how-an-egypt-argentina-world-cup-game-became-a-referendum-on-palestine

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Contested calls and rival flags showed how Palestine now shapes debates over power and fairness in sport., Tuesday’s round-of-16 FIFA World Cup match between Egypt and Argentina in Atlanta was perhaps both the tournament’s most controversial game and its most politically consequential. After going up 1-0 against the defending champions,Continue Reading

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Gaza’s young graduates face sky-high unemployment as Israel’s war devastates job market., Nuseirat, Gaza Strip – Rawan al-Jabali is sitting, staring at her laptop screen, silently following a link to a job advertisement posted online. The internet is weak in the camp for displaced people she has come to workContinue Reading

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commentary Working-class candidates like Minnesota’s Kaela Berg and Montana’s Sam Forstag are focusing on blue-collar issues Published July 9, 2026 12:25PM (EDT) Graham Platner ( Laura Brett/Getty Images) Graham Platner has mercifully concluded his time was up on Wednesday evening. In an 11-minute video, Maine’s Democratic nominee for the U.S.Continue Reading

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HOUSTON — In the days after federal agents shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis, tens of thousands of people flooded that city’s streets in protest. When agents shot Alex Pretti to death three weeks later, the crowds exceeded 50,000 people.  But the immediate fallout in Houston looked entirely differentContinue Reading

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Recent discussion of artificial intelligence in intelligence analysis has consistently framed the technology as a means of accelerating an existing process. The intelligence cycle (collection, processing, analysis, production, dissemination) remains the implicit organizing schema, with AI cast as something used to drive its stages faster, increase resource efficiency, or widenContinue Reading

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The late-June 2026 death of Sergei B. Ivanov – the man once thought the most likely successor to Vladimir Putin – as well as the Russian President’s age, his rumored health problems, and the discontent over the economic impact of his disastrous invasion of Ukraine; have renewed speculation over when,Continue Reading