Humanity
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Final Verdict by Tobias Buck review – the weight of collective guilt
Reporting on the trial of a former SS camp guard, the author learns that his own grandfather was an early…
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Worst-off find it harder than well-off to access NHS care, survey finds
Poorer people find it much harder to access NHS care than the well-off and have a worse experience when they do get…
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Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
Yerevan has tried to be generous, but it lacks funds and a long-term plan, leaving the displaced people exposed and…
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Two Wars, Five Losing Nations
The increased brutalization of the Russian and Israeli military forces against the innocent civilian populations of Ukraine and Gaza has…
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China: Free Detained Tibetan Demonstrators
(New York) – The Chinese authorities should immediately release hundreds of Tibetan monks and villagers who were detained while peacefully protesting the…
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Nearly all federal politicians have accepted gifts from Qantas, but not all have declared them
But a bizarre Senate rule change means there are more that we don’t know about. Anton Nilsson Crikey Nearly all…
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Labor challenged to back in anti-pork barrelling bill
Independent MP Helen Haines introduced a bill to federal parliament which would increase transparency for Commonwealth grants to ensure they…
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Colombia vows to put nature at the heart of global environmental negotiations
The environment minister Susana Muhamad says nature is a ‘pillar’ of fighting the climate crisis Patrick Greenfield The Guardian The…
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Governments Target Nationals Living Abroad
Killings, Removals, Other Abuses Threaten Rights; Bold Policy Response Needed. Governments across the globe are reaching beyond their borders and…
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By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak
This revived dormant debates about border security. Savitri Taylor The Conversation People without visas come to Australia by air and…
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France should return much more looted African art, film-maker says
Mati Diop, the director of Dahomey, which charts the restitution of 26 objects to Benin, says the tiny number involved…
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Zimbabwe Considers Abolishing Death Penalty
Zimbabwe’s cabinet has approved a bill that, if passed by parliament, will abolish the death penalty. Idriss Nassah, Senior Researcher. Member of…
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Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni review – hell on earth in poised prose
In King Lear, confronted with the figure of his cruelly blinded father, Edgar wonders whether matters are as bad as they imaginably…
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The Importance of Learning the Greek Language
Greek has been classified as one of the twelve priority languages of wider use in Australia and is taught in…
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AI in the developing world: how ‘tiny machine learning’ can have a big impact
However, recent years have witnessed the emergence of small, energy-efficient devices for AI applications, a concept known as tiny machine…
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The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
They have systematically violated the rights of women and girls including as they relate to education, paid employment, freedom of…
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