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2022-03-11: News Headlines

Editor2 (2022-03-11). Cuba, Nicaragua & Mexico Lead World Gender Parity in Parliaments. orinocotribune.com Latin America continues to lead over the rest of the world in parliamentary gender parity. | Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gende…

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-03-10). U.S. avocado importers fear supply shortage and rising prices. america.cgtn.com The United States lifted a ban on imports of Mexican avocados last month, ending a week-long suspension that halted America's primary supply of the produce. Worst fears over an imminent shortage of the fruit and soaring prices may have been averted. But U.S. experts and …

ecns.cn (2022-03-10). China urges end to violation of migrant children's rights. ecns.cn China and over 20 other nations on Wednesday urged "certain countries" to stop violating the rights of children held at immigration detention centers.

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