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"Hate and violence in times of pandemic - Experiences and reactions", Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks to guests from medicine ...

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Corona pandemic: Federal President calls for courage against hatred and violence: Radical protests disregarded social peace, the citizenry should not remain ...
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Corona pandemic: Federal President calls for courage against hatred and ...
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Corona pandemic: Federal President calls for courage against hatred and violence: Radical protests disregarded social peace, the citizenry should not remain ...
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Corona pandemic: Federal President calls for courage against hatred and ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests: Berlin - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees the violent protests against the state corona policy as ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests: The protests against the corona policy of the federal and state governments have been increasing for months - ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests: The protests against the corona policy of the federal and state governments have been increasing for months - ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests: The protests against the corona policy of the federal and state governments have been increasing for months - ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests: Berlin - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees the violent protests against the state corona policy as ...
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Steinmeier: Danger from violent corona protests
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Steinmeier: Violent protests endanger social peace: Berlin - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sees the violent protests against the state corona policy ...
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Steinmeier: Violent protests endanger social peace
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Steinmeier in Turkey: 60 kilos of kebab meat in his luggage: On his first visit to Turkey as Federal President, Steinmeier paid tribute to Turkish immigrants ...
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Steinmeier in Turkey: 60 kilos of kebab meat in his luggage
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Extremism continues to simmer in Corona channels: Mix of groups continues Corona protest on Telegram messaging service, right-wing extremists get involved ...
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Extremism continues to simmer in Corona channels
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Minimum wage: Scholz is annoyed with the collective bargaining parties: The person arrested is said to be an employee of the AfD's top candidate for the European ...
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Minimum wage: Scholz is annoyed with the collective bargaining parties
Quick Glance: Employee of AfD Politician Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage
  • An employee of AfD's lead candidate Maximilian Krah was arrested for allegedly spying for China and conducting surveillance on opposition figures in Germany.

  • The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating based on information from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The AfD expressed concern over the arrest and pledged to support the investigation.

  • Federal Interior Minister Faeser called the accusations an attack on European democracy. China denied the allegations. The arrested employee had previously offered information to German authorities but was deemed unreliable.

  • There was no connection between the arrest of Krah's employee and other arrests on Monday. Additionally, allegations against AfD politician Krah regarding possible payments from Kremlin-linked sources were revealed.
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Columbia faculty joins student protests despite bipartisan criticism: Dozens of Columbia University and Barnard College faculty stood in solidarity with students ...
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Columbia faculty joins student protests despite bipartisan criticism
Quick Glance: Student Protests: Arrests at Yale and NYU
  • Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan, as student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza continue to roil US campuses.

  • At Yale University, at least 47 protesters were arrested and will face disciplinary action.

  • The police crackdowns came after Columbia University canceled in-person classes and cleared tent encampments on its campus in New York City.

  • The universities repeatedly asked students to leave, warning of legal and disciplinary consequences if they did not.
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Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus Protest: Google has fired another 20 employees in retaliation for last week’s protest against ...
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Google Fires Another 20 Employees in Retaliation for Project Nimbus ...
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Meeting with Erdogan: Hitler comparisons and insults - Steinmeier's endurance test in Ankara
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Meeting with Erdogan: Hitler comparisons and insults - Steinmeier's ...
Quick Glance: Turkey Should Not Provide Sanctuary to Hamas
  • The images of the meeting between the Turkish President and the Hamas leader in Istanbul are causing unease. Supporting the terrorist organization is problematic. The Islamists are no longer suitable as negotiating partners for resolving the Middle East conflict.

  • Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Hamas leader Ismail Haniya with a certain statesmanship and drew parallels between Hamas and Turkish insurgents. Turkey adamantly refuses to categorize Hamas as a terrorist organization.

  • Speculations are arising about a potential relocation of Hamas leaders from Qatar to Turkey. Qatar is under pressure due to its closeness to Islamists. Turkey could be an appealing choice for Hamas.

  • Moving the Hamas headquarters to Turkey would be a provocation towards Israel and its allies. Hamas has discredited itself as a reliable negotiating partner. A political resolution of the Middle East conflict should exclude the involvement of Hamas.
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With two exceptions: Germans give Corona policy a good report: Mask requirements, vaccinations, curfews: Hardly a day goes by during the corona pandemic without ...
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With two exceptions: Germans give Corona policy a good report
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Stage for Xavier Naidoo: Is Oliver Pocher now completely on the bike?: Since his separation from his wife Amira, Oliver Pocher has been traveling around the ...
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Stage for Xavier Naidoo: Is Oliver Pocher now completely on the bike?
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Steinmeier's kebab diplomacy in Turkey: cliché on a skewer: German Turks win film awards and have developed a corona vaccine. But Federal President Steinmeier ...
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Steinmeier's kebab diplomacy in Turkey: cliché on a skewer
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SF sales down 28% from 2019. What sectors and areas were hit hardest?: This map and table breaks down trend in S.F. sales tax revenue for the past five years
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SF sales down 28% from 2019. What sectors and areas were hit hardest?
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Gaza protests at US universities intensify: Protests against the war in the Gaza Strip are intensifying at several US universities. There are arrests ...
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Gaza protests at US universities intensify
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Turkey and the Middle East War: Erdoğan's friend from Hamas: Shortly before Federal President Steinmeier's visit, Erdoğan received Hamas leader Ismail Haniyyeh ...
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Turkey and the Middle East War: Erdoğan's friend from Hamas
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Trump urges supporters to ‘go out and peacefully protest’ ahead of hush money trial’s opening arguments
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Trump urges supporters to ‘go out and peacefully protest’ ahead of hush ...
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Trump: College protests are a ‘disgrace’ and all ‘Biden’s fault’: Former President Trump on Tuesday blasted a wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college ...
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Trump: College protests are a ‘disgrace’ and all ‘Biden’s fault’
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Pro-Palestinian Encampments Take Over American College Campuses: As the death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza increases, pro-Palestinian encampments have ...
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Pro-Palestinian Encampments Take Over American College Campuses
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Google has fired 50 employees after protests over Israel cloud deal, organizers say
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Google has fired 50 employees after protests over Israel cloud deal ...
Quick Glance: Google dismisses workers following protests on technology deal with Israeli government
  • Following protests regarding the technology supplied to the Israeli government, Google has terminated employees, heightening tensions around a sensitive contract.

  • The confirmed dismissals by Google on Wednesday occurred after nine individuals were detained during sit-in demonstrations in New York and Sunnyvale, California, a day subsequent to police intervention.

  • Demonstrations are predominantly coordinated by a faction known as No Tech For Apartheid. Google states that Nimbus is not utilized for weaponry or intelligence purposes.

  • Stated in a blog post, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai implied a close supervision of employees as the company enhances efforts in advancing its AI technology, marking a crucial phase in the industry and potentially humanity.
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Palestinians in West Bank Protest Israeli Raid That Killed at Least 10: At least 10 people were killed when Israeli forces raided the Nur Shams refugee camp ...
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Palestinians in West Bank Protest Israeli Raid That Killed at Least 10
Quick Glance: Israeli Strikes on Rafah Kill 22, Mostly Children, as US Advances Aid Package
  • Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, as the US House of Representatives approved $13 billion in new Israeli military aid.

  • However, fears of wider war breaking out in the Middle East have eased somewhat after Iran downplayed Israel’s reported retaliation over its unprecedented missile and drone attack on the country a week ago.

  • Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah and vowed to expand its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group to the city on the border with Egypt despite calls for restraint, including from the US.

  • Tensions have also spiked in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with Israeli troops killing two Palestinians who attacked a checkpoint with a knife and a gun near the southern West Bank town of Hebron.
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Man sets himself on fire in protest area outside Trump trial - reports: A man has set himself on fire outside the courthouse in New York where former US ...
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Man sets himself on fire in protest area outside Trump trial - reports
Quick Glance: Hush Money Trial: Trump's Silent Encounter with Insults
  • Donald Trump has been forced to listen to potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial in New York openly criticize him.

  • Transitioning from a life of adulation to facing critics, Trump now experiences a different reality without the control he's accustomed to.

  • Previously shielded from critique, Trump now faces a trial with potential felony convictions and will have to endure listening to more criticism.

  • Potential jurors exhibited a range of opinions towards Trump, from admiration for his business acumen to open criticism of his persona and rhetoric.
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NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University. Here’s what we know
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NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia ...
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The low mood is accompanied by a shift to the right: the young generation is leaning towards AfD
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The low mood is accompanied by a shift to the right: the young generation ...
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 ...
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Google terminates 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract: Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in ...
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Google terminates 28 employees for protest of Israeli cloud contract
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Dozens arrested at NYU ‘liberated zone’ as anti-Israel encampments sweep US campuses
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Dozens arrested at NYU ‘liberated zone’ as anti-Israel encampments sweep ...
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Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests spread on college campuses across the U.S.
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Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests spread on college campuses across ...
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Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards for nursing home staffing
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Vice President Harris announces final rules mandating minimum standards ...
Quick Glance: Biden's Landmark Staffing Mandate for Nursing Homes
  • The Biden administration has implemented first-ever staffing requirements for nursing homes to enhance care quality.

  • The rule mandates 24/7 registered nurses and a minimum of 3.48 hours of care per resident daily.

  • Industry voices concerns over staff shortages, estimating a need for over 100,000 additional workers.

