Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – In the smart offices of a law firm located among the skyscrapers of the Malaysian capital, 85-year-old Lim Kok’s thoughts turn […]
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US sales of Palestinian keffiyehs soar, even as wearers targeted | Israel-Palestine conflict News #sales #Palestinian #keffiyehs #soar #wearers #targeted #IsraelPalestine #conflict #News
A growing number of Americans are donning the keffiyeh, the distinctive patterned scarf that’s closely linked with Palestinians, to demand a ceasefire to Israel’s attacks […]
A way of saying ‘we shall overcome’: Playing football on Robben Island | Football #overcome #Playing #football #Robben #Island #Football
Cape Town, South Africa – One morning in December 1967, prison warders strode into Robben Island’s Cell Block 4 with a football and randomly chose […]
Henry Kissinger dead at 100: World reacts to passing of divisive diplomat | Obituaries News #Henry #Kissinger #dead #World #reacts #passing #divisive #diplomat #Obituaries #News
Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Prize-winning academic and American diplomat, died at the age of 100 on Wednesday. The “enigmatic realist“, who fled Nazi Germany for […]
Parthenon marbles row derails talks between UK’s Sunak, Greece’s Mitsotakis | Politics News #Parthenon #marbles #row #derails #talks #UKs #Sunak #Greeces #Mitsotakis #Politics #News
The Greek PM expressed ‘displeasure’ that Sunak axed their meeting, saying he avoided talks on the disputed marbles. Diplomatic sparks are flying after Britain’s prime […]
A second Nakba? What history tells us about Palestine and Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict #Nakba #history #tells #Palestine #Israel #IsraelPalestine #conflict
In this episode of UpFront, we look back at the history and context leading up to the current Israel-Gaza war Nearly two months after the […]
‘Shut it all down’: UK legacy bill threatens Troubles-era atrocity inquests | History News #Shut #legacy #bill #threatens #Troublesera #atrocity #inquests #History #News
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Amid widespread opposition across the island of Ireland, the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill was passed by lawmakers […]
Fifty years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed | History News #Fifty #years #Chiles #army #ousted #president #changed #History #News
Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included […]
Chile marks 50 years since Pinochet’s brutal coup | History News #Chile #marks #years #Pinochets #brutal #coup #History #News
London, UK and Santiago, Chile – Gloria Miqueles gazes at the window display at the Postal Museum in London. Some of her most personal items […]
The Holocaust and the Politics of Memory | The World Wars #Holocaust #Politics #Memory #World #Wars
It’s been nearly 80 years since the end of World War II. Johanna Hoes examines the fragility of historical memory and a rise in Holocaust […]