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Turkish Refugee Camp

Refugee policies in Brazil, Uganda, Turkey offer lessons for India, but realities of influx, political contexts cannot be ignored

Turkey, Uganda and Brazil are all bound by their commitments under the 1951 Refugee Convention. Unlike India, they can be held accountable under international standards In many ways, the Turkish and Ugandan policies illustrate the indicative nature of the Convention and its protocol, in both cases, policies have been framed…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Genocide

Queen Elizabeth and Will, Kate, Harry and Meghan reunite at Commonwealth Day service

Maria Puente USA TODAYPublished 5:20 PM EDT Mar 9, 2020The British royal family may not be entirely simpatico at the moment, but they presented a reasonably united front Monday as they gathered for the annual Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II and her family came together for the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Tories and Labour

Leaving the EU Was the Right Move for the Wrong Reasons

Let’s be clear: the EU was not set up to promote a friendly big socialist community, a Soviet-lite. The EU was created by the US, originally the European Coal and Steel Community set up in 1950 with the intent of promoting European integration, approved by Truman as a Cold War…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

World War C: Did World War Z predict Israel’s response to COVID-19

The movie featured a key sequence set in Jerusalem, in which the Israeli authorities quarantine healthy people in the courtyard of the Western Wall compound. Jews gather at the Western Wall on February 16 under the slogan, ’The Nation of Israel prays for China,' calling for the eradication of the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Green Deal

The Brief, powered by APPLiA – Von der Leyen’s lacklustre 100 days

Ursula von der Leyen may have hoped to be an architect during her first 100 days as Commission president. Circumstances however turned her into a firefighter dealing with too many fires at the same time. In these crisis times, the chief of the EU executive needs to make her voice…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Qassim Soleimani

A Conversation with Vice President Mike Pence

interview with Mike PenceMonday, March 9, 2020 Recorded on February 24, 2020 This week, Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson travels to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the nation’s capital for a special one-on-one interview with Vice President Mike Pence. In a wide-ranging conversation, they discuss Senator Bernie Sanders’s statements…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Antarctica

You Can Win a 14-Day Trip to Antarctica With National Geographic and Donate to Charity at the Same Time

Whether you're looking to give your career a boost or simply want to enrich your life a bit, the easiest place to start is by learning a new skill. And with the recent boom in online courses, it's never been easier to add a new line to your resume without…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

1619 Slavery

1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones wants Black people to know role they play in America’s democracy

New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones unveiled her life’s seminal work last fall, with the ground-breaking storytelling and informative reporting of the 1619 Project. Released during the 400-year anniversary of the first time Africans were sold into slavery in the Virginia colonies, Jones argues 1619 is just as important…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

BUK-Missile

Horrifying final moments of MH17 passengers as the plane exploded in the sky

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bubmagMarch 9, 2020

BUK-Missile

Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17

Schiphol, Netherlands, Mar. 8 (BNA): Three Russians and a Ukrainian went on trial Monday in the Netherlands, charged with multiple counts of murder for their alleged involvement in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which killed all 298 people aboard. As expected, the suspects did not appear in…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Refugee policies in Brazil, Uganda, Turkey offer lessons for India, but realities of influx, political contexts cannot be ignored

Queen Elizabeth and Will, Kate, Harry and Meghan reunite at Commonwealth Day service

Leaving the EU Was the Right Move for the Wrong Reasons

World War C: Did World War Z predict Israel’s response to COVID-19

The Brief, powered by APPLiA – Von der Leyen’s lacklustre 100 days

A Conversation with Vice President Mike Pence

You Can Win a 14-Day Trip to Antarctica With National Geographic and Donate to Charity at the Same Time

1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones wants Black people to know role they play in America’s democracy

Horrifying final moments of MH17 passengers as the plane exploded in the sky

Dutch trial opens for 4 suspects in downing of flight MH17

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