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Education Worldwide

Access to education is Article 26 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, which states that: ‘Everyone has the right to education. Education shall…

Gaynor Cobb 23 December 2020

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The Worlds Worst Humanitarian Crisis

2020 is immortalised.A watershed year and contender for the “The World’s Worst Year” in modern times. The headlines were bleak, the economic hardship unparalleled, and…

Eve Stansell 23 December 2020

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NYT reporter’s ‘Steak au Poivre’ anecdote serves up true meaning of ‘86’ after Trump weighs in on Comey’s arrest 30 April 2026
The Justice Department’s indictment of former FBI Director James Comey spawned a debate in D.C. circles over the term “86” he used in a since-deleted Instagram post — one that DOJ officials allege was meant as a call to kill the president.
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Louisiana to suspend early voting after Supreme Court ruled its election maps unconstitutional 30 April 2026
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Bahrain’s decision to strip dozens of citizenship for ‘sympathising with Iran’ will set precedent, rights group warns 30 April 2026
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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei is reported to be severely injured and passing on messages through top security officials
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It wasn’t the first time Trump referred to the vital Middle Eastern passageway as the ‘Strait of Trump’
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