Humanity
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George Floyd death: Lawyer calls it ‘premeditated murder’
Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder, but lawyer Benjamin Crump told CBS news it was a…
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Israeli Police Officers Shoot and Kill Disabled Palestinian in Jerusalem
Eyad Hallaq, 32, attended and worked in a special needs school close to where he was shot ■ Shooting officer…
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‘This is how they drive you mad’: refugee turns anguish into art
I walk the paths I know so well and call Farhad Bandesh. Arnold Zable The Age He is detained in…
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Manus Island detention centre contracts did not show value for money, audit office finds
Ahead of last year’s federal election, Labor demanded an investigation into the procurement of government contracts by the department, after…
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George Floyd could not breathe
The Minnesota police department that killed George Floyd has been violent and racist since its inception. Derecka Purnell The Guardian…
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Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
A sacred site in Western Australia that showed 46,000 years of continual occupation and provided a 4,000-year-old genetic link to present-day……
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FBI to investigate death of black man in Minnesota after arrest
In the footage, the man, believed to be in his 40s, is heard groaning and repeatedly saying “I can’t breathe”…
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Inside Australia’s climate emergency: the dead sea – (Interactive)
The ocean around southern Australia is a global heating hotspot. One man has watched entire sea forests disappear in his…
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Afghan gov’t says ready to start talks with Taliban
Flanked by his top aides outside the presidential palace’s mosque, the Afghan president welcomed the Taliban’s unexpected three-day truce declared…
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One-hour COVID-19 test being trialed at hospitals around London
As Britain tries to ramp up testing to help revive the stalled economy, it is still mainly using laboratory tests…
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Ireland has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 deaths in care homes in world
Ireland has one of the highest proportion of care home deaths among all fatalities from Covid-19, a new report indicates.…
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Coronavirus in Tanzania: What do we know?
The president has repeatedly downplayed the risk of the pandemic, causing alarm among neighbouring African countries and international organisations. Peter…
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New normal: The global economy will look nothing like it did before
If the coronavirus pandemic threatens globalisation, then it threatens them even more directly and unpleasantly. Stephen Bartholomeusz The Age All…
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‘New normal’ anything but as countries continue to reopen
Students and teachers were required to wear masks and some schools installed plastic partitions around desks. In a reminder that…
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Conflict, Health Cooperation and COVID-19 in Myanmar
The parties should also work together in Rakhine State, where fighting persists, to limit the disease’s spread. ICG What’s new?…
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Franco-German recovery deal meets resistance
Not everyone is climbing aboard the Franco-German love train. By LILI BAYER, BJARKE SMITH-MEYER AND MAÏA DE LA BAUME Politico A day after…
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