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Palestine – Palestinian media rally for protection after assaults by police (Al Jazeera)

Dozens of Palestinian journalists rallied outside a United Nations building in Ramallah on Monday to demand press freedom following violent clashes with Palestinian security...

USA/Iran/Syria – US forces in Syria attacked after air raids on armed groups (Al Jazeera)

Iran-backed armed groups have exchanged fire with US-led coalition forces in eastern Syria, a war monitor said on Monday, after deadly US air strikes...

USA – US Supreme Court rejects contractor’s Abu Ghraib torture appeal (Al Jazeera)

The US Supreme Court on Monday put CACI International Inc a step closer to facing a trial in a lawsuit by three Iraqi former...

Palestine – Palestinian children feel abandoned amid home demolitions: NGO (Al Jazeera)

Four out of five children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem whose homes have been demolished by Israeli authorities say they have...

Europe – EU faces challenge of closing Roma education divide (Benjamin Fox, Euractiv)

Increasing the number of Roma children in early childhood education by at least 50%, is at the heart of a 10-year plan on Roma...

Greece – Greece pays young people €150 to get vaccinated (Sarantis Michalopoulos, Euractiv)

The Greek government has announced plans to grant €150 to every young Greek who has been vaccinated against COVID-19 or will get the jab...

Europe – The Blue Economy in the Green Transition – European contributions to sustainable ocean management (Brian Maguire, Euractiv)

In May, the European Commission presented the initiative A new approach for a sustainable Blue Economy in the EU. The EU Commission presents the...

USA – Vaccine passports underscore the necessity of U.S. privacy legislation (Nicol Turner Lee, Samantha Lai, and Emily Skahill, Brookings)

Vaccination rates are on the rise and several countries, including the United States, are relaxing public health restrictions as they steer toward a full reopening. Digital...

USA – How Biden and Congress could improve business taxation (William G. Gale, Brookings)

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 created the most substantial changes in business taxation in decades. But in a new analysis,...

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