US State De­part­ment says Griner ‘wrong­ful­ly de­tained’ by Rus­sia
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Brit­tney Griner has been held by Rus­sia since Feb­ru­ary af­ter au­thor­i­ties said she was car­ry­ing a vape with cannabis.
Published On 3 May 2022

Civil­ian evac­uees from Azovstal plant reach Ukrain­ian-held city
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Dozens of evac­uees from Mar­i­upol ar­rive in Za­por­izhzhia as Rus­sia re­sumes at­tacks on the be­sieged Azovstal steel plant.
Published On 3 May 2022

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US Supreme Court con­firms Roe v Wade draft opin­ion is ‘au­then­tic’
Chief Jus­tice Roberts says leaked draft rul­ing to over­turn prece­dent-set­ting abor­tion rul­ing is au­then­tic but not fi­nal.
Published On 3 May 2022

Inclusiveness is the strength of the Indian community, says PM Modi to Indian diaspora in Denmark
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the Indian diaspora in Copenhagen said that "world leaders never tire of narrating about the

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US President Joe Biden urges Americans to oppose possible anti-abortion ruling
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US President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans to defend access to abortion.

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West should stop weapons supply to Ukraine: Putin to Macron
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Amid the war in Ukraine war, Russian President  Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that the West should halt weapons supply to Ky

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Another ‘epidemic’ is worsening in Europe, WHO says
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Nearly 60% of adults in Europe are overweight or obese, the UN health watchdog has said

Overweight and obesity rates have reached “epidemic proportions” in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The issue was highlighted in a major report unveiled at the European Congress on Obesity on Tuesday

The rates are “still escalating,” the health watchdog warned, stating that no country in the region was expected to meet the WHO global noncommunicable disease (NCD) goal of halting rising obesity rates by 2025....

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Fire from the Mountain: In Search of Omar Cabezas
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When I was in college in Dayton, Ohio in the late 1980s, radical students such as myself became quickly acquainted with the book Fire from the Mountain by Omar Cabezas. This book was in fact a bible of sorts for young people excited about the story of rag-tag guerillas in Central America fighting at impossible odds against U.S.-backed dictatorships and death squads. In the case of Nicaragua, the Sandinista guerillas actually triumphed in 1979, ousting the infamous dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza – a regime the U.S. Marines had helped install by force in 1934. David had slain Goliath, and Omar Cabezas, a leading Sandinista fighter, told the exhilarating story in a manner that wa...

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Jerusalem: Al-Aqsa in the Sniper’s Scope, with Lowkey and Dr. Ramzy Baroud
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Israel is once again attacking the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Israeli forces storming the ancient religious complex fired tear gas and rubber bullets, seriously injuring hundreds and killing at least one person.

The latest series of attacks is the most consequential since those in May last year, events that led to the Israeli military killing hundreds of Palestinians, injuring thousands, and forcing tens of thousands to flee their houses.

“What is happening at Al-Aqsa right now is more dangerous than at any other time in the past,” Dr. Ramzy Baroud told Lowkey today. Dr. Baroud is a journalist and editor of...

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