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FM4 Reality Check Podcast
Fm4Klimanews Preview of COP28 - the climate conference in an oil state from 2023-11-29T12:02:52

COP28 is as controversial as it is crucial. A key meeting to ween the world off fossil-fuels taking place in a fossil fuel state. We hear of oil deal scandal engulfing the presidency, but also why ...

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FM4 Klimanews Preview of COP28 - the climate conference in an oil state from 2023-11-29T12:02:52

COP28 is as controversial as it is crucial. A key meeting to ween the world off fossil-fuels taking place in a fossil fuel state. We hear of oil deal scandal engulfing the presidency, but also why ...

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Saving Brazil's Threated Cerrado Savannah from 2023-10-18T16:02:53

The Brazilian Cerrado savannah is vital to the planet. It's stores as much carbon as a rainforest, it hosts 5% of the world's biodiversity and it is the source of most of Brazil's water, making it ...

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Reality Check 3rd May from 2022-05-03T16:42:01

* War in Ukraine: The EU’s gas supply conundrum *US&Abortion: Supreme court poised to scrap Roe v Wade? * Fritz Hausjell on Austria’s poor Press freedom ranking:

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Monday May 2nd from 2022-05-02T13:39:20

* Putin and the"Dictator Trap"* Russian"filtration camps"in Ukraine *

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Friday 29th from 2022-04-29T14:11:09

* Implications of the Russian bombing of Kyiv during visit by UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres * Why NASA is planning a mission to Uranus *

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Thursday 28th from 2022-04-28T15:13:42

* US changing stance towards Russia * Serbia angry at Russia's Kosovo comments * The importance of language in describing refugees *

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Wednesday 27th April, 2022 from 2022-04-27T14:02:44

*Where is my mind: How the Ukraine war has reignited conflict trauma* *Russia stops gas exports to poland and Bulgaria* *Chechen leader Kadyrov and his importance to the Kremlin*

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Tuesday 26th April, 2022 from 2022-04-26T13:41:31

*Disney, DeSantis and Don't say gay* *UN Secretary General Guterres meets President Putin in Moscow*

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In Depth: investigating suspected war crimes in Ukraine from 2022-04-23T17:22:13

An interview with Fred Abrahams from Human Rights Watch

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Thursday 21at from 2022-04-21T14:24:13

* Why the war in Ukraine is leading to a world food crisis * Juma Xipaia: gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon *

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In Depth: How the war in Ukraine is contributing to a global food crisis from 2022-04-21T12:52:24

With Martin Frick, Director of the World Food Programme’s office in Berlin.

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Wednesday 20th from 2022-04-20T14:22:45

* China zero covis policy * UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda *

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Tuesday 19th from 2022-04-19T13:38:27

* The battle for Dombas * US rIght wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones files for bankruptcy *

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Friday 15th from 2022-04-15T12:50:33

* Will Finland and Sweden join NATO? *

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Thursday 14th from 2022-04-14T12:58:12

Donbas region: significance to Russia

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Wednesday 13th from 2022-04-13T12:54:08

Ukraine: have chemical weapons been used?

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Tuesday 12th from 2022-04-12T11:29:31

* Nehammer in Moscow * Political instability in Pakistan *

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Monday 11th April from 2022-04-11T12:53:27

* French Presidential Election 1st round: Will Macron hang on to power?

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Friday April 8th 2022 from 2022-04-08T16:36:57

* Ketanji Brown Jackson: the first black woman on the US Supreme Court* The importance of a very distant star * Ukraine: more atrocities in Borodianka? *

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Thursday 7th April from 2022-04-07T14:27:13

* Why tax havens may be making sanctions against oligarchs ineffective * Police racism and the impact on black people * Russian retreat from Kyiv *

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Wednesday 6th from 2022-04-06T11:17:23

* Hungary-EU: restricted funding? * Shanghai's Zero-covid policy *

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Tuesday April 5th 2022 from 2022-04-05T16:30:45

* The IPCC Report: why was it delayed? * The importance of plugging „orphaned“ oil wells *

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Monday April 4th from 2022-04-04T14:17:06

* Hungary elections: big win for Orban * Serbia elections: The appeal of Vucic * Atrocities in Bucha *

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Friday 1st April 2022 from 2022-04-01T21:14:05

* The role of methane in the search for life on other planets * Russian gas supplies&the EU: a big game of „chicken“? *

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Thursday 31st March from 2022-03-31T14:12:26

* Lavrov in India: the Rouble Rupee plan * Julian Hessenthaler sentencing criticsed by rights groups * Author Caleb Azumah Nelson talks about his book"Open Water"*

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Wednesday March 30th from 2022-03-30T11:28:05

* Foreign Fighters: who they are and why they mean for conflicts * Improvements in clean energy technology * France: How Ukraine diplomacy is affecting the Presidential Election *

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Tuesday 29th March from 2022-03-29T13:48:40

* Could Russia be expelled from the G20? * Small glimmers of hope for Russia Ukraine talks but still"a lot more fighting to be done *

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Monday 28th March from 2022-03-28T14:03:25

* Hungary elections: has the war in Ukraine split Orban's base? * The value of soil * Israel hosts Arab World summit *

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Friday 25th March from 2022-03-25T13:39:45

* Criminals exploiting refugees at Ukraine border * Spain: strikes in response to fuel prices * NATO meeting: what next? *

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Thursday March 24th from 2022-03-24T14:19:01

* Digital currencies and the future of banking * How wind turbines can help Austria become"net zero"* Is Putin's inner circle starting to crumble? *

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Wednesday 23rd March, 2022 from 2022-03-23T15:02:36

*The impact of the war in Ukraine on the airline industry* *Biden in Europe for emergency NATO meeting* *Providng aid in Ukraine: a difficult and dangerous challenge*

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Tuesday 22nd March, 2022 from 2022-03-22T14:08:16

*Reducing EU meat production to prevent hunger crisis* *Ukraine war: journalism"under fire"in every sense* *War in Ulkraine: could the conflict jeopardise space collaboration?

