Asia
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Of Dignity and Solidarity
While there, I had dinner one night with Rachel Corrie’s parents and sister, who were still reeling from the shock…
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UAE launches $30bn funding platform for fairer finance
The United Arab Emirates has set out a $30 billion commitment to “create a fairer climate finance system”, with a…
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We’re reaching a very dangerous tipping point, as the debate over Israel-Gaza is reduced to black-and-white
Three young actors took their curtain call at the Sydney Theatre Company last Saturday night wearing keffiyehs — the scarves associated with…
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Taiwan Can Help the World Tackle Climate Change
Climate change is the most significant global challenge of our time. Robin Cheng The National Interest The implications of our…
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It can be another way: Jews and Muslims can live peacefully
Here in Australia, we have otherwise intelligent politicians promoting the notion that the Muslims and other supporters of Palestine are…
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A Bangladeshi workforce enslaved by greed and power
The families of Anjuara Khatun, 26, and Russell Howlader, 25, shot and killed by police during a recent garment workers’…
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The Livestock Industry’s Beef is with Biden, Not Australia
”People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy…
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Why the Taliban Should Be Brought in from the Cold for Climate Talks
In late November, delegates will gather in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the COP28 summit, where they will wrestle with…
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From Bin Laden to Gaza
The dramatic events of the last six weeks have left the U.S. position in the Middle East a total wreck,…
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The Two-State, Two-Economy Solution
Yet that condition is impossible to meet amid the archipelago of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the eco-demographic strangulation…
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UAE: Migrant Worker Abuses Linked to Broader Climate Harms
Upholding Migrant Rights Critical to Address Climate Crisis at COP28 Migrant workers form 88 percent of the UAE population and…
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What happened to the China dream?
No one expected the sudden U-turn that followed. David Ownby Le Monde diplomatique Before the pandemic, China was less distant. During…
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Yemen: Prioritize Protection of Children
Include Children’s Rights in Potential Peace Agreement (Beirut) – Parties to the conflict in Yemen, the UN, and the international community…
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Daily invisible terror
Everyday oppression, meanwhile, has been all too easy for the outside world to overlook. Alain Gresh Le Monde diplomatique The…
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Truth, lies and the long road to exposing an Australian ‘hero’
“I’d probably ring Nick McKenzie and say, ‘I’ve got a good story for you, mate. I’m gonna go kayaking’,” the…
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A New Escalation of Armed Conflict in Myanmar
Having started in northern Shan State, it is now spreading elsewhere. As Crisis Group expert Richard Horsey explains in this…
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