Nuclear fusion project gets go-ahead, E-highways proposal, the power of female rap in Morocco

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In this issue of Squirrel News, we have the beginning of the world’s largest nuclear fusion project, a proposal for a system of overhead cables that could act as an e-highway for road freight in the UK, and women in Morocco using rap as a medium to speak out against the country’s patriarchal structures.
World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France
Source: The Guardian
E-highways’ could slash UK road freight emissions
Source: The Guardian
Women in Morocco speaking out against the patriarchy through rap
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Olympic hopeful swims against the tides of racism and homophobia
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Free pads and tampons now available to all Victorian public school students in Australian first
Source: The Guardian
Program in South Sudan connects faith multiple faith groups for humanitarian projects
Source: Devex
Onion, garlic, wine and bile – how medieval medicine has made a come back
Source: CNN
Endangered tigers spotted in western Thailand for first time in four years
Source: CNN
How the heroin industry illustrated the potential of solar power
Source: BBC News
A look at gender-fluidity in pre-colonial communities and cultures
Source: BBC News