Links 28/10/2024: Mostly Political Catchup, Salesforce CEO Calls Microsoft Copilot a "Flop"
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- Leftovers
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Leftovers
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Red Rock Indian Band calls out feds after discovery of ancestral remains in Nipigon, Ont.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Two lost medieval Silk Road cities mapped in Central Asia
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] 'Aura' is German youth word of the year 2024
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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ANF News ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] 75 percent of Turkey’s population uses antidepressants
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] National radon study shows higher levels, exposure to radioactive gas in homes
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Frozen waffles recalled in Canada and U.S. due to possible Listeria contamination
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Canada's new autism strategy does nothing to address treatment backlog, families say
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Frostbite amputations reached new high in Edmonton after shift to more aggressive evictions at encampments
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Canada set to lose irreplaceable 'treasure trove' of fungi
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Chad herders face drought, flood devastation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Coca-Cola recalls 28 million bottles in Austria
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] How Big Tobacco's payout to Canadian provinces, smokers will work — if it goes ahead
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Tobacco giants would pay out $32.5B to provinces, smokers in 'historic' proposed deal
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Women falling through the cracks as N.L. lags on breast screening changes, advocate says
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Menopause: German lawmakers push to break a taboo
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Security
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Make Tech Easier ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] 5 Reasons Why You Should Never Sign in With Google or Facebook
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Facebook Owner Meta Restarts Facial Recognition Tech in 'Celeb-Bait' Crackdown
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] What Brazil’s Showdown With Elon Musk Was Really About
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Yes, You Should Leave Twitter
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Defence/Aggression
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Can the US and its allies monitor North Korea sanctions?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Ariana Grande concert attack: UK court dismisses conspiracy
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Seoul alarmed by Trump wanting billions more for US troops
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Mozambique: Election results loom amid rising violence
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] Germany: police arrest man over Israeli Embassy attack plot
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] No end to femicides in Turkey
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] Is Turkey heading toward a new peace process? Pro-Kurdish DEM party says ‘We won’t reject an extended hand’
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] Scholz defends arms sales to Turkey after Erdogan talks
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] Turkey and Germany Leaders Meet in Istanbul and Find Many Avenues of Agreement. but Not on Israel
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] Germany Says Britain Taking Lead on Possible Eurofighters for Turkey
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] 'Normalization' crisis in northern Syria: Infighting, purge attempts within Turkey-backed 'National Army'
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Turkey's desire to mend ties with Syria triggers infighting, purge attempts within its affiliated groups
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Deadly terror attack hits major defence company in Turkey
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Factbox-Ankara Gun Assault Revives Memories of Past Attacks in Turkey
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Turkey blocks access to social media platforms after Ankara attack
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] 'Terrorist attack' hits Turkish aerospace firm near Ankara
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BIA Net ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Turkey’s defense minister blames PKK for Ankara attack
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Turkey: Erdogan ally pitches release of jailed Kurd leader
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Turkey's Fethullah Gulen: A cleric with political clout
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Exiled cleric accused of coup plot against President Erdogan of Turkey
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] US Can Prosecute Turkish Bank in Iran Sanctions Case, US Appeals Court Rules
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-19 [Older] Germany's Olaf Scholz holds difficult talks in Turkey
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Defence lawyers for University of Waterloo stabber ask court to consider impact of COVID-19 isolation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Hezbollah finances: Israel attacks funding network of the terrorist militia
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] India, China agree on patrolling deal at disputed border
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] India: Kashmir militants shoot 7 workers dead
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Germany inaugurates new NATO naval HQ on the Baltic Sea
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Microsoft Fires Employees for Organising Unauthorised Vigil for Palestinians Killed in Gaza; Check Details
Microsoft has reportedly fired two employees who organised an unauthorised vigil at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Washington. As per reports, the protest was held to honour Palestinians killed in Gaza during the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Microsoft has gone as far as to dismiss employees who held a vigil allegedly supporting Palestine.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] US says it's time to end Gaza war after Hamas leader killed
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Yemen's Houthis escalate arrests to demonstrate strength
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Fethullah Gulen: A cleric with political clout
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Man, teen charged after shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] These Ontario residents applied months ago to bring family from warring Sudan to Canada. They're still waiting
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Israeli Weapon Seen in Rare AP Photos of Beirut Airstrike Appears to Be a Powerful Smart Bomb
It was a rare glimpse into the use of one of the most powerful bombs in Israel's arsenal.
What kind of weapon was it?
An examination by independent arms researchers suggests the weapon was a guided bomb, also known as a smart bomb, launched from an Israeli jet.
The tail fin and nose sections indicate this was a 2,000-pound warhead fitted with an Israeli-made guidance kit known as SPICE, according to Richard Weir, a senior conflict, crisis and arms researcher at Human Rights Watch.
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Transparency/Investigative Reporting
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Environment
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-10-17 [Older] Billionaires Won’t Save Us From the Effects of Climate Crisis. Mutual Aid Will.
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Vox ☛ 2024-10-17 [Older] Is climate change really making hurricanes worse?