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Monday March 21st 2022 from 2022-03-22T05:00

'War in Ukraine: Mariupol refuses to surrender *

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Friday 18th March from 2022-03-18T14:09:33

* The Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin * Attack on Lviv aircraft facility: Russian military strategy *

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Thursday 17th March from 2022-03-17T14:01:55

* Moldova: a mini-Ukraine? * Nehammer in Serbia * Mariupol: its strategic importance *

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Wednesday 16th March from 2022-03-16T13:52:47

* Balkans truth and justice project * EU sanctions on Russia could be devastating for Cyprus * OMV's new oil and gas strategy *

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Monday 14th March from 2022-03-14T14:31

* Pressure on Putin * Why Finland is worried about a possible attack from Russia * Russia-China-US: How far will China help Russia?*

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Friday 11th March, 2022 from 2022-03-11T13:59:54

*Ukraine and EU/NATO/US: increasing chance of a no-fly zone?* *Ukraine: Russia raises the spectre of chemical weapons* *Why Russia may be using mercenaries in the war in Ukraine*

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Thursday 10th March from 2022-03-10T13:31:29

* Russian and Ukrainian Foreign Ministers meet in Turkey * EU tackling soaring energy prices following sanctions on Russia * How World Vision is helping children on the Romania/Ukraine border *

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Wednesday 9th March from 2022-03-09T14:43:16

* Can Belarus avoid involvement in Ukraine? * Military analysis of situation in Ukraine * The power of Russia's Committee of Soldiers'Mothers *

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Tuesday 8th March, 2022 from 2022-03-08T14:38:43

*Iran nuclear deal: Russia-Ukraine war overshadows the talks* *Ukraine and the Russian war in cyberspace* *Women's Day: Amnesty International report*

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Monday 7th March, 2022 from 2022-03-07T13:57:03

* Ukraine and humanitarian corridors* *Austria politics: Sophie Karmasin and the"Inseraten Affäre"* * Russian money in the UK: a new law on transparency?*

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Friday 4th March from 2022-03-04T14:04:01

* The mystery rocket about to hit the Moon * Inside Russia: the war neither side can win * Threat to nuclear power stations in Ukraine*

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Thursday 3rd March from 2022-03-03T13:23:50

* Serbia's balancing act in the Ukraine crisis * Rumours of Mückstein's resignation * Discrimination against Black people leaving Ukraine *

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Wednesday 2nd March, 2022 from 2022-03-02T13:58:54

*Biden addresses war in Ukraine in State of the Union speech Parts 1&2* *Biden'S State of the Union speech: the domestic agenda* *Russia's evolving military strategy in Ukraine*

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Tuesday 1st March, 2022 from 2022-03-01T14:12:49

*Ukraine conflict: whose side is China on?* *Russia using cluster bombs&targetting civilians in Ukraine* *Ukraine requests a quick path to EU membership*

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Monday 28th February from 2022-02-28T12:57:06

Ukraine: Refugees at Hungarian border, Putin's nuclear threat, unity in the EU

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Saturday 26th February from 2022-02-26T12:57:49

Ukraine: Situation at Polish border as refugees flee fighting and protests in Moscow

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Friday 25th February from 2022-02-25T14:38:24

Russian invasion of Ukraine: Jessica Golloher live in Kiev, military analysis, US and NATO

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Thursday 24th February from 2022-02-24T14:05:17

Russia invasion of Ukraine: the military imbalance, the reaction on the streets of Kiev, Putin's big gamble

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Wednesday 23rd February from 2022-02-23T13:58:10

* Portugal and Spain hit by drought * Ukraine. US sanctions * Ukraine: cyber attacks *

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Tuesday 22nd February from 2022-02-22T14:24:30

Russia sends troops into eastern Ukraine: the broader strategy, the divide in Ukrainian society and international reactions

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Monday 22nd February from 2022-02-21T14:02:35

* Flying Seagull Project: providing refugee childen with fun and helping prepare them for the future * Ukraine: Chances for a Putin-Biden summit * Closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics *

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FM4 Reality Check 220218 from 2022-02-18T14:24:11

* The Starlink Project * Ukraine: the view from Washington DC * EU-African Union summit *

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Friday 18th February, 2022 from 2022-02-18T14:24:11

* The Starlink Project * Ukraine: the view from Washington DC * EU-African Union summit *

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Thursday 17th February, 2022 from 2022-02-17T13:33:04

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Wednesday 16th February, 2022 from 2022-02-16T13:23:17

*Hungary elections. Is Orban getting help from other strongmen?* *European Court of Justice rules against Poland and Hungary*

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Tuesday 15th February from 2022-02-15T14:01:39

* Dave Ryding: The Brit hoping for Olympic gold * Ukraine: The mixed messages coming from the Kremlin *

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Monday 14th February from 2022-02-14T13:59:49

* Ukraine, the OSCE and NATO * Hungary: Orban changes stance on Ukraine *

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IN Depth: is Russia about to invade Ukraine? from 2022-02-11T16:27:19

It’s 8 years since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and now there are increasing concerns that Russia is about to launch an attempt to finish what he started and invade Ukraine. An int...

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Friday 11th February from 2022-02-11T13:44:26

* Iceland to stop whaling? * Biden calls on Americans to leave Ukraine: the risks and broader threats *

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Thursday 10th February from 2022-02-10T07:42:31

* Climate Lessons From Bangladesh * Poland: would take Ukrainian refugees if Russia invades* Tensions in India over headscarf ban*

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Wednesday 9th February from 2022-02-09T14:10:15

* Austria’s climate data „archives“ in the glaciers * Macron, Russia-Ukraine diplomacy & elections *

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Tuesday 8th February from 2022-02-08T14:13:17

* How climate change is influencing voting in European elections * Is "Finlandisation!" a possible solution for Ukraine? *

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Monday 7th February from 2022-02-07T14:02:50

* Ghost flights * Germany's Scholz in US for talks with Biden * Africa's mRNA vaccine *

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Friday 4th February, 2022 from 2022-02-04T14:01:51

*China: the Winter Olympics and Human Rights* * Spain: the bullfighting season starts today - can it survive?* *China's growing influence in Serbia* * Myanmar conflict now "civil war"*

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Thursday 3rd February from 2022-02-03T11:31:54

* Ukraine and Europe's position on the standoff * Taxonomy and green investment * The pros and cons of nuclear energy *

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Wednesday 2nd February, 2022 from 2022-02-02T14:10:46

*The Russia-Ukraine crisis: lots of diplomacy but has anything changed?* *Together4Forests: the EU needs tougher laws on deforestation* *Myanmar: civilians taking up arms against the military*

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Tuesday 1st February, 2022 from 2022-02-01T13:14:16

*Lobau camp cleared* *Olympics with no snow but perhaps a positive ecological legacy* * Afghanistan: How life has changed since the Taliban takeover*

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Monday January 31st 2022 from 2022-01-31T00:01:21

* Olympic Preparations: Bubble or Cage * Anger in the Green Party over leaked „side letter“ *

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Thursday 28th January from 2022-01-28T11:42:03

* Ukraine crisis: are Ukranians prepared to fight? * Lithium mining in Serbia * US Supreme Court: Biden's choices *

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Wednesday 26th January 2022 from 2022-01-26T23:57:14

* Partygate & Sue Gray’s Report: the end of the road for Boris? * The golden Jackal in Austria * Russia Ukraine crisis: talks in Paris *

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Wednesday 26th January from 2022-01-26T11:20:53

* The golden jackal in Austria * UK Politics: who is Sue Gray * Ukraine talks in Paris *

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Tuesday 25th January from 2022-01-25T15:41:47

* What went wrong for Kamala Harris? * Afghanistan talks in Norway: hopes and expectations * Greek government accused of allowing food shortages in refugee camps *

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Monday 24th January from 2022-01-24T12:59:50

* Iran talks: the impact of the people and the negotiatiors of the ongoing stalemate and sanctions * Ukraine: is an invasion imminent? *

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Monday 23rd January from 2022-01-24T12:59:50

