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They Married for a Life Abroad. But They Never Saw Their Husbands Again.

Thousands of Indian women have been abandoned by men working overseas, leaving them trapped in their in-laws’ homes and often defrauded of dowry money.

U.S. Lawmakers Ask White House to Punish South Africa for Supporting Russia

A bipartisan group of American lawmakers has asked the Biden administration to punish South Africa for what it sees as the country’s support of Russia’s war in Ukraine by moving a major trade conference scheduled to be held in South Africa this year to another country.

U.K. Woman Sentenced to Prison for Abortion in Eighth Month of Pregnancy

A woman’s sentencing to prison this week for illegally using abortion pills to end a 32- to 34-week pregnancy is prompting a debate in England over the state of its abortion laws and whether a woman should ever be prosecuted for the procedure.

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