The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is the main relief organisation operating in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Destroying the main relief agency in Gaza would be a catastrophe for its people, most of whom have been displaced by the conflict and are desperate for food, shelter and medical supplies.
Scientists have found that hermit crabs are increasingly using plastic and other litter as makeshift shell homes.
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Hermit crabs have been using plastic waste such as bottle tops as homes instead of empty snail shells.
Under pressure: with things on the battlefield not going well, the last thing Volodymyr Zelensky needs is a corruption scandal in the military.
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As a new Russian offensive gets under way, Ukraine can ill afford to be mired in scandal and disunity.
Holy Week in Seville has attracted some controversy.
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Those in Spain who have objected to Jesus being portrayed as ‘effeminate’, ‘camp’ or ‘sexualised’ seem to imply that there is something wrong or deviant about such portrayals.
The Instapoet Rupi Kaur on her book tour.
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Literary critics and scholars need to take poetry that originated on social media more seriously.
A protester in Buenos Aires holds the flag of indigenous peoples.
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The ultra-right Javier Milei has already set back environmentalism by decades.
Members of Saraya al-Quds, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, on a parade and declare that they are ready for an on January 5, 2021.
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PIJ is perceived as a terrorist group operating in the shadow of Hamas, aiming to dismantle Israel with the backing of Iran – but that’s not true.
Berliners giving the Nazi salute following the announcement of the German invasion of Poland on September 1 1939.
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The German population was transformed under Nazism into a “bystander society” – even before the conditions of wartime normalised acts of excessive violence.
Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto a in Leixlip, Kildare, Ireland.
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The traditional start of spring in Ireland on February 1 is now marked with celebrations of women, empowerment, food, sustainability and craft.
Weighing up options: the US president, Joe Biden, is considering how to retaliate to the drone attack which killed three US servicemen in Jordan on January 28.
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History tells us that US presidents tend to be cautious about foreign policy in an election year – especially in the Middle East.
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Precedent set by court in Norway could embolden judges and campaigners further afield.
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Just over a third of NHS patients are satisfied with their care. This can easily be improved.
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Dads tell us they want to be included in support, but that this is predominantly aimed at mothers.
Under pressure: Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivers an economic briefing, January 30 2024.
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Facing a parliamentary election in March, the Islamic Republic is trying to distract attention away from its economic woes with a show of strength.
One of the gold items being loaned back to Ghana.
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The elephant in the room is the existing legal framework, forged in period of decolonisation and diminishing western influence, that forbids the repatriation of antiquities.
A mural of Jürgen Klopp in Liverpool.
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Jurgen Klopp will leave Liverpool with a remarkably similar legacy to the club’s iconic manager, Bill Shankly.
Endometriosis can cause severe chronic pain.
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Endometriosis affects 10% of women in the UK.
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Some study the crisis, but all are worried – and frustrated.
Austin Butler in Masters Of The Air.
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The show explores the American role in the European air war with care and sensitivity.
Christian Friedel as Höss.
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The film depicts the everyday life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family – yet, industrialised, genocidal violence moves along, continuously, in the background.