The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance to his claims, The Conversation international affairs editors Sam Phelps and Rachael Jolley interviewed six academic…
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Egypt retrieves parts of 2,000-year-old sunken city off coast of Alexandria | Egypt
Egypt has unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, revealing buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock that date back more than 2,000 years.
Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of…
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Prague commemorates 1968 Soviet-led occupation of Czechoslovakia
The Czech Republic marked the anniversary of the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia on Thursday with memorial events in Prague and across the country.
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Israel OKs settlement project that could divide West Bank : NPR
Palestinian hamlets are seen at the E1 area, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, between the Israeli settlement of…
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Gaza City offensive would be ‘death sentence’ for Israeli hostages, say relatives | Israel-Gaza war
An Israeli operation to occupy Gaza City would be a “death sentence” for the remaining living Israeli hostages held in Gaza, relatives of the hostages have said, as the Red Cross and UN warned of a looming catastrophe for the hundreds of…
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Experienced skydiver deliberately fell to her death, coroner finds | County Durham
An experienced skydiver deliberately fell to her death in April after ending her relationship with her partner the night before, an inquest has heard.
Jade Damarell, 32, died of blunt trauma injuries after falling from 15,500ft (4,600 metres) into…
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IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Data from an internal Israeli intelligence database indicates that at least 83 percent of Palestinians killed in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza were…
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