Thu 09 March 2023: A flood of nations is trying to cut dependance on the dollar, fearing ‘weaponisation’ by the US. But it won’t be easy. A rebellion is brewing. The United States dollar has ruled the financial world for nearly eight decades since the end of World War II. Now, another war is setting […]
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Sun 05 March 2023: With silent gestures, everyone enters the cafeteria. It looked like their bodies were still asleep. We would gather in the kitchen to prepare a quick coffee before the meeting. The crew of the ship consisted of 25 people, including volunteers and contractors. We would sit around tables and the meeting would […]
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Sat 04 March 2023: North Africa was once known as the “breadbasket” due to its favourable climate and significant arable land along the Mediterranean coast. This was especially true at the time of the Roman Empire, when it was Rome’s primary source of food. Yet in the modern era, North Africa has experienced a decline in agriculture due to […]
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Fri 03 March 2023: Today 3rd March, 99 years ago, the then British Foreign Minister Lord Curzon warned, “We must put an end to anything which brings about any Islamic unity between the sons of the Muslims. The situation now is that Turkey is dead and will never rise again, because we have destroyed its […]
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Tue 28 February 2023: Japanese women are having children later in life worried that motherhood will end their careers. Chika Hashimoto, a 23-year-old who recently graduated from Tokyo’s Temple University, is not averse to having a family in the future, but nor is she jumping at the opportunity. “It is definitely not my first choice,” […]
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Mon 27 February 2023: One of the most illusory phenomena in our current existence is the money we use for buying, selling and hoarding on a daily basis. It is, to put it simply, in the air, backed up by nothing and reliant on nothing, yet at the same time highly delicate and sensitive […]
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Thu 23 February 2023: As the death toll from the earthquakes which rocked Turkiye and Syria continues to rise, many are questioning whether sanctions on Syria are preventing aid from reaching the war-torn country. After 12 years of civil war, most of Syria is once again under the control of the Assad regime, but a small […]
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. Abroan Nissa holds a photo of her husband arrested during the crackdown [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera] Tue 21 February 2023: More than 3,000 people arrested this month, with the state’s BJP government accused of targeting Muslims in the ongoing drive. Assam, India – As Saidul Islam stares at rows of wilted cauliflowers and cabbages, the 33-year-old […]
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Sat 18 February 2023: Three years after Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir, residents say they want more safeguards for land and livelihoods. On August 5, 2019, when Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir and turned into a federally governed territory, the streets in its main city – the Buddhist-majority Leh – erupted in jubilation. […]
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Thu 16 February 2023: New law will make it easier for authorities to revoke citizenship and residency of Palestinians in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem. Occupied East Jerusalem – The Israeli parliament has passed a law making it easier for authorities to revoke citizenship and residency from Palestinians imprisoned over Israeli-designated “acts of terror” and who […]
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