* Iran talks: the impact of the people and the negotiatiors of the ongoing stalemate and sanctions * Ukraine: is an invasion imminent? *

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Friday 21st January from 2022-01-21T15:35:11

* Why the Iran talks are stalling * EU view of Russia-Ukraine crisis * Tirol's first satellite investigates space junk *

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Thursday 20th January from 2022-01-20T14:10:54

* Boris Johnson facing revolt in his own party * US-Ukraine: The messages in Biden's speeech * Why veganism is not the answer to climate change *

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Werdnesday 19th January from 2022-01-19T13:54:15

* Why Indonesia is moving its capital city * Corbevax: the key to tackling the pandemic in the Global South? *

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Tuesday 18th January, 2022 from 2022-01-18T13:31:06

*France: presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour guilty of hate speech (again)* *5G and the aviation industry: why US airlines are worried* *The melting of the "Doomsday Glacier" in Antartica*

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Monday 17th January, 2022 from 2022-01-17T14:39:27

*India: the rise in hate speech against muslims* *Austria's vaccine mandate: the government presents the proposed law* *Austria's vaccine mandate: are the courts ready for what might come?* *Russia...

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Friday 14th January from 2022-01-14T13:54:46

* Why more boosters won't solve the pandemic * The problems satellites pose for astronomers * Is US democracy under threat from extreme partisanship? *

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Thursday 13th January from 2022-01-13T14:15:13

* New security laws for Hong Kong * The world's forgotten crises * Why ocean warming = global warming *

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Wednesday 12th January, 2022 from 2022-01-12T13:46:24

*The latest from novak Djokocic* *Boris Johnson and the partygate scandal: calls growing for PM to resign* *World Economic forum Global Risks Report: climate and migration*

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Tuesday 11th January, 2022 from 2022-01-11T14:03:57

*France in 2022 - A big election year* *UN Appeal: Afghanistan in crisis* *The march of omicron inChina*

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Monday 10th January, 2022 from 2022-01-10T14:06:20

*Djokovic wins court battle to stay in Australia* *Kosovo has banned cryptocurrency mining* *Russia and US hold talks on Ukraine*

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Friday 17th December 2021 from 2021-12-18T09:40:51

* Covid and why a 3rd (Booster) vaccine is required * France & Valérie Pécresse as the Republican Candidate for President *

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Thursday 16th December from 2021-12-16T14:38:59

Russia-Ukraine border standoff

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Wednesday 15th December from 2021-12-15T13:53:50

* Austria protests: what is political impact? * Belarus opposition leader jailed *

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Tuesday 14th December, 2021 from 2021-12-14T14:02:54

*How tropical forests can regenerate themselves* *US politics: Mark Meadows charged with contempt of Congress*

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Monday 13th December from 2021-12-13T13:05:29

* The challenges and controversies facing the James Webb Space Telescope *

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Friday 10th December from 2021-12-10T14:30:25

* The vaccine mandate and employment law * US President Biden's Summit for Democracy *

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Thursday 9th December from 2021-12-09T13:28:59

* "Partygate": The UK scandal that could be a turning point for Boris Johnson * The Taliban and the drugs trade *

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Tuesday 7th December from 2021-12-07T14:01:57

* China reacts to US diplomatic boycott of Beijung Winter Olympics * Serbian Presidebt reacts to protests * DNA data storage: the future for long term archiving? *

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Monday 6th December from 2021-12-06T13:01:45

* Austria's vaccine mandate * The future of the ÖVP *

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Friday 3rd December from 2021-12-03T14:04:45

* The new ÖVP leadership and what it needs to achieve * International Day of Disabled People *

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Thursday 2nd December from 2021-12-02T14:51:07

* US Supreme Court set to uphold Mississippi abortion law * Kurz resigns from politics *

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Wednesday December 1st from 2021-12-01T14:28:57

* Fundamental Rights Agency on violence against women * Lobau tunnel cancelled * EU's Global Gateway project *

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Tuesday 30th November from 2021-11-30T14:18:52

* Modi backs down after a year of farmers' protests * Why the WTO should waive intellectual property rights on vaccines *

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Monday 29th November 2021 from 2021-11-29T16:47:50

* Covid 19: WHO & the Omicron variant * Covid variants: the logistics of protecting poorer countries * A new round of talks in Vienna on Iran’s nuclear programme *

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Friday November 26th 2021 from 2021-11-26T17:03:27

* Qatar World Cup 2022: have things improved for migrant workers? * The new Coronavirus variant * Venezuela: opposition in disarray after regional elections *

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Thursday 25th November, 2021 from 2021-11-25T13:39:41

*German coalition parts 1 and 2* *Finger pointing between France and UK as migrants drown in Channel* *Child labour parts 1 and 2*

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Wednesday 24th November, 2021 from 2021-11-24T13:40:50

*Colombia still in turmoil 5 years after the peace deal* *Greece helps evacuate women from Afghanistan* *Greece and Afghan women seeking asylum: a change of heart?* *Environmental concerns over a l...

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Tuesday 23rd November, 2021 from 2021-11-23T14:02:05

*"The Road Before Me Weeps" refugees crossing Europe* *Peng Shuai: the view from China* *The Kyle Rittenhouse interview*

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Monday 22nd November from 2021-11-22T13:00:50

* Could another Gaddafi take over in Libya * Germany's nuclear commitment to NATO #

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Friday 19th November from 2021-11-19T13:34:35

* Is Éric Zemmour losing his grip on the far right in France? * New lockdown and impfpflicht: what it means and political implications *

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Thursday 18th November 2021 from 2021-11-18T16:24:43

* A new political era in Bulgaria after Sunday’s election? * Covid study: mask wearing reduces incidence by 53 percent * Developments in the Belarus: Poland border migrant crisis *

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Wednesday 18th November 2021 from 2021-11-17T17:27:26

* Russian troops near Ukraine border a prelude to invasion?* Tensions between UK & France over migrants crossing the Channel * UN Report: is Bosnia a dying country? *

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Tuesday 16th November from 2021-11-16T16:13:31

* Europe & climate: is wood biomass really renewable? * Germany: how are the coalition talks progressing? * India: Supreme court takes action over toxic smog in Delhi *

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Monday 15th November from 2021-11-15T13:57:51

* Brian Klaas on his new book: “Corruptible: who gets into power and how it changes us” * Summing up COP 26 *

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Friday 12th November from 2021-11-12T14:00:19

* Covid lockdowns in Austria: health policy vs Politics * COP26 transport day: why electric cars aren't enough *

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Thursday 11th November from 2021-11-11T13:44:50

* inside the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan * Filmmaker Richard Ladkani on indigenous peoples and COP26 *

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Wednesday 10th November from 2021-11-10T13:57:22

* Russia's hand in the Belarus-Poland migrant crisis * US judge rules that Trump must hand over documents related to Capitol riots * "Loss and Damage": the major issue COP26 is failing to resolve *

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Tuesday 9th November from 2021-11-09T14:05:47

* US Special Envoy in Bosnia * UK Politics: support for Johnson slipping amid corruption row * Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan *

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Monday November 8th from 2021-11-08T13:44:12

* New Covid drugs announced * Iran talks to resume in Vienna *

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Saturday November 6th from 2021-11-06T13:52:17

* Can natural gas be considered green energy * Nature Day at COP26 *

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Friday 5th November from 2021-11-05T13:55:09

* Security Council meets on Bosnia: could a new conflict be on the horizon? * Facebook/Meta: is FB really abandonning face recognition? *

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Thursday 4th November from 2021-11-04T14:00:52

* New government for Czech Republic * "Breaking the Wave": combatting fake news about Covid vaccines * Soy and saving the environment *

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Wednesday 3rd November from 2021-11-03T14:49:02

* COP26 : why the most affected are the least heard * US politics: NY moving forward, Virginia moving back? * UK-France fish fight: why it matters for the whole EU *

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Tuesday 2nd November from 2021-11-02T14:36:14

* The future of mRNA technology * COP29 agrees on deforestation deal but what does it mean? *

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Friday 29th October from 2021-10-29T14:58:23

*How bad is the forest fire in Lower Austria? * A short guide to forest fires in Austria* Communicating the Climate Crisis with Artivism*

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Thursday 28th October from 2021-10-28T13:49:23

* Increasing divisions in Bosnia * Climate Action Tracker: how the world is perfoming ahead of COP26 *

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Wednesday 27th October from 2021-10-27T14:10:09

* Climate change in Iraq: The underestimated problem? * Military coup in Sudan *

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Friday 22nd October from 2021-10-22T14:00:20

* Lobau tunnel: Path to Disaster * Feminism in Iraq * Biden comments on Taiwan: China has bigger concerns *

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Thursday 21st October, 2021 from 2021-10-21T14:09:41

*Covid in Brazil: criminal charges against Bolsonaro?* *Greece attacks: a resurgence of the far right?* *4 Paws: World Health Summit should address causes of Covid*

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Wednesday 20th October 2021 from 2021-10-20T15:45:51

*Czech politics: President Zeman unfit for office * Environmental & Human rights activist Kumi Naidoo * US: Steve Bannon investigation*

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Tuesday 19th October 2021 from 2021-10-19T13:54:21

* Series of open lectures on climate change at Vienna University * Coalition talks in Germany: a new government for Christmas? * Why Belaruss is posing a dilemma for the EU *

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Monday 18th October from 2021-10-18T13:48:36

* Prospects and problems ahead of the COP26 * Can a united opposition beat Orban in Hungary's elections? *

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Friday 15th October 2021 from 2021-10-15T00:13:55

* Poland and new laws against migration at the borders * A flare up in Lebanon *

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Thursday 14th October 2021 from 2021-10-14T16:15:16

*Afghanistan: G20 pledge aid to avoid humanitarian ?meltdown?* WWF project "Eat4Change? * Kurz & the ÖVP: the challenges ahead for the party*

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Wednesday 13th October 2021 from 2021-10-13T16:08:07

* Brexit: tensions between UK & EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol *China & Taiwan: the historical roots of the ongoing tensions *

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Tuesday 12th October from 2021-10-12T14:04:38

* Eric Zemmour: the French Trump * Making Ecocide a crime: why the ICC may make a case against Bolsonaro * Iraw elections: Who is Moqtadr al-Sadr *

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Monday 11th October from 2021-10-11T13:16:47

* Political analyst Reinhard Heinisch breaks down the current government crisis *

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Friday 8th October from 2021-10-08T14:05:29

* Austrian government crisis: view from EU * Nobel Peace Prize winners * Poland and EU *

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Thursday 7th October 2021 from 2021-10-07T15:48:53

* Kurz Corruption Allegations & Impact on politics and policy making * Talks on a traffic light coalition set to begin in Germany * Increasing concern about escalating China Taiwan tensions *

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Wednesday: 6th October 2021 from 2021-10-06T15:18:53

* Italy?s mayoral elections & the political landscape * EU Balkans summit: little hope of enlargement progress * Facebook: The EU wants to hear from whistleblower Haugen*

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Monday 4th October 2021 from 2021-10-04T15:58:03

+ Austria carbon tax: an ecological reform? * Pandora Papers: the tax system is and "ATM for the rich & powerful?

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Friday 1st October 2021 from 2021-10-01T15:50:20

* Living in cities is better for the climate than living in suburbia * Hungary: opposition primaries ahead of 2022 election *

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Thursday 30th September from 2021-09-30T15:55:07

* Putin and Erdogan discuss Syria?s Idlib region* Former French President Sarkozy guilty of illegal campaign financing*

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Wednesday 29th September from 2021-09-29T16:15:34

* Philippine election 2022: Pacquiao v. Duterte? * Concerns over North Korean claims of a hypersonic missile test * Right Livelihood Awards*

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In Depth: the 2021 Right Livelihood Awards from 2021-09-29T15:31:59

An interiew with Ole von Uexkull, executvie director of the Right Livelihood Award Foundation

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Tuesday 28th September from 2021-09-28T13:38:41

* UK fuel crisis * Serbia/Kosovo tensions * US government shutdown threat *

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Monday 27th September from 2021-09-27T13:43:13

* German election results: who can fill Merkel's shoes? * South Africa: the lasting shadow of apartheid * Sensational win for Communist Party in Graz *

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Friday 24th September from 2021-09-24T14:01:57

* Fridays for Future Global Strike * Germany elections * Canada anti-logging protests *

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Thursday 23rd September from 2021-09-23T15:55:06

* Greenpeace activists occupy the Rathaus in Vienna * Insulate Britain?: the climate protests blocking motorways * China?s Evergrande crisis *

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Wednesday 22nd September from 2021-09-22T14:04:10

* Will Australia be the "bad boy" of the COP26? * Why Pakistan feels the Taliban takover of Afghanistan as a good thing * US-UK "Special Relationship" coming under pressure *

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Tuesday 21st September from 2021-09-21T14:07:18

* Press Photo of the Year winner Mads Nissen * Canadian election: was it worth it? * Poland refuses to close controversial coal mine *

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Interview with the World Press Photography Award Winner Mads Nissen from 2021-09-21T05:00

FM4 reporter Gersin Livia Paya is having a Interview with the danish photographer Mads Nissen, who just won the World Press Photography Award 2021 for his Covid-19 picture where two people are hugg...

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Monday 20th September 2021 from 2021-09-20T16:53:39

* Hungary: what happened after Klubradio lost its licence * What is AUKUS and why is France so upset about it? * Refugees in Greece: controversial new camp opens on Samos *

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Friday 17th September, 2021 from 2021-09-17T13:43:44

*How Putiin failed to cut off the head of the Meduza web site* *Russia: Parliamentary elections this weekend* *Press Freedom: Nigerian journalist Dapo Olorunyomi*

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Thursday 17th September from 2021-09-16T13:44:41

* Photographing glaciers for posterity * Thai journalist on his experience of repression * Australia rules that media owners are responsible for social media comments *

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Tuesday 15th September from 2021-09-15T14:45:32

* Record anti-logging protests in Canada * World Press Freedom conference opens in Vienna * Why flights are still being cancelled despite easing travel restrictions *

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Tuesday 14th September from 2021-09-14T14:25:18

* Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo to run for French presidency * Norway elections bring victory for the left * Wildires in Spain and rural neglect *

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Monday 13th September from 2021-09-13T13:31:35

* German elections: SPD ahead after TV debate * Carbon Capture: climate technology of the future? *

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Friday 10th September from 2021-09-10T14:08:39

* Afghanistan: the new Taliban with old ideas * Ars Electronica: Post Dervish Chant *

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Thursday 9th September 2021 from 2021-09-09T17:41:15

* Carbon boot print: world peace would be good for the environment * Lukaschenko: Putin meeting: to map out a "super state? * ARS Electronica: ?Private Garden? Bed Exhibition*

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In Depth: The Carbon "Boot Print" & the battle to quantify military emissions. from 2021-09-09T17:19:58

An interview with Eoghan Darbyshire, a researcher at the Conflict and * Environment Observatory in the UK*

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Wednesday September 8th 2021 from 2021-09-08T14:17:29

* 2015 terror attacks in Paris: ?Historic? trial begins today * Carbon Bootprint: how conflict contributes to climate change * Amnesty Int: Refugees returning to Syria face detention & torture *

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Tuesday September 7th 2021 from 2021-09-07T15:42:02

* Carbon Boot Print: the challenge of calculating military GHG emissions * Belarus: prominent dissidents sentenced to prison * Tapping into social networks to cultivate vaccine acceptance *

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Friday 3rd September from 2021-09-03T13:21:20

What's going wrong for Germany's Greens?

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Thursday 2nd September from 2021-09-02T14:02:26

* After Afghanistan: "remote warfare" will make things worse * US Supreme Court ruling on Texas abortion law * Iraq calls for move away from fossil fuels *

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In Depth: the US withdrawal from Afghanistan from 2021-09-01T15:48:14

Gobal security expert Paul Rogers on how it came to this and the lessons for the future

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Wednesday 1st September from 2021-09-01T14:01:09

* Afghanistan withdrawal: what went wrong? * Greece: covntroversial wall on Turkish border *

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Tuesday 31st August from 2021-08-31T13:44:58

* Austria's role in space * EU debates Afghan refugee crisis *

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Monday August 30th 2021 from 2021-08-30T14:39:52

* Germany TV election debate * First Israeli/Palestinian talks under PM Naftali Bennett *

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Monday 6th September from 2021-08-30T14:10:40

* Carbon Bootprint: the environmental cost of militaries * Afghanistan: Taliban claim victors in Panjshir Valley *

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Thursday 26th August 2021 from 2021-08-26T22:39:21

* Ikea & alleged illegal activities in Romanian forests * Afghanistan: who are ISIS-K? *

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Wednesday 25th August from 2021-08-25T14:28:54

* The plight of the many Afghans fleeing to Turkey * Animal culture & its importance for conservation *

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Tuesday 24th August from 2021-08-24T14:00:49

* Paralympics get underway in Tokyo with mission to make Japan more inclusive * Controversy around Hungarian luxury hotel project on Neusiedlersee *

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Monday 23rd August from 2021-08-23T13:37:55

* Afghan refugees: concerns at UNHCR * How Moon "wobbles" affect the climate *

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Friday 20th August from 2021-08-20T13:59:58

Taliban takeover of Afghanistan: Implications for the region

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Thursday 19th August 2021 from 2021-08-19T17:35:25

* Balkan countries accept Afghan refugees on way to US * Afghanistan: Biden?s version of ?America first??*

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Wednesday 19th August from 2021-08-18T14:01:57

* Mayor of Innsbruck on Afghan refugees * Haiti: Care Austria describes desperate situation * Afghan refugees in India *

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Reality Check In Depth: Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover from 2021-08-17T18:01:26

An interview with Emily Winterbotham, the research director of the terrorism and conflict research group at the UK defence and security think tanks RUSI.

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Tuesday 17th August from 2021-08-17T14:04:31

Afghanistan withdrawal: Why Germany is particularly disappointed, why any refugee crisis is likely to be local, and how the Taliban might now proceed

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Monday 16th August, 2021 from 2021-08-16T13:41:53

*Afghanistan: What does the fall of Kabul mean for the flow of refugees?* *Afghanistan: Western leverage with the Taliban* *Afghanistan: are today's Taliban the same as 20 years ago?*

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Friday 13th August from 2021-08-13T13:11:22

* Afghanistn: Why the Taliban are sweeping the country *

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Thursday 12th August 2021 from 2021-08-12T14:25:43

* Afghanistan: Taliban advance, EU divided over deportations * Climate change: could the Gulf Stream collapse? *

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Wednesday 11th August 2021 from 2021-08-11T15:53:05

* Poland: Media Law splits coalition * Greece: the devastation caused by record heat and wildfires *

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Tuesday 10th August from 2021-08-10T13:33:11

* "We're part of a bigger system": The less talked about aspects of climate change * Rising sea levels: analysing the different sceanrios *

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Friday 8th August from 2021-08-06T12:57:57

Iran's new president: what will change?

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Thursday 5th August 2021 from 2021-08-05T15:17:16

* Post Brexit rights for Brits in Austria & the Article 50 card * Afghanistan: ?there?s going to be a lot more bloodshed? *

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China, climate change & "coercive environmentalism" from 2021-08-04T17:25:32

* An interview with China researcher and environmentalist Professor Judith Shapiro *

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Wednesday 4th August 2021 from 2021-08-04T13:36:20

* China and climate change * Erdogan criticised for response to wildfires in Turkey *

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Tuesday 3rd August, 2021 from 2021-08-03T13:34:18

*Belarus: reprisals against athletes who speak out* *The death of Vitaly Shishov: suspicion falls on Belarusia*

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Monday 9th August from 2021-08-02T13:46:05

* IPCC Report: 1.5° increase unavoidable * Greener aviation with airships? *

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Monday 2nd August 2021 from 2021-08-02T13:04:47

* Queen's Consent * 3 months to COP 26 * Belarus athlete applies for asylum in Poland * Why men are responsible for more greenhouse gas emmissions than women *

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Wednesday 28th July 2021 from 2021-07-28T13:45:31

* Croatia to put Nikola Tesla on Euro coins? * Tunisia: the end of the Arab Spring?#

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Tuesday 27th July 2021 from 2021-07-27T15:53:49

* Why is the US pulling its combat troops out of Iraq? * MSF renews its call for a WTO Covid vaccine patent waiver *

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Monday 26th July 2021 from 2021-07-26T13:49:53

* How moons are formed * 100 days to COP: the mood in the meetings *

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Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd July from 2021-07-23T17:59:58

*Floods in Germany: the political fallout for Laschet * Scientists: extreme weather is due to climate change * Controversial Hungarian construction project on Lake Neusiedl *

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Wednesday 21st July 2012 from 2021-07-21T16:49:57

* Glaciers in Austria: the visible signs of climate change * Lack of clarity on liability hampers vaccination of displaced people * China also affected by severe floods*

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Tuesday 20th July, 2021 from 2021-07-20T13:42:05

*President Joe Biden's first 6 months Parts 1 and 2* *Extreme floods and the challenge of prediction and protection*

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Monday 19th July, 2021 from 2021-07-19T13:14:11

*Zandile Ndhlovu, The Black Mermaid* *Freedom Day: Is UK heading for an "exit wave" of covid infections?*

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Friday 16th July 2021 from 2021-07-16T12:33:03

"Kremlin Papers": evidence of meddling in 2016 US election?

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Thursday 15th July 2021 from 2021-07-15T14:17:37

* "Fit for 55" EU climate change plan * "Politics Girl" Leigh McGowan *

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Wednesday 14th July, 2021 from 2021-07-14T16:26:01

** Afghanistan: as the Taliban advance, more people expected to flee ** Anti-goverment protests in Cuba **

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Tuesday 13th July 2021 from 2021-07-13T15:24:08

** Lithuania accuses Belarus of ?weaponising? migrants ** Methamphetamines in wastewater can affect fish in rivers and streams **

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Monday 12th July 2021 from 2021-07-12T14:13:43

* Eric Adams: The new Mayor of New York City * Billionaires in space: is there a benefit to humanity? *

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Friday July 9th 2021 from 2021-07-09T13:17:12

* Spectators banned 2 weeks ahead of Tokyo Olympics * The origins of SARS-CoV-2 reassessed *

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Thursday 8th July 2021 from 2021-07-08T14:49:42

* Crisis in Tigray * Austrian Renewable Energy Act * Attack on Dutch journalist *

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Wednesday 7th July, 2021 from 2021-07-07T15:33:27

** A new European asylum agency ** Boris Johnson's Freedom Day **

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Tuesday 6th July, 2021 from 2021-07-06T14:57:44

** Afghanistan and the drawing down of US troops ** Tax abuse denying human rights to millions ** Start of the HC Strache trial **

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Monday 5th July, 2021 from 2021-07-05T13:18:43

*Donald Tusk returns to domestic Polish politics* *North korea's "grave incident": what could it be?*

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Friday 2nd July, 2021 from 2021-07-02T13:53:44

** 100 yrs Chinese Communist Party: Russia & the West ** Trump Organisation & CFO charged with tax fraud ** Travel in the time of Covid : confusion about requiremnents **

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Thursday 1st July, 2021 from 2021-07-01T14:08:33

*First Nation politician Sol Mamakwa on Canada Day* *Slovenia takes over Eu presidency* *100 years communist China: persecution of the Uighurs* *Abortion rights in the US: roe v. Wade under threat?*

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Wednesday 30th June, 2021 from 2021-06-30T14:08:53

*100 years communist China: The Party and the People* *The rich who pay no tax: should we ban billionaires?* * Israel's new government getting down to work*

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In Depth: The UN calls for global action on Police racism from 2021-06-29T17:17:57

* John Fisher, Geneva director of Human Rights Watch, discusses the UN report on structural racism and the call for global action to "make amends" for racism against people of African descent. *

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Tuesday 29th June 2021 from 2021-06-29T13:59:16

* How Brexit is impacting on British bands touring in the EU * 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party_ how it all started * Police racisim: UN calls for global action *

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Monday 28th June 2021 from 2021-06-28T14:03:36

* Rendi-Wagner faces record low support * UFO report: what it means for the Seach for Extraterrestrial Intelligence *

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Friday 25th June 2021 from 2021-06-25T14:10:51

* World Health Organisation plan to help redress Covid19 vaccine inequality * EU leaders take aim at Hungary over LGBTQ+ law * Capitol riots: first sentence handed down * Czech tornado: why do torn...

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Thursday 24th June 2021 from 2021-06-24T13:54:29

* Increasing rates of child labour in the chocolate industry * Why the closure of the "Apple Daily" is a big deal for Hong Kong * Confrontation between the UK and Russia in the Black Sea *

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Wednesday 23rd June 2021 from 2021-06-23T14:28:27

* "Stimmen aus einem gespalteten Land": David Kriegleder talks to Steve Crilley about his new book * Frontex criticised for failing people at Eu borders * EURO 2020: controversy over rainbow ligh...

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Tuesday 22nd June, 2021 from 2021-06-22T14:12:26

*Turkey: Erdogan government tries to ban pro Kurdish HDP party* * UK deadline for EU residents: many facing legal limbo* * Spanish Prime Minister to pardon Catalan separatists*

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Monday June 21st 2021 from 2021-06-21T13:48:10

* French regional elections: low turnout and gains for conservatives * EU founding father Robert Schuman on road to sainthood *

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Friday 18th June, 2021 from 2021-06-18T13:31:57

*Why you should love wasps* * Iran presidential election* *NATO exercises and US troops crossing Austria: a breach of neutrality?*

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Thursday 17th June 2021 from 2021-06-17T16:00:37

* How summer weather helps reduce the covid risk * The view from Moscow on the Biden-Putin summit *

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Wednesday 16th June 2021 from 2021-06-16T15:11:08

* Is the detained Belarussian activist Protasevich being mistreated? * What does Biden want from his meeting with Putin? * Rights group says A1 helped Belarus govt in protests last year *

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Tuesday 15th June 2021 from 2021-06-15T13:40:58

* Controversial Jerusalem march tests new government * Assessing the Lobau Tunnel project *

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Monday 154th June 2021 from 2021-06-14T13:45:03

*Blood Donor Day: why Austria's supplies are running low * Biden at the G7 and NATO: a new tone? *

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Thursday 10th June 2021 from 2021-06-10T14:02:20

* Euro2020: a football tournament like no other * Biden at G7: points of agreement and disagreement * Operation Trojan Shield: how it worked *

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Wednesday 9th June, 2012 from 2021-06-09T14:02:23

*Denmark's controversial artificial island* *Myanmar: Citizens form armed groups* *Ratko Mladic loses his appeal: what now for Bosnia?*

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Tuesday 8th June, 2021 from 2021-06-08T14:10:04

*Hungarians demonstrate against a Chinese university campus* *Global corporate tax rate: historic step for just a few countries* *A looming humanitarian crisis at the Syria-Turkey border*

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In Depth: Autonomous weapons and the call to ban "killer robots" from 2021-06-07T14:33:53

According to a United Nations report, Military drones may have autonomously attacked humans for the first time ever last year in an incident in Libya.

Mary Wareham, the founding coordinato...

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Monday 7th June 2021 from 2021-06-07T14:30:50

* Autonomous killer drones: the reality and the campaign against them * G7 meeting in UK: has the group become irrelevant? * Germany: Sachsen-Anhalt elections bring boost for CDU *

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Friday 4th June 2021 from 2021-06-04T13:28:43

* Mutter Erde: Neusiedlersee: a paradise for birds * US voting law: the new battlefield : EU Prosecutor's Office: mission impossible? *

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Wednesday 2nd June 2021 from 2021-06-02T16:30:35

* Greenpeace on the dramatic biodiversity loss in Austria * Israel: strange political bedfellows aim to oust PM Netanyahu * FPÖ: how will Hofer?s departure affect the party?*

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Tuesday 1st June 2021 from 2021-06-01T15:48:51

* Mutter Erde: The Isel: the longest free flowing glacial Alpine river * Wolves in Austria: time to revive the art of shepherding? * Kurz, the judiciary and comparisons with Viktor Orban *

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Monday 31st May from 2021-05-31T12:43:36

* Mutter Erde: The DonauAuen - Austria's rainforest * Israel: The last days of Netanyahu? *

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Friday 28th May 2021 from 2021-05-28T16:15:50

* Julian Borger part 5: Escape from Vienna, the tragic ending * The humanitarian crisis in Gaza * UK: Dominic Cummings and his political bombshells *

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Thursday 27th May 2021 from 2021-05-27T14:32:47

* Julian Borger Escape from Vienna: the families who took children in * How Austrian food consumption endangers orangutans * Dutch court orders Shell to reduce its global carbon emissions *

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Wednesday 26th May 2021 from 2021-05-26T13:44:03

* Julian Borger: Escape from Vienna - arriving in the UK * Putin and Lukashenko: "Big fish, little fish" * Manhunt in Belgium for heavily armed far-right extremist *

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Tuesday 25th May 2021 from 2021-05-25T13:40:35

* Julian Borger: Escape from Vienna - tracing a family history from one short advertisement * Tokyo Olympics: US issues travel ban * Belarus plane arrest: EU response *

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Friday 21st May from 2021-05-21T13:27:33

* Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas goes into effect * The role of local politics in the Middle East crisis *

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Thursday 20th May 2021 from 2021-05-20T14:01:28

* The increasing problem of transit emissions * Athens has new plans to beat the head * Supply-chain law for Austria? *

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Wednesday 19th May 2021 from 2021-05-19T16:11:06

* Greenpeace gives OMV shareholders some business advice * the NY investigation of Trump's business is now a criminal one* Record numbers of migrants reaching Spain?s Ceuta enclave *

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IN DEPTH: The argument for spending less on defence, more on human security from 2021-05-18T18:18:13

Governments continue to channel large sums of money into their defence budgets, while the threats to humanity are posed not by armies, but by climate change and pandemics: an interview with Paul R...

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Tuesday 18th May 2021 from 2021-05-18T15:18:29

* Coronavirus: what do we know about the "India"variant? * The realities of "Life on Mars" * The Slovenian Prime Minister and the problem with Panthers *

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Monday 17th May 2021 from 2021-05-17T18:28:26

* Hopes for a cease-fire in the Middle East * Why defence spending needs to be channeled into the environment * AT&T-Disscovery deal creates new media juggernaut *

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Friday 14th May 2021 from 2021-05-14T18:35:44

* Candidates for the Iranian presidential election * Mountainbike trail closed because of sabotage * Why the Middle East crisis can only be solved locally *

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Wednesday 12th May 2021 from 2021-05-12T15:18:07

* Fabian Sommavilla on Curious Borders * Fighting between Israel and Palestinians: fears of further escalation * Journalist Ahmed Eldin on the clashes between Israel and Palestinians * Israeli Pale...

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Tuesday 11th May 2021 from 2021-05-11T16:11:05

* The distress of India's continuing covid catastrophe * Migrants arrive in Lampedusa * Donald Trump's continuing hold on the Republican Party*

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IN DEPTH: The "lie machines" that threaten democracy from 2021-05-10T16:23

Professor Philip Howard, author of "Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives.

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Monday 10th May 2021 from 2021-05-10T13:35

* Trump's legacy: the deteriorating economic situation in Venezuela * Scotland elections: when will Sturgeon move on independence vote * Lie Machines: the algorithms and technology that can disrupt...

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Friday 7th May 2021 from 2021-05-07T17:55

* UK Elections: big win for PM Boris Johnson *Chinese migrants in Lesotho: Ethnocineca film "Days of Cannibalism" * US call for vaccine patent waiver puts EU on the back foot *

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IN DEPTH: The threat posed by terrorism today from 2021-05-06T13:57

10 years on from the death of Osama Bin Laden, Hal Rock talks to Shashank Joshi, Defence Editor of The Economist about the current strengths and weaknesses of terror groups around the world.

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Thursday 6th May, 2021 from 2021-05-06T13:52

* Finding Austria's only iron meteorite * Terrorism Today: Shashank Joshi analyses the current threat and how the pandemic has affected terrorist activities * Facebook's ban on Trump: is it time fo...

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Wednesday 5th May 2021 from 2021-05-05T13:55

* Coral reefs: rich oases of beauty and diversity under threat * Hungary: an abundance of vaccines, but shortage of press information * .Terrorism today: Islamic State *

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Tuesday 4th May 2021 from 2021-05-04T16:57

* Inside Mars2020: Checking the systems and exploring the river bed * Terrorism today: does Al Qaeda pose a threat? * Amnesty Austria calls for a ban on facial recognition technology *

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Monday 3rd May 2021 from 2021-05-03T13:39

* AUTSIDERS: the very British podcast * North Korea reacts angrily to Biden speech * Press Freedom Day: suppression of journalists reporting on covid in India *

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Friday 30th April, 2021 from 2021-04-30T14:23

* EU Climate "Taxonomy" loses support of WWF * How medical oxygen is made * Scotland elections: what they could mean for independence *

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Thursday 29th April 2021 from 2021-04-29T14:31

* EU debates "Green Pass" * Developments in combatting malaria * What Biden's address to Congress means *

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IN-DEPTH: Vladimir Putin's brain from 2021-04-28T17:53

Are Russia's recent provocations a sign of strength or weakness?

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Wednesday 28th April, 2021 from 2021-04-28T14:00

*Russia: what's going on in Putin's brain?* *India's overwhelming Covid crisis* *Joe Biden addresses Congress*

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Tuesday 27th April, 2021 from 2021-04-27T13:53

*Novavax: small company, big hopes for the vaccine* *Israel: violence in Jerusalem and coalition talks stall* *Austria's climate law proposal is leaked*

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Monday 26th April, 2021 from 2021-04-26T13:31

*Washington DC Statehood: what's all the fuss about?* *Madagascar: ancestor worship, tombs and plague season*

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Friday 23rd April, 2021 from 2021-04-23T14:08

*Whales and dolphins in European waters under threat of extinction* *Russia withdraws troops from border with Ukraine* *Biden's new emissions targets: reclaiming the climate leadership role?* *Indi...

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IN DEPTH: Is a global minimum corporate tax rate realistic? from 2021-04-22T21:31

Could a global minimum corporate tax rate be a major step towards tax justice?

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Thursday 22nd April, 2021 from 2021-04-22T14:11

*Tax Justice: how would global minimum corporate tax work?* *Tax Justice: a global minimum corporate tax should be equitable* *Report: OMV involved in spying on climate activists in NZ?* *Extra ant...

