Many people wanted to virtually join the protest.
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While online action alone can’t solve a problem, it can be a very useful tool to mobilize people and focus attention on a crucial issue.
A memorial to the Kafr Qasim victims.
Zero0000 via Wikimedia Commons
The 49 Palestinian Israelis murdered by soldiers in 1956 deserve to be officially remembered.
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L’islamophobie prend des formes diverses et affecte durablement et en profondeur tous ceux qui l’expérimentent – qu’ils soient ou musulmans ou non.
Un automate sophistiqué, ancêtre des robots actuels.
Lyon and Turnbull
Les humanoïdes capables de voler, de jouer de la musique ou de parler existent depuis des siècles.
Fear of Islam pervades every corner of modern Muslim life.
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Islamophobia affects all those who encounter it – whether they are Muslim or not.
Dévoiler l'identité de l'auteur, une démarche politique?
Gallimard
Le dévoilement de l’identité de la romancière signant sous le pseudonyme choisi d’Elena Ferrante relève du vandalisme.
The acclaimed Neapolitan series.
Amazon
The unmasking of the real author of the Neapolitan series was an act of vandalism.
Clockwork classics.
Lyon and Turnbull
We have been building mechanical devices that can fly, play music and even speak for centuries.
Job searching made more difficult.
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Horrors of job discrimination.
EPA/Abir Sultan
Very few countries remain outside the world’s chemical weapons control regime. Why would Israel want to keep company with North Korea?
Decisions, decisions.
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The idea that we make rational choices is the basis for how businesses and governments make their plans. But psychologists have been asking some awkward questions.
Van in Ghana early 1950s.
CFU
In the dying days of empire, the British financed a global cinema service.
Hulk who?
Drinks Machine
Dig into the details of the ancient Olympics and you find a lot of misinformation, but also a surprising amount in common with the modern games.
President Rodrigo Duterte talks with former president Benigno Aquino III, shown here in 2013.
Ryan Lim/Malacañang Photo Bureau
The Philippines suffers from many internal conflicts. Can the new president bring about a much-needed peace?
Ready for my close up.
Irina Braga
The Remain campaign cites this survey as proof of the economic benefits of staying in the EU. Here’s the story behind the numbers.
A leur recherche.
ESO/José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)
Une vie, ailleurs dans l’Univers… Mais comment annoncera-t-on la nouvelle au public ? Petit guide de com’ pour préparer notre monde à la découverte des aliens.
General Sir Richard Shirreff when serving as commander of the British forces in Kosovo in 2000.
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We should welcome the latest intervention from General Sir Richard Shirreff – he knows what he is talking about.
Louis XIV in new TV drama Versailles.
BBC
From the halcyon days of Louis XIV, the French global seat of power was soon pulled down by corruption, elitism and arbitrary rule. Sound familiar?
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Farmers were supposed to bet big on energy crops like short-rotation willow to help fuel the UK’s biomass fleet. It hasn’t worked out like that.
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The number of people who identify with a religion is declining, but that doesn’t mean it’s on its way out.