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Google is bringing a fiber-optic data network to homeowners in Kansas City, Mo., and Kan., but without the usual regulations. That means underprivileged neighborhoods may be left in the digital dust.

Refugee Council says new category would protect those fleeing the effects of global warming and warns Australian government to prepare for thousands forced from low-lying Pacific islands.

Legislation that undermines our commitment to human rights and encourages systematic discrimination against both Palestinians and Americans.

World is unprepared for changes that will see parts of Africa turned into disaster areas, say food experts.

Here’s the good news: Women vote, and they won’t stand for these attempts to shove us back to the 50’s.

Hugo Chavez's economic policies were successful but a close vote means the new president cannot become complacent

We will run next year because the alternative is too awful to contemplate

Hundreds of workers at web bazaar Amazon’s central depot in Germany have walked out on strike in protest over working conditions and pay. Around 500 people protested on Tuesday at the box-crammers' Bad Hersfeld site, which is one of seven distribution points in the country. It is the first time Amazon workers have launched industrial action in Germany.