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Harvard sues Trump administration to stop freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
Harvard University announced Monday that it filed a lawsuit to halt the Trump administration's freeze on more than $2.2 ...
Why are flags at half-staff? Trump issues order after Pope Francis’ death
Following the news of Pope Francis’ death, President Donald Trump addressed the annual White House Easter Egg Roll and ...
Francis: The ‘outsider’ pope who faced fierce resistance to his reforms
Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...
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An incessant crackdown in Belarus hurls dozens of independent journalists into harsh prisons
Dozens of journalists in Belarus have been imprisoned in recent years under a crackdown by authoritarian President Alexander ...
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Fishers celebrate Trump's seafood order while conservation groups fear overfishing
President Donald Trump’s executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing ...
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Statement On 23rd Anniversary Of The Triumph Of Democracy In Venezuela
On July 28th, 2024 President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected again with 52 percent of the vote, over Edmundo González, the candidate of the opposition, who received 43 percent of the vote. As it ...
Patriots’ Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremism
(THE CONVERSATION) Patriots’ Day, a commemoration of the battles of Lexington and Concord – the first confrontations of the American Revolution – holds historical value as a symbol of American ...