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US officials reject blame for migrant girl’s death. Advocates point to Trump’s asylum policies.

US officials say a 7-year-old’s death is an example of risks migrants take when crossing the US border. But the girl died in US custody.

As access to abortion gets harder in the US, women turn to an online service in the Netherlands

Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the US. But legal and accessible — that's not always the same thing. Some states are passing legislation aimed at restricting abortion. The latest is in Ohio, where two bills to limit abortion just landed on the governor's desk. And that has some women in need turning to an unconventional place: the internet.

A man wearing googles holds up a sign that says "stop fossil fuel! there is no border in the sky!"

The world struck a major climate deal in Poland. So, what’s in it?

Negotiators created rules to help the world meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. But the UN climate chief still told the delegation, "Climate change is still running faster than us."

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More on the death of a 7-year-old at the US border, Putin seeks to reign in rap, abortion pills on the web

How did a 7-year-old Mayan girl die while in the care of US Customs and Border Protection? We retrace her steps, beginning with the community in Guatemala where her family originates. Plus, nearly 200 countries decide to keep the Paris climate agreement alive, even with some obstruction from the Trump administration. And Russian President Vladimir Putin and his plan to reign in his nation's rap scene.

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A Google affiliate is planning a ‘smart’ neighborhood in Toronto. Local opposition is growing.

A company wants to build a city from 'the internet up,' but locals are worried about privacy controls over personal data.

Police officers on patrol during the Notting Hill Carnival in London. Photo taken on August 27, 2018.

An American newspaper asked Brits for petty crime stories. They got classic snark back.

When The New York Times took to Twitter to ask Londoners about petty crime, they responded with a uniquely British level of gusto and sarcasm.

Syrian refugee 'hero swimmer' Sara Mardini is out of prison. She plans to keep helping refugees.

Sara Mardini and her colleagues now await a decision by the judicial council about whether or not there will be a trial, and what the charges will be.

At the Wellesley recycling center, just west of Boston, residents drop their recyclables into 43 different sorting stations.

New Chinese policy is forcing people to think: Is there a better way to recycle?

For years, the model for American recycling was pretty simple: throw it in a bin, then let China deal with the mess. But no longer.

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British Parliament wants to shut down extremist content online — at what cost?

British intelligence officials have asked a Washington, DC-based researcher to shut down his site, an archive of extremist material, yet it's still operational. The news has, once again, brought up the debate about online regulation versus freedom of access to information.

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A historic week for Yemen, a safe city for women, another rough day for Theresa May

A 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died hours after she was taken into Border Patrol custody, apparently of dehydration. She and her father were with a group of migrants who crossed into the US illegally along a remote strip of New Mexico desert and then turned themselves into Border Patrol. Plus, Russia's air force sent two strategic bombers to Venezuela this week. And an American newspaper has asked for stories about petty crime on social media, only to be met with British snark.

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