We look at the phenomenon of generational trauma and whether Gen Z are the ones who can finally break the cycle. What do the descendants of the victims of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Holocaust and the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda have in common? Studies show many will suffer higher rates of anxiety, depression […]
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South Africa is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its first democratic election. South Africa is marking Freedom Day – the historic day that changed the course of the country. Hopes were high in 1994, as years of segregation and white-minority rule came to an end, and millions of Black South Africans cast their vote for
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An Iraqi TikTok star known to her followers as Om Fahad was fatally shot in a late-night attack outside her home in Baghdad, authorities said. A lone assailant on a motorbike approached Fahad, whose legal name is Ghufran Sawadi, as she sat in a black SUV on Friday night. He fired shots inside the car
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The blast, which also wounded several soldiers, occurred at an army base in Kampong Speu province, Hun Manet says. Twenty soldiers have been killed in an ammunition explosion at a base in the west of Cambodia, according to Prime Minister Hun Manet. The blast, which also wounded several soldiers, occurred on Saturday afternoon at an
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The IDF carried out airstrikes in the Khan Yunis and Rafah areas early on Saturday, Walla reported. Palestinian media reported that there were wounded and those killed in the strikes. The Air Force also struck in the area of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian media also
Two earthquakes, the largest a 6.1 magnitude, struck Taiwan’s eastern county of Hualien on Saturday, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quakes, within half an hour of each other in the early hours of the morning, shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The first quake had a depth
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This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill talks to the authors of a new scathing report on US arms sales to Israel. As Israel’s war on Gaza continues for a seventh month, killing more than 34,000 Palestinians and 200 humanitarian workers, the United States just approved roughly $15bn in military aid to Israel. But is
Marc Lamont Hill discusses student activism for Palestine with Columbia University student organiser Maryam Alwan. As Israel’s war on Gaza persists for over half a year, many university students in the United States have expressed solidarity with Palestinians. Students at Columbia University set up a Gaza solidarity encampment and have called on the University to
Ukraine has pledged to bolster its anticorruption efforts as part of its bid for European Union membership. Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky has been detained on suspicion of being involved in a multimillion-dollar landgrab scheme involving state property, according to prosecutors. An anticorruption court ordered Solsky to be held in custody until June 24, with
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“For a long time, we talked about the European Commission having this toolbox. But we questioned the ability of the European Commission to use this toolbox effectively. Now we see that actually the European Commission is able and willing to use it,” said Francesca Ghiretti, a senior geoeconomics analyst at the Adarga Research Institute. Gunnar
