Flavie Chen is an Editorial & Partnerships Strategist for Almost and is based in Taipei. Contact this reporter at flavie@almostmag.co.
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Videos shared online showed Palestinian men forced into lines, walking single file with their hands on the shoulders of the person in front as troops surrounded them.
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The boat was carrying humanitarian supplies and prominent activists who had previously attempted to sail to Gaza on the Madleen, another Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship, with the goal of breaking Israel’s siege.
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People filled the streets wearing red to symbolize a “red line”, chanting for a ceasefire and carrying a giant banner listing all the names of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
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Dragon House, run by a local family, was spray-painted overnight on Aug. 29 with slurs including "Go home", "Cat & Dog", St George’s flags, and the word “Chinese” was also covered.?
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The shutdown cost the company an estimated £300,000 in lost sales and tax revenue.
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“Without the United States, everything in the world would die,” Trump said, calling America “the hottest and best.”
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Under the law, people who are in same-sex relationships could face 2 to 5 years in prison, as well as fines.
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The disaster occurred on Sunday, Aug. 31, following days of heavy rain that triggered a large-scale collapse in the Marrah Mountains, where Tarasin is located.
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“There is death in every home, and beneath the rubble of each roof, there are dead bodies. The mud houses have been wiped away, and destruction is everywhere,”
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Renad is believed to have evacuated to Maastricht with her twin brother and her older sister Nourhan, who received a scholarship to a university in the Netherlands.
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The ruling on Friday, Aug. 29, makes Paetongtarn the fifth Thai prime minister to be removed by the court since 2008.
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Many experts and legal scholars have condemned this tactic and view it as a serious violation of international law and potentially a war crime.