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No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza

No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza

When on October 10, a “ceasefire” was declared in Gaza, many Palestinians breathed a sigh of relief. They had just endured two years of constant...

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Yara Hawari

What is really behind Greg Abbott’s ‘war on Sharia’

What is really behind Greg Abbott’s ‘war on Sharia’

When on November 19 Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for an official investigation into so-called “Sharia courts”, it was not based on evidence,...

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Faisal Kutty

Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making

Venezuela: A not-so-covert CIA disaster in the making

On Saturday, the Reuters news agency published an exclusive report claiming that the United States is “poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-...

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Belen Fernandez

A corruption scandal may well end the war in Ukraine

A corruption scandal may well end the war in Ukraine

On November 10, the Ukrainian anticorruption authorities revealed that close associates of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were allegedly...

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Leonid Ragozin

How the US-Israeli ‘peace plan’ will partition Gaza

How the US-Israeli ‘peace plan’ will partition Gaza

Since the ceasefire was announced on October 10, the division of Gaza into a so-called “green zone” under Israeli army control and a so-called “red...

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Jonathan Whittall

Africa does not need to borrow democracy; it needs to reclaim it

Africa does not need to borrow democracy; it needs to reclaim it

For far too long, African youth have been told that democracy is something imported, something borrowed, something foreign to their identity. But...

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Awale Kullane

Mamdani’s democratic socialism is a promise of true freedom for all

Mamdani’s democratic socialism is a promise of true freedom for all

In an astonishing victory, 34-year-old state legislator Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s mayoral election. Defeating former state Governor Andrew...

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Masoud Movahed

COP30 cannot meet the 1.5C goal while military emissions stay uncounted

COP30 cannot meet the 1.5C goal while military emissions stay uncounted

As COP30 negotiations in Belem enter their final stretch, there is hope that countries might finally agree on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels —...

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Brendan Mackey