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‘We do not get a chance at happiness’: the Bangladeshi fishermen caught by debt

Hilsa fishermen must borrow to buy equipment but have to sell their catch at a low price to moneylenders – creating a generational debt trapKalam Sheikh’s life revolves around the few months when he goes in search of Bangladesh’s prized hilsa fish. Whe…

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Now that nuclear weapons are illegal, the Pacific demands truth on decades of testing | Dimity Hawkins

With a 50th nation ratifying it, the treaty outlawing nuclear weapons for all countries will come into force in 90 daysNuclear weapons will soon be illegal. Just over 75 years since their devastation was first unleashed on the world, the global communi…

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