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Remove systemic blockers to enable access for women to econo...
Unless we remove systemic discrimination, disadvantages and patriarchal barriers, how would we ensure that women and gender diverse peoples in all their diversities are equitably and justly able to access economic markets and labour markets?...

Italian Florence University joins academic boycott, drops Israeli ties
Five departments at the University of Florence have ended partnerships with Israeli institutions, citing complicity in occupation and apartheid policies. In a significant move aligned with the growing global campaign for Palestinian rights, five...
Rubio Sanctions UN Official Waging ‘Political And Economic Warfare’ Against U.S., Israel
Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Tim Pearce. The United States is imposing sanctions on United Nations Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese over a "campaign...

Education bandh today over student death in Kollam’s Thevalakkara
Student organisations have called for an education bandh on Friday in protest against the death of Mithun, a Class 8 student who was electrocuted at Thevalakkara Boys High School in Kollam. The Kerala Students Union (KSU) has announced a statewide...

19 notable people who graduated from the University of Newcastle
Anne Flanagan is the global vice-president of communications at Getty Images, where she oversees public relations, corporate communications, and social responsibility initiatives. With more than 20 years of global experience spanning the Americas,...

Embassy: Students to US should keep social media public for visa duration
With the new academic season in the US starting next month, all international students applying to study in the country will need to keep their social media profiles public not only while applying for a visa but also during its validity period —...

After Gaza duty, Israeli soldiers kill themselves
Daniel Edri returned to Israel alive. He had served as a reservist in Gaza and southern Lebanon. When the missions ended, he carried no visible wounds. Yet he returned home unable to sleep, unable to escape the memories. He spoke to his mother...

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3
An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people and wounding 10 others, including the parish priest, according to church officials. The late Pope Francis, who died in...

How Kakuma Refugee School breeds hope, unity through music
They are students from various war-torn African countries, schooling in Kenya, and they share one painful experience: they have never known peace and stability in their home countries. Many of those who fled ended up in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in...

Israel strikes Gaza Catholic Church, kills 2, as Pope Leo, int’l community condemn act
An Israeli shell struck Gaza’s only Catholic Church on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring several others, church officials and witnesses said. The attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church, which was sheltering around 600 people, has drawn...

Why countries like Russia and Iran are set to fail
President Donald J. Trump departs the White House and prepares to board Marine One Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, en route to Joint Base Andrews and ultimately heading to Charlotte, N.C. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) President Trump is...

Turkey-Qatar alliance seen as growing threat to Israel
Israel is closely monitoring developments in Syria, but topping the list of concerns is Turkey, whose imperial ambitions and growing military-financial investments in Syria have brought it to the brink of friction with the IDF. Rising fast on...

UK move to lower voting age sparks renewed calls from Israeli youth
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement this week that the voting age will be lowered to 16 has reignited calls among Israeli youth leaders for a similar move ahead of future national elections. Starmer, citing low voter turnout in...

Israel’s Shas Party quits Netanyahu’s government, remains in ruling coalition amid draft exemption crisis
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas Party announced the resignation of its ministers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Wednesday, escalating tensions over the compulsory military draft for Haredi Jews. However, the party, which has...

Cómo la mayoría global puede liberarse del colonialismo financiero estadounidense
Michael Hudson Únete a nosotros en Telegram , Twitter y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su El economista Michael Hudson describe cómo China creó una alternativa al orden neoliberal occidental y cómo el Sur Global puede desafiar la...

Banyan Tree Dubai, Banyan Tree AlUla appoint Cluster Director of Marketing and Comms
Luxury, sustainability-first hospitality resorts Banyan Tree Dubai in the UAE and Banyan Tree AlUla in Saudi Arabia have appointed Laura Christian as the Cluster Director of Marketing and Communications. In this strategic dual-resort role,...

What happened to Saudi Arabia’s ‘Sleeping Prince’? Inside the London car crash that left him in a 20-year coma before his death
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, famously known as the “Sleeping Prince,” has died at the age of 36 after spending the last two decades in a coma. His long medical ordeal began in 2005 after a horrific car crash in London that left...

Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope...
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in response to the attack. In a telegram of condolences for the victims, Leo expressed “his profound hope for dialogue, reconciliation and enduring peace in the region.” The pope...

Ultra-Orthodox leaders in Israel accuse Netanyahu government of waging war on Torah students
MK's Yitzchak Goldknopf and Moshe Gafni seen during a meeting of the United Torah Judaism party at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 21, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Israeli ultra-Orthodox political and...

Saudi 'Sleeping Prince' passes away after two-decade coma
Prince Al-Waleed bin Khalid bin Talal Al Saud, affectionately known as Saudi Arabia’s “Sleeping Prince,” has passed away peacefully at the age of 36, after spending nearly two decades in a coma following a car crash in 2005, his family announced...