The Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, the rebel paramilitary group fighting against the central government of Sudan in the country’s civil war, has laid siege to the southern city of el-Obeid for more than a month. Located at a strategic crossroads, the RSF has been...
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The United Nations Human Rights Council approved a resolution on religious hatred Wednesday following a backlash by Muslim nations over the burning of a Quran in Sweden last month, but amid opposition from Western nations that it might restrict freedom of speech, Reuters reported. The resolution...
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The European Union’s parliament backed a major plan to protect nature and fight climate change following a tight vote Wednesday and strong opposition from the legislature’s conservative bloc, the Associated Press reported. The vote came after weeks of intense lobbying against the legislation, a key part...
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Japan’s Supreme Court ruled this week that it was illegal to restrict a transgender person from using certain bathrooms, the country’s first verdict on LGBTQ people’s rights in the workplace, Bloomberg reported. The case centers on a transgendered woman working for Japan’s trade ministry, who was...
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Watching instances of violence and catastrophe in the news doesn’t bode well for the human psyche. It would be an understatement to say that news nowadays is very glum, but in that darkness there is always that story about acts of kindness and heroism that generates...
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