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1 week ago | 
ids.ac.uk | Sophie Robinson
Anxiety and uncertainty are core features of global development cooperation at the moment. Previous opinion pieces have highlighted the colossal fall-out of the termination of USAID, against a backdrop of declining ODA contributions. The news since the start of 2025 has felt unrelentingly bleak. But are there some bright spots appearing? Recently, one particular right-leaning leader has dominated the global stage.
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2 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Caitlin Doherty |Sophie Robinson
Kemi Badenoch says no deal with Reform as she brushes off ‘stitch ups’Kemi Badeoch has said that the Conservatives will not do a deal with Reform as she brushed off talk of “stitch ups before an election”. The Tory leader said that her job is “not to give the party away”, as her team have faced repeated questions over whether they will do a deal with Nigel Farage’s party who are consistently outperforming them in the polls.
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2 weeks ago | 
ids.ac.uk | Sophie Robinson
I recently took part in the third high-level symposium of the UNDP’s Finance, Integrity and Governance Initiative with experts and negotiators involved in the Financing for Development (FfD4) process. The symposium focused on domestic resource mobilisation (DRM), the primary source of development financing.
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3 weeks ago | 
hellorayo.co.uk | Sophie Robinson
A pre-inquest review has been held at Chesterfield Coroner's Court Author: Sophie Robinson, PAPublished 5 hours agoLast updated 5 hours agoThe family of former Sheffield United player Maddy Cusack are concerned about a "lack of transparency" over the disclosure of a report by the Football Association, an inquest hearing was told.
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3 weeks ago | 
independent.co.uk | Sophie Robinson
Maddy Cusack played for Sheffield United before her death aged 27 in September 2023. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
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3 weeks ago | 
ids.ac.uk | Sophie Robinson
One woman dies in Afghanistan every two hours while trying to give birth and 167 children die in Afghanistan from preventable causes every day. In this bleak context, IDS alumna Tanjila Mazumder Drishti shares more about the dire state of care for pregnant women in Afghanistan and why it is critically important to invest in the country’s maternal healthcare. Kubra* (20), a woman in Afghanistan, said: ‘I did not see her face. I could not see her face.
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3 weeks ago | 
bristolpost.co.uk | Sophie Robinson |Shannon Brown
Julia Wandel has been accused of causing distress to the McCann familyA Polish national who has claimed to be Madeleine McCann has pleaded not guilty to stalking the missing girl’s parents and siblings. Julia Wandel, who was arrested at Bristol Airport in February, appeared in the dock at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday accused of causing serious alarm or distress to the family between June 2022 and February 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
somersetlive.co.uk | Sophie Robinson |Shannon Brown
A Polish national who has claimed to be Madeleine McCann has pleaded not guilty to stalking the missing girl’s parents and siblings. Julia Wandel, who was arrested at Bristol Airport in February, appeared in the dock at Leicester Crown Court on Tuesday accused of causing serious alarm or distress to the family between June 2022 and February 2025.
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Sophie Robinson
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3 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Sophie Robinson
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