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Hundreds of aid trucks are entering Gaza as Israel faces pressure to allow them in

4:40pm April 09, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

The number of trucks delivering food and other humanitarian aid to Gaza has surged in the past 24 hours. Distribution remains a difficult challenge.

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A political divide along gender lines is growing in South Korea

4:40pm April 09, 2024

by Se Eun Gong

Young men and women are politically drifting apart across the developed world. The growing political gender divide in South Korea is making experts worried about the country's future.

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Rwanda's youth have grown in genocide's shadow. Here are their hopes for the future

4:40pm April 09, 2024

Three Rwandans under the age of 25 — Ornella Ineza, Kelvin Rwihimba, and Crispin Iradukunda — reflect on what it's like to grow up in a country that's been shaped by a genocide.

Muslim politicians in the U.K. have faced Islamophobia through Ramadan

4:40pm April 09, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

In the U.K., Muslim politicians are getting verbal abuse. Many worry the government's new "extremism" definition targets them. Watching Gaza, it's an especially difficult Ramadan.

Prince Andrew's 2019 BBC interview is now the subject of a Netflix film.

'A masterclass in how to give terrible answers': Inside that Prince Andrew interview

2:38pm April 09, 2024

Sam McAlister was the BBC booker who persuaded Prince Andrew to go on record about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It's the subject of new Netflix movie Scoop.

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Dancers wearing Chechen national costumes perform to celebrate the reelection of Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured in the background) in Grozny, Russia in September 2021.

Chechnya is banning music that's too fast or slow. These songs wouldn't make the cut

12:11pm April 09, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya will only allow music between 80 and 116 beats per minute, though it's unclear how the rule will be enforced.

Palestinian citizens of Israel hold an anti-war protest in the town of Deir Hanna, Israel, on March 30.

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Israel's Palestinian citizens grow louder in protesting the Gaza war

9:56am April 09, 2024

by Jennifer Ludden

Palestinian citizens make up 20% of Israel's population, and many grieve the suffering in Gaza. Hundreds were arrested or lost jobs for questioning the war there, and doing so can still be perilous.

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President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, center, speaks Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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European court rules on cases seeking to force countries to meet climate goals

6:53am April 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

Europe's highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that its member nations have an obligation to protect their citizens from the ill effects of climate change.

People demonstrate outside the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

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Is climate change action a human right? A European court will rule for the first time

5:10am April 09, 2024

by The Associated Press

Europe's highest human rights court began its session Tuesday on a group of climate change cases aimed at forcing countries to meet international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children.

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For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror

5:00am April 09, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Ten years after the mass abduction of 276 Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapping in Nigeria continues to rise. Nearly 1,000 people were kidnapped in the first three months of 2024. Here is one family's story.

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