#Ukraine: "civilians living in the frontline city of Kherson are grappling with the new threat from small civilian drones adapted to carry explosives. On social media, Russian soldiers openly boast that their objective is anyone or anything that moves."
the Guardian
Small and lethal: adapted drones carrying explosives ‘hunt’ civilians in Kherson
Ukrainians face new airborne threat that has killed 24 civilians and injured hundreds more since July
For all those people on here who believe "their" atrocities justify "our" atrocities...
Human Rights Watch
A Year of Atrocities: Daily Brief
Atrocities in Israel-Palestine didn’t start on October 7, 2023, of course. Still, that day does mark a key moment, an acceleration point for atro...
Vile. And yet, hardly surprising in the current downward spiral of far-right hate engulfing media and politics these days.
the Guardian
Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal
Imagine being a politician with the power to do some good in the world and the only things you can think of doing are meeting murderous dictators and inventing new ways to punish desperate people seeking safety and freedom.
Central Europeans rejecting the right to asylum are rejecting the lessons of their own history.
the Guardian
Human rights groups urge Polish PM to shelve plan to suspend right to asylum
More than 60 NGOs including Holocaust memorial group tell Donald Tusk region’s volatility ‘doesn’t exempt us from humanity’
“Any targeting of UN peacekeepers by Israeli forces violates the laws of war and dangerously interferes with UNIFIL’s civilian protection and aid work.”
Human Rights Watch
Lebanon: UN Inquiry Needed on Israeli Attacks on Peacekeepers
The Israeli military has carried out repeated attacks harming United Nations peacekeeping operations in southwestern Lebanon in apparent violation ...
In addition to all the general restrictions the Taliban thugocracy puts on women in #Afghanistan, some groups of women have been particular targets. And even though outside governments have a special responsibility to these women, they seem to be abandoning them instead. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Betrayed on All Sides: Daily Brief
Outside governments that in the past supported programs to train and hire women in #Afghanistan’s police force, are now apparently trying to wash...
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Trahies de tous les côtés
En plus des restrictions générales imposées à toutes les femmes en Afghanistan, un nouveau rapport de HRW montre comment les autorités taliban...
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Von allen Seiten verraten
Die Taliban haben Mädchen und Frauen den Schulbesuch nach der sechsten Klasse verboten, ihnen viele Beschäftigungsformen verwehrt und ihre Bewegu...
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Betrayed on All Sides
Why so many kids get sucked into #Haiti’s vortex of violent crime is not hard to understand - it’s about survival. Stopping it means providing other life options. My Daily Brief… 📰 English:
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Haiti’s Hunger Trap: Daily Brief
Criminal groups control nearly 80% of #Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and at least 30% of criminal gang members are children. In his Daily Brie...
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Le piège de la faim en Haïti
L'insécurité rampante en Haïti peut être résumée par quelques chiffres choquants. Mais il faut aller au-delà des chiffres pour comprend...
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Haiti’s Hunger Trap, Daily Brief 8 October, 2024
In my Daily Brief today: what do you know about #Azerbaijan, next month’s host of the UN climate conference, COP29? 📰 English:
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The A to Z of Azerbaijan : Daily Brief
Many may not be able to point to #Azerbaijan on a map, but it’s about to take center stage globally as the host of the UN climate conference, COP...
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L'Azerbaïdjan de A à Z
Beaucoup de gens ne seraient sans doute pas capable de montrer l'Azerbaïdjan sur une carte mais ce pays est sur le point d'occuper le de...
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The A to Z of Azerbaijan, Daily Brief October 8, 2024
I knew a bit about John Smith (1580-1631) in Jamestown, but I had no idea about his life before that... Fought against Habsburgs, then a pirate, then fought for other Habsburgs, then captured by Crimean Tartars and made a slave, then forcibly converted to Islam, escaped and roamed eastern Europe... What? What? What? What's a good book on all this?
John Smith (explorer) - Wikipedia