On Jan. 3, U.S. military forces bombed the capital city of Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. This illegal and unprovoked act of war against a sovereign nation marks a…
Category: 4. World
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BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not specially mention Jews
In a Christmas special this year, a BBC One program devoted a quarter of its episode to telling the story of a Jewish child refugee whose cello was damaged while fleeing the Nazis on the Kindertransport.
But while the…
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Zohran Mamdani ’14 Sworn In as Mayor of New York City
Mamdani joins a list of notable alumni to serve in federal, state, and local leadership positions. In addition to counting among its alumni the…
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Venezuela attack, Greenland threats and Gaza assault mark the collapse of international legal order
The American invasion of Venezuela — along with fresh threats to annex Greenland — provide the world with a unique opportunity to perform a post-mortem examination on what was once known as the international rules-based legal order….
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Hong Kong to require remote operation of tower cranes
Hong Kong will require government construction projects to equip tower cranes with ground-based remote-control and monitoring systems starting April 1, Skyline Cockpit said in a statement, calling the move a regulatory shift aimed at improving…
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Trump says the U.S. plans to “take back” Venezuela’s oil. But what does that mean
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
President Trump keeps saying he wants the United States to, quote, “take back oil” Venezuela stole from the U.S. He means Venezuelan oil, of which the country has a significant amount….
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Official development assistance: Humanitarian impacts of reductions in UK overseas aid – House of Lords Library
- Official development assistance: Humanitarian impacts of reductions in UK overseas aid House of Lords Library
- Russia and China will cash in as we cut overseas aid The Times
- UK aid cuts mean girls’ education programmes axed or delayed The i Paper
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New Hires in Video | The New York Times Company
Whitney Shefte will be based in Washington, serving as the lead cinematographer for our D.C.-based news video shoots, including field, podcast video, and reporter video productions. In addition to working with other video…
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Dutch airline running low on de-icing fluid in icy weather
Dutch airline KLM said on Tuesday that it was running out of fluid to remove ice from aircraft at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, where cold weather has caused thousands of flight cancellations over the past five days.KLM said its 25 de-icing…
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Christmas Check Stop campaign sees reduction in impaired drivers
The Lethbridge Police Service concluded it’s annual Christmas Check Stop campaign with four impaired drivers removed from the road during the month-long enforcement project.
While the goal of the Check Stop Campaign is to locate…
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