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Clár Ní Chonghaile
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EMEA editor at Context Newsroom https://www.context.news/
Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Author of No Good Deed (2023), The Reckoning (2018), Fractured (2016), Rain Falls on Everyone, (2017). Forever wondering which keys give you fadas.
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From paying ransoms to helping victims who have jumped out of buildings; what it's like to rescue #cyber-scam victims.
Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Q&A-'Scammers are winning': Rescuing trafficked cyber-scam victims | Context by TRF
From paying ransoms to helping victims who have jumped out of buildings; what it's like to rescue cyber-scam victims
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June 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Labour rights group calls for compensation scheme after overseas care workers in Britain left in debt and homeless.
Emma Batha reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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UK migrant carers 'owed huge sums' in visa scheme 'scandal' | Context by TRF
Labour rights group calls for compensation scheme after overseas care workers in Britain left in debt and homeless
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June 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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As the U.S. halts #student visa interviews, applicants are censoring their #online presence for fear of being denied entry.
Bukola Adebayo reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Foreign students scrub social media as US expands visa vetting | Context by TRF
As the U.S. halts student visa interviews, applicants are censoring their online presence for fear of being denied entry
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June 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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In #Mozambique, millions of children go hungry as #aid cuts, conflict exacerbate drought-fuelled hunger crisis.
Samuel Come reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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'No one supports the children' - Hunger plagues Mozambique | Context by TRF
In Mozambique, millions of children go hungry as aid cuts, conflict exacerbate drought-fuelled hunger crisis
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June 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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More than 7.5 million Syrian children need aid with many chronically malnourished. But as needs soar, funding is drying up. Read this piece by Bujar Hoxha, country director for Save The Children #Syria on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Syria is changing but its children need international help now | Context by TRF
More than 7.5 million Syrian children need aid with many chronically malnourished. But as needs soar, funding is drying up
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June 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling. But what exactly is that? Beatrice Tridimas has the answers on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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What is bottom trawling and how does it harm oceans? | Context by TRF
Governments are meeting in France to discuss how to protect oceans from harmful fishing practices, like bottom trawling
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June 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Indian #students are plunged into uncertainty after the US pauses #visa interviews.
Kunal Purohit reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Panic and Plan B: How the US visa pause impacts Indian students | Context by TRF
Indian students are plunged into uncertainty after the US pauses visa interviews
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June 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to #Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance. Nazih Osseiran reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Aid cuts 'disaster' in Syria as services axed and refugees return | Context by TRF
As global aid dwindles, support centres crucial to Syrian refugees' return face closure, leaving many without critical assistance
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June 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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As governments deploy #AI to manage borders, citizens should be wary of this tech too, says researcher.
Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Q&A: Algorithms tested on migrants should worry citizens too | Context by TRF
As governments deploy AI to manage borders, citizens should be wary of this tech too, says researcher
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June 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Brazil's conservation mosaics seek to combine regional development with #forest conservation. Andre Cabette Fabio reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #amazon
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Brazil bets on conservation "mosaics" to manage its vast forests | Context by TRF
Brazil's conservation mosaics seek to combine regional development with forest conservation
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June 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Girls in Kenya's #Kakuma refugee camp are particularly hard hit by U.S. aid cuts as period supplies run out, food is cut. Farai Shawn Matiashe reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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US aid cuts mean no period pads, no school in Kenyan refugee camp | Context by TRF
Girls in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp are particularly hard hit by U.S. aid cuts as period supplies run out, food is cut
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June 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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The Trump administration plans to cut vital #LGBTQ+ services, calling it 'radical gender ideology'.
