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FILE PHOTO: Committee chairman senator John McCain (R-AZ) asks a question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Marines United Facebook page on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. March 14, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo

US Senate Makes Progress on Obamacare Repeal With McCain’s Help

Susan Cornwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb 26/07/2017

The Senate deadlocked 50-50 on moving forward with the...

Healthcare activists protest against the Republican healthcare bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files

What the US Senate’s Mystery Healthcare Bill Could Look Like

Reuters 26/07/2017

For seven years, Republicans promised to repeal and replace...

Extreme weather and conflict have a particularly accute impact on female farmers in the Philippines. Credit: PWRDF, CC BY-SA

In Philippines, Rural Women Bear the Brunt of Both Climate Change and Conflict

Alvin Chandra and Karen Elizabeth McNamara 25/07/2017

The impact of climate change is exacerbated by conflict...

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) speaks to reporters after the Senate voted to remove the filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, April 6, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

McCain to Return to the US Senate to Cast Pivotal Vote for Healthcare Bill

James Oliphant 25/07/2017

The urgency of the senate Republican effort to pass...

View towards a smog-filled Ulaanbaatar from the Zaisan Memorial. Credit: Flickr/Einar Fredriksen

Thanks to Climate Change, Mongolia Now Has a Smog Problem

Public Radio International 23/07/2017

Climate change is forcing many of Mongolia's nomadic herders...

Damascus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Wurzelgnohm

Is Syria Really a ‘Climate War’? Examining the Links Between Drought, Migration and Conflict

Lina Eklund and Darcy Thompson 23/07/2017

An over-emphasis on environmental stress overlooks the role of...

A demonstrator in favour of abortion holds a placard that reads, "I support abortion" during a session at Chile's Chamber of Deputies to approve a bill of the government to legalise abortion in certain cases, in Valparaiso, Chile July 20, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Rodrigo Garrido

Chile’s Bid to Ease Abortion Ban Hits Roadblock

Reuters 21/07/2017

Chile's Chamber of Deputies fell one vote short of...