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“Nigeria Boat Tragedy Survivors Mourn: Clinging to the Children”

Survivors and relatives are mourning the deaths of 106 people in a boat tragedy on June 12 after a large wedding party.

UN reduces list of firms doing business with Israeli settlements

GENEVA: The UN human rights office has updated a list of companies doing business with Israeli settlements, removing 15 companies from the database that were no longer involved, a spokesperson said on Friday. The long-awaited update comes amid surging violence in the West Bank in the past 15 months including deadly clashes during army raids in volatile cities like Jenin, a spate of fatal attacks by Palestinian gunmen against Israeli settlers, and rampages by settler mobs in Palestinian villages.

Indian Court Bans Al Jazeera Documentary from Airing

Media network's film, India ... Who Lit the Fuse?, investigates hate crimes by Hindu nationalist groups against Muslims.

Newly Released NIH Emails: Uncovering Covid’s Origin Secrets

A conversation on the ongoing battle to expose the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The post New NIH Emails Released: What Are Officials Trying to Hide About Covid’s Origins? appeared first on The Intercept.

Forgery and trafficking threaten Iraq’s modern art

BAGHDAD: Many masterpieces of Iraqi painting were looted or destroyed during the years of war, but now the country’s artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking. Adorning a wall of Baghdad’s modern art museum, the painting “Death to Colonialism,” with its somber blues and greys, by pioneering Iraqi artist Shakir Hassan Al-Said is one of the rare pieces from its era still on public display.

Ukraine Dam Break Raises Concerns for Environmental Disaster

An estimated 700,000 people are in need of clean water around the Nova Kakhovka dam as Kyiv speaks of ‘ecocide’.

Pakistan’s Crackdown on ‘Critical Voices’ Condemned by Rights and Press Organizations

At least seven journalists and political commentators charged with sedition and other offences in the past week.

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