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As a Palestinian student, my time at Columbia University has been marked by fear, uncertainty and intimidation. Source link
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,120 | Russia-Ukraine war News
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The contest that saw Mark Carney emerge as Liberal Party leader and soon-to-be Canada’s prime minister has turned out to be a boring fait accompli.…
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It has now been more than three months since Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States last November with a resounding…
International Women’s Day is for the few, not the many | Opinions
Every March 8, the world is flooded with glossy campaigns urging us to “accelerate action” and “inspire inclusion”. International Women’s Day has become a polished,…
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I first met Um Adnan in 2006 in the south Lebanese village of Chehabiyeh, which lies not far from the border with Israel and regularly…
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Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico only to roll some of them back again.…
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Truth dies in darkness. Don’t blame Bezos | Opinions
Shortly after Donald Trump was first elected president in 2016, The Washington Post unveiled this pompous and, by now, obsolete slogan: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”.…