There's nothing like a good fight. Today's Around the World email introduces you to a lawyer helping Dutch women of color win back benefits the government stole from them, a Kyrgyz eagle hunter using modern social media to revive the ancient tradition (pictured), food that's building bridges in India and much more.
| Attorney Eva González Pérez helped recoup millions of euros for parents who had been improperly targeted as tax cheats. Pérez was sitting at the kitchen table when her husband showed her the letters. He operated a childcare agency in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, and his roughly 300 clients had all received strange letters from local tax officials stating they would no longer receive a benefit meant to help working parents pay for child care. They’d also have to pay back the government thousands of euros. Her early suspicion that the government had broken its own rules led the Spanish-born lawyer on a five-year quest that’s sent shock waves through the country, tarnished the tax administration’s reputation and resulted in the resignation of the country’s state secretary for finance, while it's emerged that the parents were likely racially profiled as tax cheats. | READ NOW |
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| | Salavat Aibekov, 23, is helping bring this tradition to the modern age. For generations in Kyrgyzstan, nomadic herders depended on eagle hunting to survive during the winter. This traditional practice of using eagles to hunt dramatically declined during the Soviet years. But recently it has become more popular with young Kyrgyz people. Armed with a smartphone and a taigan hunting dog at his heel, Aibekov represents the new age of eagle hunters in Kyrgyzstan. | READ NOW |
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| | | The spicy, meaty plates of northeastern India are drawing devoted diners in the big cities. |
| | Vertical farming has struggled to really take off globally. Japan might be bucking the trend. |
| | There is a shortage of doctors in Nigeria. This service puts one in the palm of your hand. |
| | China has responded to the coronavirus outbreak with a quick-build medical facility to treat the infected. |
| | Orlando Zaccone is trying to foster a left-wing movement within Brazilian law enforcement. |
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