People protest against the conflict in eastern DRC during an African Union assembly in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2024.
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A survey of nearly 900 politicians in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and Canada reveals that they systematically overestimate their electorate’s conservatism on a range of issues.
Paul Rusesabagina receives the Medal of Freedom from US President George W Bush in 2005.
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Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
In 2009, 150 of the 180 residents of the care facility in Ellignies-Sainte-Anne were French. At the time, approximately 6,500 French citizens living with disabilities were in Belgian institutions due to the lack of appropriate structures in France. The figure has since grown to 8,500, a jump of more than 30%.
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It is estimated that more than 8,000 French citizens with disabilities currently live in Belgium. For many parents, placing their children in foreign institutions is not so much a choice as the only alternative they have.
A Turkish barbers’ shop in Berlin, where there’s a large Turkish community.
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Violence in the DRC can be brought to an end if the geographical scope of the conflict is broadened to include all neighbouring countries.
A march following the return of Patrice Lumumba’s tooth from Belgium – all that is left of the anti-colonialist icon murdered in 1961.
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Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.
A protestor holds a picture of Patrice Lumumba.
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For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
A U.S. Air Force jet performs a test drop of a B61-12 bomb in December 2021. That bomb can contain a nuclear warhead for use in wartime.
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Both the Russian and US arsenals boast thousands of nuclear weapons, located in various places around their own countries and, for the US, in Europe as well.
Dietary guidelines can do a better job clarifying the differences between beneficial and harmful forms of processing.
What not to do: ban travel. Scenes at South Africa’s OR Tambo International airport after the first flight bans were announced.
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