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Students on hunger strike call for Brown University to divest from pro-Israel companies | US universities
A group of 19 students at Brown University have gone on hunger strike, calling for the school to divest from “companies which profit from human rights abuses in Palestine”. The move follows months of protests and sit-ins at universities around the country, which have seen students arrested as they protest against Israel’s ongoing military campaign…
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‘Life-saving’: EPA tightens US pollution controls on soot | US Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized long-awaited new limits on soot, the tiny air pollution particles emitted by sources as varied as power plants, factories, car exhaust and wildfires. “Today’s action is a critical step forward that will better protect workers, families and communities from the dangerous and costly impacts of fine particle pollution,” the…
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Is there a way to achieve peace in Israel and Palestine? I believe there is | Daniel Levin
In 1948, my father was severely wounded in the final days of the Arab-Israeli war, referred to by Israelis as the War of Independence, and by Palestinians as the Nakba, or “catastrophe” in Arabic. The left side of his body was blown away, including his left arm. When I was a little boy, he often…
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Sunderland search for fugitive raccoon enters seventh week | Sunderland
They’re seen by some as cuddly and intelligent, by others as always-hungry pests. Either way, raccoons are not meant to be loose in Sunderland. A search for a rogue raccoon in the city has entered its seventh week with volunteers hopeful that the lure of breeding will entice the animal to return home. A trespasser…
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How Iran became global leader in missiles and drones
By Ivan Kesic In February last year, the British daily Guardian published a report, citing analysts at the US Defense Intelligence Agency saying that Iran is emerging as a “global leader” in the production of drones. The admission came more than a decade after Washington-headquartered magazine The Atlantic ridiculed a report published in Iranian media…
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Iran’s Export of Products to EAEU States Hits $1.4 Billion in 10 Months – Economy news
Among the products exported from Iran to the member states of the union in this period, about $500 million are related to agricultural and food products, Alireza Paymanpak noted. Iranian greenhouse products, summer crops, fresh fruits and vegetables and dairy products are highly welcomed in the lucrative Eurasian market, he said. He also pointed to Astara…
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China and Russia To Team Up at Iran’s Naval War Games
China, Iran, and Russia are poised to conduct a joint naval exercise in the coming weeks, aiming to bolster regional security, as announced by the Iranian Navy Commander, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani. In a statement on the exercise, Irani said, “the primary strategy of the Iranian Army Navy in the current situation is to safeguard…
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Two Iranian female athletes fail dope test
TEHRAN – Iranian rower Sara Abdolmaleki and kurash practitioner Melika Omidvand have been banned for three years each for the use of the prohibited substance. Abdolmaleki was tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid methasterone. She had claimed a bronze medal in the Canoe Sprint women’s KL1 event of the 2022 Asian Para Games. Abdolmaleki…
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Moscow confirms Putin interview with Tucker Carlson | Vladimir Putin
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, granted an interview to US television host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, claiming it was arranged because Carlson’s approach differs from the one-sided reporting of many traditional western news media. The interview was likely to be aired on Thursday, according to Russia’s Tass news agency, citing reports by…
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Gaza diary part 45: ‘I can’t believe I am in a car – I ask the driver what he uses for fuel’ | Global development
Saturday 3 February 8am A decision that you are forced to make is not a decision. That was my thought while my sister and I waited for the man who was coming to take Manara. It kills me that we are going to send her away, but we have no option. In addition to the…
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