In eastern Ukraine, 1.6 million of the 2.9 million people in need are women, the UN says.
Sara Cincurova
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American historian finds hundreds of desperate letters written by Slovak Jews during the Nazi era.
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Women refugees say they have miscarried, been separated from their children by border guards, and been hospitalised.
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Rights groups say 10 journalists have been detained and more than two dozen threatened due to work on the pandemic.