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Meeting on the Elbe: Kazakh Soldier Among First to Meet with American Allies
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. AKTOBE – Soviet soldier Aitkali Alibekov made history by
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A leaked transcript from the JB Hi-Fi Mother’s Day catalogue planning meeting
Once again Emily Writes has been leaked the minutes to a Mother’s Day gift guide focus group, this time for the electronics store JB Hi-Fi. Here
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Our child was terrified of COVID. This is how we soothed him
School seems a memory of the remote past. The play dates have stopped too. Add to it a general sense of foreboding, constant restrictions and in some
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Once a biodiversity basket case, Wellington today is the wind beneath our birds’ wings
We can stand back as the predators we brought with us wipe out our found-nowhere-else-on-earth island evolution, or do something about it, writes
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Federal lawsuit against FL’s new riot/protest law expands; protesters proceed with caution
Quality Journalism for Critical Times A federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-riot/anti-protest law has gained strength with the addition
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The Lavender Scare and a tangled Webb
When someone comes for me, they had better expect me to respond. [Credit: Warner Brothers] The sins of the past are never that far from us. I
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Restricting abortion access fizzled in the 2021 Legislature; reproductive rights advocates expect future battles
Quality Journalism for Critical Times On the abortion front, GOP lawmakers tried to restrict abortion access in Florida but various bills failed in
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U-M updates COVID-19 face-covering, quarantine policies
An updated University of Michigan face-covering policy will allow individuals to go mask-free while outdoors on all U-M campuses, provided they avoid
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Hinson, Scalise support ouster of Liz Cheney from U.S. House GOP leadership
Quality Journalism for Critical Times WASHINGTON—U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson of Iowa said Thursday that she backs a move to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from
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Once a biodiversity basket case, Wellington today is the wind beneath our birds’ wings
We can stand back as the predators we brought with us wipe out our found-nowhere-else-on-earth island evolution, or do something about it, writes
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Our Memory Belongs To Us: Three friends' transformation from common Syrian citizens to war journalists
More than ten years ago, English author Julian Barnes wrote in his memoir Nothing to Be Frightened Of: "Memory is identity... You are what you
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Surviving to live, living to survive: The Present brutally exposes the everyday tragedies of occupation
The Present is an award-winning short movie directed by Palestinian filmmaker and human rights activist Farah Nabulsi that was released on Netflix
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NHS does Ramadan: British Muslim health workers come together to reflect over Ramadan amid coronavirus
For the second year in a row, Muslim workers of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) have been experiencing the holy Muslim month of Ramadan while
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Caribbean futures: How Lebanese and Syrian migrants forged new beginnings in Jamaica
Many of the Lebanese and Syrian immigrants were Christians that were fleeing religious persecution by Muslim Turks from the Ottoman
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Caribbean futures: How Lebanese and Syrian migrants forged new beginnings in Jamaica
Many of the Lebanese and Syrian immigrants were Christians that were fleeing religious persecution by Muslim Turks from the Ottoman