Day: August 13, 2022

Israel And Poland Agree To Improve Strained Relations

After almost a year of strained relations, Israel and Poland agreed on Monday, July 4th, to rectify their damaged relationship, starting by mutually restoring ambassadors. Relations between the two nations declined after Poland introduced a law in August 2021 making it difficult for Jewish people to recover property taken by

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Constitutional Reforms Lead To Bloody Protests In Uzbekistan

18 people were killed and 243 injured during bloody clashes between protesters and security forces in Nukus, western Uzbekistan, after the announcement of constitutional reforms. In the aftermath of the demonstration, the Uzbek government declared the imposition of a month-long state of emergency, which involved the blockade of internet access,

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Two More Grain Ships Sail From Ukraine, None Intended For Africa

Two ships stocked with soybeans and corn left from Black Sea ports in Ukraine on the morning of Monday, August 8th, 2022. Eight ships had already departed from the ports since last week, bringing the total number of departing ships from Ukraine to ten under the new agreement with Russia

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Unchecked Hate Speech Propagates Indian Islamophobia

Anti-Muslim sentiments are nothing new in an India governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his far-right Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P.). Since Modi came to power in 2014, his government has done its utmost to undo India’s secular laws and espouse the alleged supremacy of India’s Hindu majority, at

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The Assassination Of Shinzo Abe And Peace In Asia

The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on 8 July 2022, in the midst of national elections, set alight the passions of an entire country. He was murdered by a 41 year old man with a homemade shotgun in the ancient capital of Nara, near Osaka, for reasons

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