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How do you keep going in Gaza when everything tells you to stop? | Israel-Palestine conflict
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How do you keep going in Gaza when everything tells you to stop? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Before the war, my life was simple. Like many young women in Gaza, I carried within me a mixture of ambition and anxiety....

No, Trump is not a fascist. He is a hypercapitalist and just as dangerous | Politics
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No, Trump is not a fascist. He is a hypercapitalist and just as dangerous | Politics

Since taking office in January, United States President Donald Trump has undertaken policy after policy that has shocked Americans and the world. From...

We must not let the memory and value of solidarity with refugees be erased | Refugees
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We must not let the memory and value of solidarity with refugees be erased | Refugees

I moved to Lesbos in 2001. This was nearly 80 years after my grandmother had arrived from Ayvalik on this same island as...

Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking | Protests
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Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking | Protests

When the Kenyan government blocked the public screening of a BBC documentary investigating the military’s role in the killing of protesters, it was...

This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage | Climate Crisis
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This May Day, workers unite to make big polluters pay for climate damage | Climate Crisis

As extreme weather events become the new normal, informal workers across South Asia are bearing the growing brunt of intersecting crises. Labour rights...

Reparations for empire: What the new pope owes to Africa | Slavery
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Reparations for empire: What the new pope owes to Africa | Slavery

Late Pope Francis, who came to be known as a strong voice for the poor, oppressed and the marginalised during his tenure as...

From Gaza to Vietnam, what is the value of a photo? | Opinions
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From Gaza to Vietnam, what is the value of a photo? | Opinions

This month, Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf won the 2025 World Press Photo of the Year award for her image titled Mahmoud Ajjour,...

I was forced to burn my books to survive in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
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I was forced to burn my books to survive in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

When we were children, my siblings and I regularly spent our pocket money on new books. Our mother had instilled in us a...

Canada’s Carney should thank Trump for his victory | Elections
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Canada’s Carney should thank Trump for his victory | Elections

‘Tis the season of resurrection. The Liberal Party of Canada, led by Mark Carney, has risen from the dead – politically speaking –...