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Xi Jinping's Chinese communist state is now running cover for terrorists
Daily Express
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July 23, 2025
At the global level and even more so in the Western world there is a need to instrumentalise words that carry fundamental meanings such as democracy, freedom, peace and terrorism. At the moment, there are so many simultaneous hotbeds of war that...
UK Heritage Department feared ‘mass restitutions’ when Stone of Scone was returned to Scotland
The Art Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
A newly released UK government file reveals there was a serious disagreement between the heritage department and the prime minister over the return of the fabled 13th-century Stone of Scone to Scotland in 1996. The Department of National Heritage...
Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time
Associated Press
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July 17, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration’s third-country program are being held in solitary confinement in various prisons for an...
Ashes or Awakening? India at the Crossroads of World War III
Nagaland Post
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July 22, 2025
Introduction: Between Karma and Catastrophe. If World War III were to erupt, India would find itself not merely at a political juncture, but at a civilizational crossroads. This is a land where the Mahabharata warned of fratricidal war and where...
UNHCR: 150,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in last 18 months
NHK
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The United Nations refugee agency says the ongoing conflict in Myanmar has forced some 150,000 Rohingya minority Muslims to seek shelter in neighboring Bangladesh over the past 18 months. The latest UNHCR report says continued persecution at home...
Displaced farmers experience devastating setback after rains destroy livelihoods: 'It's frustrating'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 17, 2025
Farmers in Myanmar are facing an uncertain future after heavy rains destroyed their sesame crops in late June. What's happening? According to the Kantarawaddy Times, both locals and refugees who have been displaced due to ongoing conflicts grow...
UN Statements Undercut New Israeli Report on 10/7 Sexual Violence
Drop Site
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July 22, 2025
My book “The Squad” is out in paperback tomorrow. If you want to get it and avoid Amazon, you can do that here. In hindsight, I regret not fighting for the original title I wanted, “They’ve Got Money,” because it is a sequel to my previous one,...
Over 100 aid groups call for Israel to stop starving Gazans; UN chief hits out at ‘horror show’ as 80 children die of hunger
Irish Independent
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In a statement signed by 111 organizations, including Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Refugees International, the groups warned that mass starvation was spreading across the enclave even as tons of food, clean water, medical...
Ahom Valour Makes Its Way Into NCERT Textbooks In Step Towards Honouring Assam’s Legacy
News18
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July 17, 2025
Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 16:13 IST The Ahoms, who migrated in the 13th century from Mong Mao (in present-day Myanmar) to Brahmaputra Valley, laid the foundations of one of the most enduring and effective dynasties In November 2022, Assam CM...
Karenni Retreat, Worship Gathering Builds Faith, Community
Catholic Herald
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July 23, 2025
Maria Chay knew it was an honor for her community to be asked to host the 11th annual national gathering of Karenni Catholics. As a leader at St. Michael Parish, Milwaukee, and an officer with the Karenni-American Catholic Association, she helped...
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleges harassment of Rajbanshis, Matuas in other states
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other states and people from a particular religion were also being targeted. Speaking at an event in...
School witnessing silent transformation
The Arunachal Times
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[Bengia Ajum] NGISSA, 17 Jul: A Government Primary School here in Longding district, located near the Indo-Myanmar border, is witnessing a silent transformation due to the effort of one Ganchai Wangsa, the chairman of the School Management...
Rajbanshis, Matuas tortured in other states: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
The Economic Times
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July 17, 2025
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Rajbanshis and Matuas were subjected to torture and harassment in other states and people from a particular religion were also being targeted. Speaking at an event in Kolkata,...
Third-Country Deportations in Legal Limbo Under Trump
The Cipher Brief
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July 22, 2025
OPINION — “Government has assured emaSwati [the Swazi people] that the arrival [in southern Africa Wednesday in Eswatini, formerly Swaziland] of five third-country deportees from the United States of America poses no security threat to the Nation....
The Comfort of Condemning Trump – and the Cowardice of Silence Elsewhere
News Blaze
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July 6, 2025
It’s become something of a global reflex: condemning Trump. Dismiss him as a narcissist, a populist, a threat to democracy. And in many ways, he is all those things. But let’s be honest about why the chorus is so loud. Because it’s safe....
PEACETALK: ASEAN’s community of peacebuilders – bringing peace to a reality
Minda News
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July 22, 2025
(Speech delivered by Dr. Ayesah Uy Abubakar at the Panel Discussion 2: Peace – Reality or Illusion?during the Launch of the AICHR Thematic Study on the Right to Peace, held on 1 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Dr. Abubakar of Mindanao is...
IU student equips Indiana educators with vital Chin cultural and languages training
Indiana University Indianapolis
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Sui Hnem Par, an IU School of Education student in Bloomington, helped facilitate the Chin Languages Workshop for P12 educators in Perry Township. Photo by Liz Kaye, Indiana University Indiana is home to 40,000 people who moved from Chin State in...
How Martyrs' Day marked Mamata's rallying cry to defeat BJP in Bengal and beyond
India Today
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July 22, 2025
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, in a powerful address at her party’s flagship Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21 in Kolkata, launched a combative attack on the BJP-led central government, accusing it of orchestrating a “voter deletion”...
Indian Passport Ranking 2025: India Jumps 8 Spots To Rank 77th in Henley Passport Index, Indians Now Get Visa-Free Entry to 59 Countries; Check List of Top 10 Strongest Passports
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
Mumbai, July 23: The Indian passport has improved its ranking significantly in the Henley Passport Index 2025, jumping eight positions to secure the 77th spot globally. This is the biggest single-year jump for Indian passport holders, who can now...
Parliament Monsoon Session 2025: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha Disrupted Again As Opposition Continues To Protest Over Bihar Special Intensive Revision; NDA Calls It Hypocrisy (Watch Videos)
Latestly
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July 23, 2025
New Delhi, July 23: The Monsoon Session of Parliament continued to reel under disruptions for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, as the Opposition intensified its protests against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral...