200 years after the creation of braille, blind people in Mali say it has allowed them to fit in
Two hundred years have passed since the invention of braille, the tactile writing system that has transformed the lives of many blind and partially sighted people
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At least 18 killed in airstrike on market in northern Mali, separatist group says
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Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace
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Netflix 'Love is Blind' contestant leaves would-be groom at altar over politics
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A fire at a homeless shelter in Brazil kills 4 people
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Gang used social media to lure and attack gay people, Austrian police say
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Refugees’ Survival: ‘People Will Die’
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Sudan's military says it has retaken seat of country's government for the first time in two years
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Boosie Badazz threw an after-party in Ohio. A shooting broke it up and left three people injured
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Angry protests after North Macedonia nightclub disaster
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Barcelona star Lamine Yamal on racist abuse – “When people started saying Nico and I weren’t Spanish…”
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