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PORTUGAL: ‘Civil society must engage to prevent discussions devolving into demagoguery’
CIVICUS
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Interviews 28 May 2025 CIVICUS discusses Portugal’s recent election with Jorge Máximo, a board member of Transparency International (TI) Portugal, a civil society organisation (CSO) that tackles corruption, promotes transparency and good...
Free movement, resettlement will take time, MHA officials tell Meitei civil society groups
The Hindu
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May 28, 2025
Women raise slogans during a protest outside Imphal East DC office demanding an apology from Manipur Governor in connection with row over removal of Manipur name from State on May 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The resumption of free movement for...
COMMUNITY DIGEST: June 9, 2025
Standard Speaker - Pennsylvania
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June 9, 2025
Greater Hazleton Area Hazleton Area School Retirees breakfast: 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 11. Tom’s Kitchen. Any recent or long-time retirees may join. Order from the menu. Patchtown Days: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 14-15. Eckley Miners’ Village....
Timothy Carney’s “Alienated America” & the Future of the American Dream
The Imaginative Conservative - Texas
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June 8, 2025
Timothy Carney’s book “Alienated America” tackles a crucial question that too few policymakers and news commentators even bother asking anymore: What is at the root of America’s contemporary cultural and social malaise? The short answer, according...
Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew defined courage fighting for what she believed
Fox News
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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In an age of instant accolades and viral valor, heroes are everywhere. Celebrities tearfully describing a difficult...
INSURANCE FOR HEALTH COVERAGE
This Day
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June 9, 2025
Kelechi Ohiri urges Nigerians to subscribe to health insurance as it’s the strongest form of solidarity to family and fellow citizens, writes BASHIR IBRAHIM HASSAN There’s something about Kelechi Ohiri that makes you admire his ideas even if you...
Civil Society Organizations: 130,000 Tons of Aid Blocked at Gaza's Borders
Yemen News Agency SABA
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May 25, 2025
[Sun, 25 May 2025 21:41:21 +0300] Gaza – Saba: Amjad al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO Network, stated on Sunday that only flour supplies—with no other food items—have entered Gaza in recent days through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the south....
Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society
Foreign Policy
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On Nov. 21, 2024, the U.S. House of Representatives greenlit HR 9495, known as the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act. The bill postpones tax filing obligations for Americans who have been wrongfully detained or held...
Bhutan Watch Released 2025 Human Rights Report on Bhutan
Bhutan News Network
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June 8, 2025
A Stark Indictment of Political Repression, Torture, Ethnic Exclusion, Collapse of Press Freedom and Democratic Decline in Bhutan Bhutan Watch, a leading exile based Bhutanese think tank, has released its most extensive and urgent human rights...
How pineapples on pizza sparked a culinary civil war
Tatler Asia
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Few culinary debates are as polarising—or as enduring—as the question: Should pineapple go on pizza? It’s a topic that can turn civilised dinner parties into battlegrounds and prompt otherwise rational adults to squabble like kids over the last...
On This Week: THAT 'Normal People' Chain raises €70k for charity
RTE Ireland
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June 3, 2025
On This Week: Irish Moments from History (2nd - 8th June) Welcome to On This Week, where we delve into the standout stories from the years gone by, featuring standout news stories, major sporting events, and pop culture highlights that helped...
African civil society organizations agree to jointly advocate for water rights across the continent
The Standard
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civil society organizations LUSAKA, May.27 (NewsDayLive) - Representatives of several African civil society organizations (CSOs) met in Lusaka, Zambia, on Monday where they agreed to jointly advocate for comprehensive changes in water and...
‘Give him an Oscar’: Singapore teen girl’s dad slams former actor Ian Fang’s 40-month jail term, plans civil suit over sexual abuse
Malay Mail
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June 3, 2025
SINGAPORE, June 3 — The father of the teenage girl sexually exploited by former actor Ian Fang has voiced his anger over the 40-month prison sentence handed to the 35-year-old, which did not include caning. “Mark him for life. He marked my...
Israeli troops take control of Gaza aid boat carrying activists including Greta Thunberg
The Journal
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June 9, 2025
LAST UPDATE | 38 mins ago ISRAEL HAS INTERCEPTED a Gaza-bound aid boat, preventing the activists onboard, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The Madleen departed from Italy on 1 June...
Israel diverts Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
Al-Monitor
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June 8, 2025
Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound aid boat on Monday morning, preventing the activists onboard, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The Madleen departed from Italy on June 1 aiming to bring...
Malaysia: Education and Regulation for Safer Online Spaces
OpenGov Asia
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June 8, 2025
Digital safety education must be treated as a fundamental life skill, not a specialist subject, urged Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, Chairman of the Alliance for a Safe Community. As online platforms increasingly influence how Malaysians communicate,...
€1.2 mln EU Funding for Civil Society to Boost Employment of Vulnerable People in Albania
Albanian Daily News
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The European Union (EU) and UNDP Albania today awarded 1.2 million EUR in grants to 12 civil society organisations (CSOs). The grant projects will help to increase employment of r marginalised groups across 19 municipalities in Albania. Funded...
Manipur must be recognised as ‘indivisible’, Meitei civil society delegates tell MHA officials
The Hindu
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May 27, 2025
COCOMI delegation. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Manipur “was, is, and shall always remain an indivisible entity”, representatives of two Meitei civil society groups told officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday (May 27, 2025),...
INTERVIEW: I relaunched good governance tour to ensure leaders serve the people, says Labaran Maku
The Cable
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June 8, 2025
Over a decade after spearheading the Good Governance Tour as Nigeria’s minister of information, Labaran Maku has revived the initiative — this time as a civil society-led intervention aimed at strengthening democratic accountability across the...
Hong Kong – SJ’s address at Ceremony for Admission of New Senior Counsel (English only)
Web NewsWire
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June 7, 2025
SJ’s address at Ceremony for Admission of New Senior Counsel (English only) *************************************************************************** The following is the address by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, at the Ceremony for...