  • The new regulations will be phased in and could potentially lead to facility closures for non-compliance.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's party alleges election rigging by intelligence agencies in by-polls, calls for probe - News | Khaleej Times
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's party alleges election rigging by intelligence ...
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Columbia says classes will be hybrid until semester ends amid protests: Columbia University’s main campus will shift to hybrid learning for the reminder of the ...
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Columbia says classes will be hybrid until semester ends amid protests
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Biden condemns ‘antisemitic protests’ and ‘those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians’
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Biden condemns ‘antisemitic protests’ and ‘those who don’t understand ...
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Google fires 28 anti-Israel employees who occupied offices in protest: The protesters were arrested and put on administrative after refusing to leave Google ...
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Google fires 28 anti-Israel employees who occupied offices in protest
Quick Glance: Google terminates 28 employees after office occupation due to anti-Israel protests
  • Google terminated 28 employees on Thursday who had occupied its offices to protest against contracts with the Israeli government, as confirmed by a Google spokesperson.

  • The protesters were arrested and after refusing to leave the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian in Sunnyvale or the workspace in New York City for nearly 10 hours, they were transferred to administrative positions to urge Google to terminate the Project Nimbus contract and cease business with the Israeli government.

  • No Tech For Apartheid, a project by Jewish Voice for Peace and Linda Sarsour’s MPower Change, described the terminations as an "indiscriminate act of mass retaliation."

  • The office occupations at Google were accompanied by demonstrations on-site and in Seattle, aiming to compel Google to withdraw from the project to establish cloud-based data centers and transition a significant portion of the Israeli government's IT infrastructure to cloud-based servers.
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Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership
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Quick Glance: Biden admin partners with 50 nations to prevent future pandemics
  • President Joe Biden's administration will assist 50 countries in identifying and responding to infectious diseases to prevent future pandemics like Covid-19.

  • The U.S. will collaborate with countries to enhance testing, surveillance, communication, and preparedness for outbreaks.

  • The announcement addresses the challenge of achieving a global agreement on responses to future pandemics.

  • The U.S. government will involve multiple agencies to aid countries in refining their infectious disease response.
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Huge crowds protest Colombian president’s planned reforms: Protesters call Gustavo Petro’s policies ‘dire’ as his government attempts to reform healthcare and ...
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Huge crowds protest Colombian president’s planned reforms
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The situation in the morning: Does the FDP want to break the coalition?: The FDP brings back memories of a historic change. The Federal President is embarking on ...
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The situation in the morning: Does the FDP want to break the coalition?
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The worst pandemic imaginable: A highly contagious prion disease is spreading among wild animals. Experts are wondering whether it can also infect people - and ...
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The worst pandemic imaginable
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Anti-Semitic protest at university: New York rabbi warns: Jewish students no longer safe
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Anti-Semitic protest at university: New York rabbi warns: Jewish students ...
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Dozens of Yale Students Arrested During Campus Protests: Demonstrators were arrested on Monday morning after setting up an encampment that they said was in ...
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Dozens of Yale Students Arrested During Campus Protests
Quick Glance: Yale Students Block Intersection After 45 Arrested
  • Yale students and protestors block the intersection of College St. and Grove St., outside Woolsey Hall in New Haven on Monday, April 22, 2024, during a Pro-Palestinian rally after about 45 students were arrested from the encampment at Beinecke Plaza Monday morning.
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Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley faces calls to quit over Gaza protests: The head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism called for Sir Mark to resign or be sacked ...
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Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley faces calls to quit over Gaza protests
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands: Demonstrators say mass tourism is overwhelming the Atlantic archipelago.
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Thousands protest against over-tourism in Spain’s Canary Islands
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Ilhan Omar’s daughter says she’s been ‘basically evicted’ after suspension: The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) says she was “basically evicted” after she ...
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Ilhan Omar’s daughter says she’s been ‘basically evicted’ after suspension
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ECDC warns of renewed increase in vaccine-preventable diseases: Solna - After declining during the COVID-19 pandemic, the numbers of vaccine-preventable diseases ...
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ECDC warns of renewed increase in vaccine-preventable diseases
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Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment
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Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on ...
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Biden condemns ‘blatant’ anti-Semitism at Columbia pro-Palestine protests: Biden’s remarks come after footage emerges appearing to show Jewish students being ...
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Biden condemns ‘blatant’ anti-Semitism at Columbia pro-Palestine protests
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Transforming the Climate Conversation This Earth Day: We must find a middle ground between the temptation to deny there is a problem and despair that there are ...
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Transforming the Climate Conversation This Earth Day
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State government does not want to disclose files on the pandemic: Munich - To deal with the pandemic and the measures, the Bavarian state government is not yet ...
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State government does not want to disclose files on the pandemic
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State visit to Turkey: This man and his kebab fly with us: Why Federal President Steinmeier takes a Berlin snack bar operator with him on his travels
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State visit to Turkey: This man and his kebab fly with us
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New book by Frank-Walter Steinmeier: The president, the country and the “we” feeling
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New book by Frank-Walter Steinmeier: The president, the country and the ...
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Canary Islands: Tens of thousands demonstrate against mass tourism: Mass demonstrations against mass tourism: 55,000 people on the Canary Islands on Saturday ...
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Canary Islands: Tens of thousands demonstrate against mass tourism
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Columbia University main campus classes will be hybrid until semester ends; NYU students, faculty arrested during protests
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Columbia University main campus classes will be hybrid until semester ...