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Voices: Why has it been so difficult for Britain to recognise the state of Palestine?

COMMENT: In the decades since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, the UK has broadly supported official recognition of a state of ...
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2025

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on August 9 in Canada to commemorate the first ...

‘Worst-case scenario of famine’ is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts warn

A formal famine declaration, which is rare, requires the kind of data that the lack of access to Gaza and mobility within has ...

'Worst-case scenario of famine' is happening in Gaza, food crisis experts say

The alert, short of a formal famine declaration, follows outcries over images of emaciated children in Gaza and reports of ...
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Trump administration wants Harvard to pay far more than Columbia as part of settlement

The Trump administration is pressing for a deal with Harvard University that would require the Ivy League school pay far more ...
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Human Rights Watch Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Germany: List of Issues 78th Session

We write in advance of the 78th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) regarding its preparation and adoption of a list of issues in advance of the full review of ...