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Opponents and rights groups allege repression has increased in recent years., Opponents and rights groups allege repression has increased in recent years. Six weeks of voting have begun in an election where India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third term. Opponents say repression and sectarianism have increased underContinue Reading

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Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago., Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets of Spain’s Canary Islands to demand changes to the model of mass tourism they say is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago. An estimated 57,000Continue Reading

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Funerals are held for Palestinians killed in Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, as Israel continues to target Rafah., Funerals are held for Palestinians killed in Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, as Israel continues to target southernmost Rafah. An Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least 10Continue Reading

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For all its supposed self-evidence, Thomas Jefferson’s assertion in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” has beguiled and befuddled since the moment it was penned. “Are we not men?,” Black Americans and the Indigenous immediately asked. What about women? Those questions have fueled contestation to theContinue Reading

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Next week marks the last week of oral arguments in this Supreme Court term, leaving little more than a sprint through the remaining decisions left unsettled. As of this writing, some heady matters remain unresolved. The ruling on the abortion pill has yet to be decided; there is a consequentialContinue Reading