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Israel tried to enter the competition with a song called “October Rain” that references the “the condition of Israeli civilians” during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
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“I’m honored, but I will probably be the first director on this stage to say I wish I’d never made this film.”
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The Google Cloud engineer interrupted a speech by Google Israel’s managing director and shouted, “I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance.”
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“They were all dead. Their father took them and left me behind,”Rania Abu Anza said. “How will I continue to live now?”
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Lord Arthur James Balfour wrote the Balfour Declaration, which helped pave the way for the eventual creation of Israel.
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From Mexico to Japan, countries around the world have made bold moves to advance women’s rights in the past year.
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“not to speculate but has anyone ever seen kate middleton and the unknown man in the same room.”
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55-year-old Alessandra Todde narrowly defeated the right-wing candidate who was handpicked by far-right prime minister Giorgia Meloni.
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26-year-old Shervin Hajipour’s song “Baraye” – which means “for” – lists out the various reasons that Iranian people had taken to the streets in anti-government protests after the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Abortion has been legal in France since 1975, but now it is a “guaranteed freedom” under the constitution.
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Oleg Orlov, one of Russia’s most prominent human rights activists, had criticized Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and said president Vladimir Putin had pushed the country towards fascism.
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People online are praising the poignant way this young Libyan filmmaker was able to capture the impact of boycotting companies such as McDonald’s, Starbucks and Coca-Cola.