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Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow

Posted by May 18, 2024

Today we mark the 15th anniversary of the bloody end of Sri Lanka’s three-decades-long civil war. This anniversary comes around at a critical historical junct

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Israel’s PR battle is getting harder

Posted by May 18, 2024

As Israel’s bombing of Gaza intensifies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a rift in his war cabinet and growing international pressure. And yet, this i

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Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as…

Posted by May 18, 2024

Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory’s capital Noumea after a night of violence.One more person has been killed in Franceâ

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At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s…

Posted by May 18, 2024

Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes.At least 50 people have been killed and

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Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of…

Posted by May 18, 2024

Lebanon and the Lebanese people are still suffering a debilitating economic crisis that has gripped the country since 2019. The pound has plummeted to less than

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‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended…

Posted by May 18, 2024

A new day breaks to the rhythmic shuffling of bare feet upon the ground. Like an apparition from centuries past, a procession of several hundred shaven-headed m

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India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?

Posted by May 18, 2024

Amethi/Rae Bareli, India – Irfan*, a tea stall owner, is convinced that change is afoot. “There has not been much traffic on this road from Rae Bareli to Am

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California farmworkers cheer new housing in town scarred by mass…

Posted by May 18, 2024

Half Moon Bay, California – Almost a year and a half after a mass shooting took the lives of seven farmworkers in the town of Half Moon Bay, California, a new

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International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests

Posted by May 17, 2024

New York, New York – Israel’s war in Gaza is personal for Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil. A 29-year-old Palestinian refugee raised in Syria, Kha

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Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan

Posted by May 17, 2024

No group claims responsibility for attack in Bamyan, which official says also injures seven people.Gunmen have killed an Afghan citizen and three foreign touris

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Is Putin’s visit to China a defining step toward shaping…

Posted by May 17, 2024

Western powers are concerned by the growing economic and strategic alliance between Russia and China.Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have met more than

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Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband sentenced to 30 years…

Posted by May 17, 2024

David DePape was found guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of an official’s family member.The man convicted of breaking into top

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