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Thanasis Nicolaou ‘feared for his life’ in army camp, court hears 

Cyprus Mail 

As the public waited the verdict as to whether national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou committed suicide or was murdered in 2005, the court reading painted a horrific picture of army life for the young Australian Cypriot. Thanasis Nicolaou was found dead under Alassa bridge in September 2005. He was 26. Forensic...

Senate Candidate Larry Hamm on '70s Anti-Apartheid Protests at Princeton and Voting "Uncommitted" in NJ

Democracy Now! 

Larry Hamm is chair of the People’s Organization for Progress and a Princeton alumnus who took part in protests at the school in the 1970s to call for divestment from apartheid South Africa. He visited the Princeton student encampment earlier this week and says he is “really proud of the students” for their protest against the war in Gaza. Hamm, who is running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey, is promoting a vote for “uncommitted” in the state’s presidential primary vote. Читать дальше...

FIFA deny 'imposing' 2025 Club World Cup schedule

France24.com (en) 

In a letter to the World Leagues Association (WLA) and FIFPRO, Mattias Grafstrom, secretary general of world football's governing body, insisted they had consulted widely on the new international calendar. "From the outset we reject any suggestion or inference that FIFA somehow "imposes" the International Match Calendar (IMC) on the football community without adequate consultation or to suit its own "business strategy"," Grafstrom said in a letter seen by AFP. On Thursday, the leagues and unions... Читать дальше...

Be For Films Boards Spanish Director Mar Coll’s ‘Mothers Don’t’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety 

Be For Films has acquired international sales rights to “Mothers Don’t” (“Las madres no”) directed by celebrated Spanish filmmaker Mar Coll. The film marks her third directorial outing following “Three Days with the Family“ and “We All Want What’s Best for Her.” The movie tells the story of María, a young writer who has just […]

What Hamas Wants in Postwar Gaza

Real Clear World 

Matthew Levitt, Foreign Affairs

On May 6, in an effort to forestall an all-but-certain Israeli operation in Rafah, Hamas leaders said that they might be prepared to accept a...

The UN Should Not Reward the Palestinians for Oct. 7th

Real Clear World 

Brett Schaefer, RCW

The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on one of the worst resolutions to come before that body - one that would confer upon the "State of...

Many Indians Don't Trust Their Elections Anymore

Real Clear World 

Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic

On March 21, a little less than a month before India's national elections, the main opposition party, Congress, held a press conference to announce that its...

Starmer's Campaign Director Has Gone to War on Blairism

Real Clear World 

Tom McTague, UnHerd

Walk into Labour's strangely anonymous new office block home down a side street in Southwark, and you can't help but notice who sits where. Keir Starmer's office is to...

How Princeton Got Burned by Its Outreach to Iran

Real Clear World 

Jay Solomon, Semafor

As US-Iran relations thawed during the Obama administration, Princeton University saw an opportunity to make the school a central player in bridging the decades-long...

Israel's Evolving War Goals in Rafah

Real Clear World 

Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post

The stakes are too high now for ambiguity. Israelis, on the eve of Independence Day, deserve a comprehensive plan that...

Why German Politicians Are Facing Growing Violence

Real Clear World 

Marsh & Abnett, Reuters

The black-clad attackers beat up Matthias Ecke so badly as he put up posters in Dresden that he needed surgery. In Nordhorn, a man threw eggs at a lawmaker then...

Who Will Inherit Europe?

Real Clear World 

Gabriel Elefteriu, Brussels Signal

For all the pomp and ceremony attending the French leg of Xi Jinping's European tour, it is the stops in Budapest and Belgrade that carry the greater...