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  1. As a young man, Aaron Long donated to a sperm bank

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  2. How can we fight sexual harassment at the workplace?

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  3. The first ever Native American women are preparing to take office in the US Congress on Thursday. 📻

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  4. China becomes the first country in history to land a probe on the far side of the moon 📻

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  5. This African innovator has been shortlisted for a prestigious prize, for her method of harvesting water from air

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  6. What does it take to make it as a stallholder in New York’s historic 28th Street flower market? We hear from the businesses struggling against market forces, parking restrictions and rent hikes

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  7. Officials said debris from a freight train hit a commuter train during a heavy storm

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  8. Think of zombies and you may think of Hollywood horror movies. But the idea of the 'walking dead' has a long history

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  9. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala was previously closed to women of "menstruating age" - defined as between 10 and 50.

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  10. She sold millions of books in the 1970s and 80s, only ever wore pink, employed a driver to 'exercise' her Rolls Royce - and claimed not to like women. Meet Barbara Cartland:

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  11. Can we ever teach cars to reason?

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  12. 'This is Nigeria, Never ending recession, When looter and killers and stealers are still contesting election'. What compelled Nigerian singer-songwriter Falz to create a version of This is America for his home country?

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  13. encouraged women to speak up across the world and Indian women too came out with some very disturbing allegations. But what’s next?

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  14. What would happen to a human body over 25 days in the total absence of sunlight?

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  15. "The biggest misconception is that it's a very glamorous job." What's it like to style some of the most photographed women in the world? Download our conversation between and

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  16. Struggling with sleepless nights? There's a growing industry that's trying to help. But is spending money on the problem worth it?

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  17. How this worker is managing with no salary during the US government shutdown

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  18. Working to enforce the ban on virginity tests in Afghanistan

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  19. "When I was 14 my parents told me you should be married now. I ran away." Malian singer on determination and finding her musical inspiration

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 1

    Can’t get no sleep? Listen to my programme for Business Daily on / feat a remote controlled bed, the world’s laziest exercise class and a very expensive vibrating jellybean.

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