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Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a potentially even larger catastrophe unfolds in Gaza...
The Boston Globe· 2 days agoIn Gaza, the refugees and their descendants make up around three-quarters of the population....
Leopard DNA study in South Africa traces ancestry to ice age – and will guide conservation
The Conversation· 17 hours agoAn ice age almost one million years ago led to a meeting between leopards from central and southern Africa that were searching for grassland. New research into the leopards’ genetics – their ...
France imposes curfew in New Caledonia after unrest by people who have long sought independence
WFTV 9 Orlando· 1 day agoThe French Interior Ministry announced that police reinforcements were being sent to the island that...
French president convenes top ministers to discuss spiraling violence in territory of New Caledonia...
The Boston Globe· 13 hours agoFrench authorities in the territory said more than 130 people have been arrested since Monday in the violence that has raged across the archipelago, where there have been decades of tensions ...
Victoria state parliament bans keffiyeh scarves
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoOn 14 May 1948, Israel declared independence, and in a war which began the next day, up to 750,000 Palestinians who had lived on that land fled or were expelled from their homes. Neither they ...
Netanyahu fends off criticism at home and abroad over his lack of a postwar plan for Gaza
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 2 hours agoJERUSALEM — (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday fended off criticism that...
From one generation to the next, Palestinians aim to keep the history of al-Nakba alive
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 3 hours ago“You have to run,” he remembers a woman crying out, shocking Zarqa out of a daze and sending him...
Photos: Palestinians observe Nakba anniversary in shadow of Gaza war
Al Jazeera· 4 hours agoPalestinians have commemorated the 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe”, when hundreds of thousands of...
Palestinians mark 1948 Nakba in the shadow of war in Gaza
Reuters· 8 hours agoPalestinians commemorated the 1948 "Nakba" or catastrophe, on Wednesday, marking the time when...
Despite its 'nothingburger' reputation, COVID-19 remains deadlier than the flu
Los Angeles Times· 7 hours agoSince the earliest days of the pandemic, health officials have gauged the threat of COVID-19 by...
