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“Football is about community, and our community stands against genocide.” Kneecap (@kneecapceol) and their manager spoke to AJ about why Ireland-Israel games should be canceled.
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North Korea arrived at the 1966 World Cup while Britain and its allies were still technically at war with it. FIFA insisted the team be treated fairly. @annakook looks at how that compares to Iran's situation today.
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Hundreds of young Kenyans are protesting U.S. plans to send Americans who have been exposed to Ebola to a quarantine center in their country. There are no reported cases of Ebola in Kenya yet.
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Ayoub Junaid broke his medical glasses after falling down. After a video went viral, he received a replacement – but his mother says he still needs surgery, which he can’t get under Israeli blockade.
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Why Pakistan has a crucial role in the 2026 FIFA World Cup This factory we toured didn’t make this year’s World Cup balls, but another one in Sialkot did.
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump saw this untouched wilderness in Albania and decided to build an enormous luxury resort there. Albanians are fighting to shut them down.
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“We are not the descendants of slaves, we are the descendants of human beings.” French lawmakers just voted to abolish a colonial-era slavery law 341 years after it was passed. The law was created by the French monarchy to regulate slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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“It’s horrifying.” This doctor is speaking out after it was revealed that bodies donated for science to his university were used to train Israeli military medics in Los Angeles.
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In this game, players take on the role of both Indigenous person and settler – and witness firsthand what happens as Canada’s colonization unfolds. @yelmjouie spoke to the game’s director on how “Two Falls (Nishu Takuatshina)” reckons with the country’s colonial past.
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“Ireland didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but you know who did? The Ivory Coast.” This Irish pub flipped its flag to support Ivory Coast at the World Cup.
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Jun 14
“Our job is to go to where the silence is,” says Amy Goodman, the co-founder and main host of Democracy Now!, an audience-funded, independent news show, and the subject of a new documentary, “Steal This Story Please!”
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Jun 14
From Iran to Venezuela, we break down the real reason America kills over oil. youtu.be/l9So1cgCcdM
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An investigation into the NGO, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) found that its local and foreign staff sexually exploited Sudanese refugees in Chad. #MSF #DoctorsWithoutBorders #Chad #Sudan #Sudanese #Displacement
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Nationwide protests in Tirana, Albania dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution,” have erupted over a planned luxury resort by a company linked to President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Environmentalists say the project threatens wildlife and thousands of flamingos.
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This Arsenal employee was fired for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza – after 22 years with the club. “It was a pile-on, a calculated and choreographed attack on me. All over me speaking out against apartheid, genocide, illegal occupation, oppression."
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Americans who signed up to donate their bodies to science after death are now backing out after learning they could end up on an operating table in front of Israeli military surgeons. @dena explains.
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Thousands are marching across Argentina after the killing of 14-year-old Agostina Vega. In Argentina, a femicide occurs every 35 hours on average. But the government has slashed funding to gender violence prevention programs.
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This is the journey of a Sudanese mother who was forced to flee el-Fasher on foot under RSF attacks, and still searching for her son. Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines new documentary interviews survivors to investigate the lead-up to the RSF’s massacres and disappearances in el-Fasher.
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Only some nations taking part in the World Cup are being targeted with extra security and visa denials for their fans – can you guess what they have in common?
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While World Cup teams arriving in the U.S. have faced controversial searches, hourslong detentions and visa restrictions … Mexico is being praised for its hospitality and warm atmosphere.
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