Africans risking lives in war-hit Yemen | Context by TRF

Scores of Africans were killed in an airstrike in Yemen in April, spotlighting a dangerous, often overlooked migration route

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