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Warped Government Priorities Make Climate Disasters Worse
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Why we should care about airplane contrails and their impact on the climate
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Vox ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] The “dirty side” of a hurricane, explained
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] In Search of an Honest Climate Campaigner
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Preventing Climate Change Isn’t Expensive. Doing Nothing Is.
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] Government’s Warped Priorities Exacerbate Climate Disasters, Impede Recovery
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New Yorker ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] Could Talking About Climate Change Now Help Kamala Harris’s Campaign?
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The Local DK ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] 'Over 300,000' Danes could lose homes or jobs to flooding by 2100
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Climate Change in ASEAN: Challenges, Initiatives, and the Road Ahead
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] World Bank Thwarts Climate Goals With $750 Million in Factory Farm Investments
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University of Michigan ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Library offering free access to ebook edition of ‘Not Too Late’
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] How Mass Protest Created a Breakthrough on the Climate Crisis in the Netherlands
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TruthOut ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] As Trump and Harris Vie for Fossil Fuel Supporters, the Climate Is Losing
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Cholera cases explode after extreme rains fuelled by climate change in west and central Africa
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Vox ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] 15 ways the next president could affect the climate and your life
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Climate Set to Warm by 3.1 C Without Greater Action, UN Report Warns
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NL Times ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] MP's, cities, sectors criticize gov't policy putting climate goals further out of reach
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University of Michigan ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] U-M publishes third annual climate and sustainability report
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Global climate plans need 'quantum leap' in ambition, says UN report
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NL Times ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Dutch gov’t pleads for measures to fix energy grid, but climate targets drifting away
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Hurricane Oscar leaves six dead in Cuba, says president
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Philippines: Cyclone Kristine leaves more than 20 dead
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Norway train derails on north coast
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Energy/Transportation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] German car giants alarmed by Donald Trump's trade threats
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] India to bolster law after airline bomb hoaxes cause chaos
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Honda recalls 61,000 vehicles in Canada over fuel pump issue
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] German aviation sector calls for air travel taxes to be cut
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Renewable Energy World ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] This newly-commissioned Indiana solar farm will feed a forthcoming Google data center
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Biden Administration Races to Shell Out Billions for Clean Energy as Election Nears
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] US Grants $428 Million to Clean Energy Projects in Communities That Relied on Coal
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The Age AU ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Cheaper power promised under renewable energy bulk-buy schemes
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Ontario aiming to become energy superpower, energy minister says
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Floating Solar: The Emerging Third Pillar of Solar Energy
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Alberta's squeeze on renewable energy has pushed investment to other provinces
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Lower-priced new cars are gaining popularity in the U.S. — and not just for cash-poor buyers
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Wildlife/Nature
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Overpopulation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] German birth rate drops rapidly, new report says
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Finance
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Can India become the next China for German business?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Germany's Scholz and India's Modi to discuss economic ties
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Obama, Trump, Biden: Presidential impact on the US economy
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Bank of Canada makes a chunkier rate cut, lowering by half point for 1st time since pandemic
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] N.S. chose a national grocery giant for its $6M buy local program. Reaction has been mixed
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Replacing Canada's crumbling water, road infrastructure would cost more than $300B: Statistics Canada
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-10-20 [Older] Asset Price Boom and Turkey’s Illusion of Prosperity
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Nigeria: Bola Tinubu reshuffles cabinet amid economic crisis
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Sask. minister fired Crown corp. board chair who blew whistle on apparent conflicts of interest
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Pakistan: Why ex-PM Khan's supporters are rooting for Trump
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Tunisia under harsh criticism for anti-migrant measures
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] European Union Observers Flag Irregularities and 'Alteration of Results' in Mozambique Election
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Moldova narrowly votes 'yes' to EU membership
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Mozambique: Police fire tear gas at opposition leader
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] How watching movies can change political views
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Hungary: Orban compares EU to USSR, urges people to 'resist'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] India's Modi, China's Xi seek to boost ties at BRICS summit
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-23 [Older] Kashmir's new government enters tense dance with New Delhi
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] More evidence that women reigned in ancient Peru
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Peru: Ex-president Toledo sentenced to more than 20 years
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Why Paul Biya remains Cameroon's president at 91
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Will India extradite Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Albania: Former President Ilir Meta arrested
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-21 [Older] Can Indonesia bear the burden of Subianto's big government?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] US election: Harris says she believes Trump is a fascist
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Venezuelan pro-democracy figures win EU's Sakharov Prize
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] What's next for China and India as Modi, Xi start over?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Daniel Chapo of Frelimo wins Mozambique election
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Civil Rights/Policing
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Workers Just Won the First Walmart Warehouse Union in Canada
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] His racial profiling complaint against a Quebec police officer still isn't resolved after 10 years
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] 'It's like a cage': Foreign workers who quit Canadian Tire speak out about feeling trapped by work permits
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Female footballers speak out against FIFA-Saudi deal
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HRW ☛ 2024-10-22 [Older] Saudi Arabia: UK Court Accepts Case About Saudi Spyware Use
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-24 [Older] Landlords' latest tactic in public battles with tenants: sue them for libel
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Driving ban not a valid sentence for criminal negligence causing death, Supreme Court says
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CBC ☛ 2024-10-18 [Older] Concerns of 'hateful racism' after Ontario man's video of woman ranting about people from India goes viral
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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