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Israel is about to empty Gaza

ISRAEL is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, so that the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half of the territory — Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide — and placed...

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Gambling with World War III

TOO many opposite and unyielding opinions are ranged on the subject, which requires an explanatory note before coming to the point. The ungainly White House spat between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky has gripped everyone’s attention. But let me make a small point...

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Humanitarian intervention and sovereignty

IN TODAY’S globalised world, the tension between respecting national sovereignty and intervening in cases of rights violations has become a pressing issue in international relations. Sovereignty has historically been a pillar of global diplomacy, enshrined in the principle of non-intervention established after World War II to maintain stability...

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Urban farming practices

AS URBAN dwellers become more accustomed to the bustle of city life, they find that cultivating their own food can be both difficult and incredibly rewarding. While urban farming is not a new notion — it dates back to the ancient Mesopotamian people who set aside land for growing crops, as well as the American Victory Gardens that were established to...

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Poland marks 85 years since WWII outbreak

Poland on Sunday marked 85 years since the outbreak of World War II during annual commemoration ceremony held at dawn to remember Nazi Germany’s first attacks that...

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The end of the world

I REMEMBER the day World War II ended. I was five. Our tiny apartment was filled with adults in various stages of euphoria, and inebriation. My one-month-old brother slept through it all in a basket on the kitchen sink...

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Leaders mark D-Day under Ukraine shadow

Western leaders on Thursday saluted the sacrifice of soldiers who gave their lives to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation in the World War II D-Day landings, mindful of the...

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If the wars go on

I SUPPOSE my title could have been couched in the singular form, as Hermann Hesse, the Nobel prize winning German/Swiss author, did with his collection of anti-war essays about World War I (the war to end all wars that didn’t), If The War Goes On…

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Berlin offers up Goebbels villa for free

A lakeside villa built for Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels is being offered up for free to anyone willing to take on the daunting task of being responsible for its upkeep.

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