Lucy Middleton reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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LGBTQ+ suicide risk rises as Trump cuts mental health services | Context by TRF
The Trump administration plans to cut vital LGBTQ+ services, calling it 'radical gender ideology'
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June 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Rescued from cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia, #trafficking survivors find themselves mired in process of getting back home. Rebecca L. Root reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Trafficked cyber scam victims in SE Asia freed but cannot get home | Context by TRF
Rescued from cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia, trafficking survivors find themselves mired in process of getting back home
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May 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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As seas rise, California coastal communities damaged by #wildfires debate if they should remain on the shoreline. Rachel Parsons reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Rising seas complicate Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding | Context by TRF
As seas rise, California coastal communities damaged by wildfires debate if they should remain on the shoreline.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Historic focus on #climate and inequality continuing at state, local levels despite #Trump attacks.
Carey Biron has the story for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Trump rollback on climate justice opens pockets of resistance | Context by TRF
Historic focus on climate and inequality continuing at state, local levels despite Trump attacks
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May 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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New people-smuggling rules will worsen criminalisation of #migrants and NGOs trying to help them, rights groups warn.
Beatrice Tridimas reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Boat driver arrests intensify as EU set to tighten smuggling laws | Context by TRF
New people-smuggling rules will worsen criminalisation of migrants and NGOs trying to help them, rights groups warn
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May 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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After fleeing sectarian violence at home, Syrian #Alawite refugees eke out a precarious existence in north #Lebanon.
Nazih Osseiran reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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In north Lebanon, Syrian Alawites shelter among graves | Context by TRF
After fleeing sectarian violence at home, Syrian Alawite refugees eke out a precarious existence in north Lebanon
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May 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking #wetland in #Iran. Sanam Mahoozi reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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How dried-out wetlands on the Iran-Iraq border threaten the region | Context by TRF
Fires, dust storms, migration and conflict: the deadly chain of consequences from a shrinking wetland in Iran
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May 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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From Sudan to Ukraine, key services for women and girls face closure or major disruption. For @contextnewsroom.bsky.social Lin Taylor spoke to @unwomen.bsky.social's Sofia Calltorp.

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Q&A: Women and girls pay the price for savage aid cuts - UN | Context by TRF
From Sudan to Ukraine, key services for women and girls face closure or major disruption
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May 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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New #WHO #pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during COVID.
Emma Batha reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social #wha78
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Can pandemic pact avert COVID chaos in next crisis? | Context by TRF
New WHO pandemic preparedness treaty aims to end stark vaccine and health disparities exposed during COVID
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May 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Global #hunger monitor FEWS NET funded by U.S. government is now operating at reduced capacity, undermining humanitarian efforts. Nelson Renteria and Nita Bhalla report for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Global hunger monitor faces 'large gap' after US aid cuts | Context by TRF
Global hunger monitor FEWS NET funded by U.S. government operating at reduced capacity, undermining humanitarian efforts
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May 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#Syria's small business owners stock up after Trump's #sanctions move, hoping for more customers and easier access to cash. Nazih Osseiran reports from Damascus for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Syrian businesses dare to dream after Trump vow on sanctions | Context by TRF
Syria's small business owners stock up after Trump's sanctions move, hoping for more customers and easier access to cash
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May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Refugee advocates say it is indefensible to remove protections for #Afghans who risked their lives for the U.S.
Emma Batha and Orooj Hakimi report for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Afghans in US feel betrayed as Trump ends deportation protection | Context by TRF
Refugee advocates say it is indefensible to remove protections for Afghans who risked their lives for the U.S.
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May 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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A projected 8 million #deepfakes will be shared worldwide in 2025, risking a romance scam explosion. Read one woman's story on @contextnewsroom.bsky.social Story by @kimharrisberg.bsky.social and @adamndsmith.com

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Deep love or deepfake? Dating in the time of AI | Context by TRF
A projected 8 million deepfakes will be shared worldwide in 2025, risking a romance scam explosion
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May 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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#Britain ends recruitment of foreign care workers as sector struggles to fill vacancies amid ageing population. #migration #careworkers Lin Taylor reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
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Why does Britain need migrant care workers? | Context by TRF
Britain ends recruitment of foreign care workers as sector struggles to fill vacancies amid ageing population
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May 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM