The remaining members of the Adelaide Festival board will step down and this year’s Writers’ Week event has been cancelled after days of furore regarding the decision to cancel a scheduled appearance by Palestinian Australian author Randa…
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People in Iran first calls to outside world : NPR
Protesters march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025.
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Here’s Where U.S. Passports Rank Among World’s Most Powerful
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The United States passport has returned to the top 10 ranking of the world’s most powerful despite Americans losing visa-free access to seven different destinations over the last year, according to the Henley Passport Index.
Travelers…
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Adelaide Writers’ Week: Jacinda Ardern, Zadie Smith join mass walkout over dumped Palestinian writer
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A much-loved annual literary festival has been canceled after more than 180 writers quit the program to protest the dumping of a Palestinian Australian…
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Sudan Protection Cluster – Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (January 2026) – ReliefWeb
- Sudan Protection Cluster – Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (January 2026) ReliefWeb
- The world is ignoring the Sudan war The Telegraph
- Dozens killed, 8,000 displaced as fighting escalates in Sudan’s North Darfur, UN says Arab News PK
- WHO…
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Sudan Protection Cluster – Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026 – ReliefWeb
- Sudan Protection Cluster – Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2026 ReliefWeb
- The world is ignoring the Sudan war The Telegraph
- One thousand days of conflict push Sudan’s health system toward collapse News-Medical
- Insecurity displaces nearly…
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Tuesday’s papers: Finland summons ambassador, plus-sized shopping and payment in kind | Yle News
Domestic media span stories from unrest in Iran to the challenges of plus-size shopping.
Winter dressing presents added hurdles for people who are plus-sized. Image: Matti Myller / Yle Finland has summoned Iran’s ambassador in…
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Russia cornered, Trump weighs military options — will China take the bullet for Ayatollah? – Firstpost
As mass protests sweep Iran, the country appears geopolitically weakened, with its traditional partners offering little assurance of decisive support. While
US President Donald Trump weighs military options, neither Russia nor China seems willing…Continue Reading
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Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade – Reuters
- Trump says nations doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US trade Reuters
- Iran protests updates: Trump slaps US tariff Iran’s trading partners Al Jazeera
- Trump announces tariffs on Iran trade partners as protest toll rises Dawn
- Trump…
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Pangasinan Launches ‘Benteng Bigas, Meron Na!’ Project with DA
LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN – The Pangasinan Provincial Government led by Governor Ramon V. Guico III and the Department of Agriculture (DA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on January 13, for the implementation of the “Benteng Bigas,…
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