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Gaza Genocide
Gaza infant, saved from dead mother’s womb, passes away
A premature Palestinian baby, who was saved from her mother’s womb after she was killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip, has died after days in an...
Gaza Genocide
Gaza protests in US universities: Over 550 students arrested so far
Around 550 arrests have been made in the last week across major US universities as police crackdown on peaceful and iconic protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
Gaza Genocide
Half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need: WFP
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving.
Gaza Genocide
After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities
Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in...
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Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants
Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.
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Russia invades Ukraine with strikes on major cities
Russian military operation is underway in multiple cities across Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin announced special military operation on Thursday.
Putin’s move was swiftly condemned by several nations.
“President Putin:...
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Huge Victory’: Colombian High Court decriminalizes abortion
JULIA CONLEY
Women in Colombia are now free to seek abortion care without fear of criminal prosecution following a ruling by the country's Constitutional Court on Monday—the result of years of campaigning by...
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Ukraine: what’s really behind Putin’s deployment of ‘peacekeeping’ troops? Experts explain
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy
Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of the two breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk followed a...
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COVID-19: Health workers face ‘dangerous neglect’, warn WHO, ILO
Health teams worldwide need much safer working conditions to combat the “dangerous neglect” they have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN health and labour agencies said on Monday.
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Indian Americans protest hijab ban in India
Indian Americans took to the streets on the weekend in multiple cities across the United States against the anti-hijab policy of schools and colleges in Karnataka. Protests against the “Islamophobic and unconstitutional ban on students wearing hijabs in schools” were staged in front of mosques, local Islamic centers, and streets.
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Iconic Gaza bookshop bombed by Israel, reopens
The famous Samir Mansour bookshop, gutted in an Israeli airstrike last May, opened its doors to customers on Thursday in the blockaded Gaza strip.
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Facebook misled investors about battling climate, COVID misinformation: SEC filings
In complaints to the U.S. government, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen accused the tech giant of misleading investors about combating climate and COVID-19 misinformation
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Ukraine crisis: UN political affairs chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an attack is imminent – the UN political affairs chief called on Thursday for the parties to make meaningful progress on implementation of the 2015 Minsk agreements, as she briefed the Security Council.
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Why did Justin Trudeau invoke Emergencies Act to end trucker protests?
Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act in an effort to quell the protests by truckers and other groups opposed to...
India
Org of 57 Muslim countries raises concern over hijab ban, genocidal calls
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has expressed deep concern over recent public calls for the genocide of Muslims in Hindu Parliaments, harassment of Muslim women on social media and the banning of female Muslim students wearing the hijab.
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Arrests at US-Canada border finally bring end to Anti-Vax blockade
JON QUEALLY
In the face of accusations that Canadian officials have been too tolerant of anti-vax conspiracy theorists and anti-mandate advocates laying siege to public motorways in the country, law enforcement in Windsor,...
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Ilhan Omar blasts ‘unconscionable’ Biden plan to seize Afghan assets
Brett Wilkins
As U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday led condemnation of a reported Biden administration plan to permanently seize $7 billion of currently frozen Afghan assets and distribute half...
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