10/13/2023 - DailyChatter

Senior European Union officials are demanding an explanation from Poland over allegations that Polish diplomats sold temporary work visas to African and Asian migrants for thousands of dollars apiece. Polish media outlets have alleged that officials allowed more than 130,000 migrants into Poland from majority-Muslim nations...

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The World Briefly

October 13, 2023

Unity By Proxy

Gaza Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Benny Gantz agreed to form an emergency unity government amid preparations for a potential ground war in the Gaza Strip, Axios reported. The new unity government will see the formation of a small “war cabinet” that will...

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The World Briefly

October 13, 2023

The Middle Road

France

France’s highest administrative court rejected a class action lawsuit accusing the government of failing to stop police racial profiling, a ruling that could influence judicial advocacy actions in the country, Radio France Internationale reported Thursday. The landmark case was brought by six human rights groups who...

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The World Briefly

October 13, 2023

A Church, Dissolved

Japan

The Japanese government will ask a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church over allegations that the fringe religious group’s activities led to the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Bloomberg reported. The request comes more than a year after Abe’s assassination by...

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Ukraine Briefly

October 13, 2023

Ukraine, Briefly

Russia Ukraine

This week, Russian forces launched a series of attacks on Ukrainian positions around the city of Avdiivka in the country’s east, Politico wrote. The Ukrainian side has lost some positions in the northern outskirts of Avdiivka, although Kyiv’s troops still control key parts of the...

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Discoveries

October 13, 2023

The Story of Strappy Sandals

Scientists recently discovered Europe’s oldest footwear, nearly 170 years after they were initially found in a cave in southern Spain, NBC News reported. In 1857, miners entered the Cueva de los Murciélagos (cave of the bats) near Granada and came across a burial site containing partially...

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The Story of Strappy Sandals