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Camilla reveals her favourite childhood book still makes her cry
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Books

Camilla reveals her favourite childhood book still makes her cry

The Duchess of Cornwall said Black Beauty was her favourite book during her “pony-mad” youth and it still makes her emotional, as she highlighted the importance of reading to children.…

26 December 2021 · 3 min read

EU Court of Justice: nine judges of the General Court appointed
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Europe

EU Court of Justice: nine judges of the General Court appointed

The representatives of the governments of the member states today appointed nine judges of the General Court. Mr Lauri Madise and Mr Iko Nõmm (Estonia), Ms Anna Marcoulli and Mr…

22 December 2021 · 3 min read

End ‘appalling’ Belarus-Poland border crisis, UN rights office urges
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Europe

End ‘appalling’ Belarus-Poland border crisis, UN rights office urges

Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, describing the on-going situation as “appalling”.   

21 December 2021 · 3 min read

Elite national athletes share with Macao people insights into their Olympic glory
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Elite national athletes share with Macao people insights into their Olympic glory

MACAU, December 20 - National Olympians today shared with Macao people their experience of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and the stories of how their perseverance led them to success…

20 December 2021 · 3 min read

Norwood Community Library Brings Free Books to The Bronx
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America

Norwood Community Library Brings Free Books to The Bronx

By SARAH HUFFMAN (L to R) Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernández presents a State citation to Brandon Montes, founder of Norwood Community Library, at his book stand on October 16, 2021, during…

18 December 2021 · 9 min read

Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears
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Human Rights

Fundamental freedoms squeezed in Ukraine, Human Rights Council hears

The UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday that fundamental freedoms in Ukraine have been squeezed in Government-controlled areas, as well as across the contact line in eastern territories, held…

15 December 2021 · 3 min read

Croatia: Decades after Balkan wars, UN expert urges new push for justice
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International

Croatia: Decades after Balkan wars, UN expert urges new push for justice

Following armed conflict from1991 to 1994 in Croatia and the rest of former Yugoslavia, that triggered increased radicalization and hate speech, an independent UN human rights expert urged the authorities…

2 December 2021 · 3 min read

IOM scales up aid at EU-Belarus border, as migrant hypothermia deaths tick up  
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Europe

IOM scales up aid at EU-Belarus border, as migrant hypothermia deaths tick up  

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners, are scaling up aid along the border between the European Union and Belarus, amid worsening winter weather, which is leading to rising deaths due to hypothermia among asylum seekers stranded there. 

29 November 2021 · 3 min read