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Tuesday 13th April 2021 from 2021-04-13T14:33

* France set to abolish domestic flights * Portland protests * Anschober resigns*

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Monday 12th April 2021 from 2021-04-12T14:56

* Is Israel trying to sabotage talks on Iran.s return to the nuclear deal? * A future high intensity war in Europe? The French military prepares * Did male dinosaurs have a penis?*

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Friday 9th of April 2021 from 2021-04-10T10:45

* Greece: plan to prioritise vaccinations on all the islands * AstraZeneca vaccine: continued use in Austria *

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Thursday 8th April 2021 from 2021-04-08T16:47

* Greece: plan to prioritise vaccinations on all the islands * AstraZeneca vaccine: continued use in Austria *

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Wednesday 7th April 2021 from 2021-04-07T14:05

* Red Cross supporting refugee communities on Lesbos * Russia sending troops to Ukraine border * Northern Ireland: violence over Brexit protocol *

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Tuesday 6th April 2021 from 2021-04-06T13:31

* Jordan: why a rift in the royal family is a problem for the region * Iran talks: what will it take to get the nuclear deal back on track *

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Friday 2nd April 2021 from 2021-04-02T13:33

* Covid19 v. Plague: similarities and difference * Kurz, EU, Vaccines and the ÖBAG affair *

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Thursday April 1st 2021 from 2021-04-01T13:09

* Controversy over closing Poland's largest coal plant * Uk racism report *

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Wednesay 31st March 2021 from 2021-03-31T15:47

* Myanmar's ethnic armies: could the country descend into chaos? * New election law for Hong Kong: an end to "One country, two systems"? *

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Tuesday 30th March 2021 from 2021-03-30T15:27

* The first day in the trial of Derek Chauvin * The importance of solidarity & preparing for future pandemics *

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Monday 29th March, 2021 from 2021-03-29T13:09

*Escalating violence by the military in Myanmar* *Trial in the killing of George Floyd opens: the world is watching*

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Friday 26th March, 2021 from 2021-03-26T13:46

*EU vaccine summit: distribution to be decided by diplomats* *International companies challenge China on the Uyghur issue* *What can be done about disinformation on social media*

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Thursday March 25th 2021 from 2021-03-25T14:02

* The search for a universal coronavirus vaccine * North Korea fires missiles: US response * Container ship stuck in Suez Canal: what happened and how it can be solved *

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Wednesday 24th March, 2021 from 2021-03-24T14:06

*Conflict in Yemen: no end in sight?* * Israel elections: close result means tricky coaliton talks ahead* *The problem with feeding caught wild fish to farmed fish* *The problem with farmed fish: w...

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Tuesday 23rd March 2021 from 2021-03-23T16:41

* Proximity Chat Parties: social spaces of the future? * Bini Guttmann: Jewish Community warned about Corona demo violence * Tensions between Brussels and Chancellor Kurz over vaccines * Tensions b...

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Monday 22nd March 2021 from 2021-03-22T14:36

* World Water Day: Faraway Friends * Obituary: Egyptian feminist activist Nawal el Saadawi * Netherlands experiment in Covid control at large events *

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Friday 19th March 2021 from 2021-03-19T14:57

* Unaccompanied children on US/Mexico border * AstraZeneca public and political fallout * Why the USA and UK are far ahead of the EU on vaccines *

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Thursday 18th March 2021 from 2021-03-18T14:17

* Pollution in the Balkans * EU spat over vaccine distribution * Lessons of Ladakh: how development destroyed a Shangri-La *

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Wednesday 17th March 2021 from 2021-03-17T16:32

* Romanian documentary "Collective" nominated for Oscars * * Brazil covid crisis: can a new health minister make any difference?* AstraZeneca vaccine: Virologist Florian Krammer * Ethiopia Tigray c...

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Tuesday 16th March 2021 from 2021-03-16T14:04

* 10 years of war in Syria: how children are paying the price * Kim Yo-Jong, sister of North Korea's leader, warns US not to "cause a stink" *

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Borzou Daragahi on 10 years of war in Syria from 2021-03-15T13:58

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Monday 15th March 2021 from 2021-03-15T13:50

* Local food and how it helps the world * Justice following 10 years of war in Syria * Germany kicks off grand election year *

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Friday 12th March 2021 from 2021-03-12T14:15

* Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland * EU declares itself LGBTIQ Freedom Zone *

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Friday March 5th 2021 from 2021-03-05T14:57

* Pope's visit to Iraq * Italy blocks vaccine export to Australia * China: National People's Congress plans further resrtrictions on Hong Kong*

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Thursday 4th March 2021 from 2021-03-04T16:59

* Recruitment by Artificial Intelligence: the promises and the pitfalls * Hungary's Fidesz leaves the European Parliament EPP group* USA: Biden invokes Defence Production Act to make vaccines * Ir...

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Wednesday 3rd march 2021 from 2021-03-03T16:35

*The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: the importance of recognising the value of nature*

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Tuesday 2nd March 2021 from 2021-03-02T17:02

* How air pollution can cause blindness * The complex challenges posed by vaccination passports * Study: Melting of Earth.s ice accelerating at record rate *

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Monday March 1st 2021 from 2021-03-01T13:52

*The 20 million year old tree of Lesbos * Myanmar: Would further targetted sanctions make any difference?*

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Friday 26th February 2021 from 2021-02-26T14:14

* US launches air-strikes againast Iran backed militias in Syria * Amnesty strips Navalny of "prisoner of conscience" status *

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Thursday 25th February 2021 from 2021-02-25T13:07

* The crisis facing freshwater fish * Iran's perspective on returning tothe JCPOA nuclear deal *

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Wednesday 24th February 2021 from 2021-02-24T13:45

* TheyCanTalk.org: teaching "language". to dogs * Brazil: Bolsonaro govt uses pandemic to weaken environment laws * The important role played by nature in mental health *

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Tuesday 23rd February 2021 from 2021-02-23T13:41

* Boeing enging failures: what happened? * US Supreme Court rules against Trump on tax returns *

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Monday 22nd February 2021 from 2021-02-22T14:13

* Serbia forging ahead with vaccination programme * Protests in Spain following arrest of Catalan rapper*

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Friday 19th February, 2021 from 2021-02-19T14:03

*Perseverance: NASA Mars lander begins historic work* *The Polar vortex: why global warming causes extreme cold weather* *Corona research: antiviral drug prevents illness and infection*

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Thursday 18th February 2021 from 2021-02-18T14:23

* The first helicopter on Mars * US extreme cold weather: why Texas is different * Biden policy on Afghanistan * Covid19: the good news abou the South African variant *

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Wednesday 23rd December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* River isel: a jewel of nature * Britain's NHS calls for Brexit postponement * How the "Garden of England" is becoming a lorry park * EU and travel bans: who can do what? *

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Tuesday 22nd December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* Kosovo's acting president explains why the youth hold the key to the future * How prepared is Biden for the US presidency? *

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Monday 21st December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* New coronavirus strain: what does it really mean? * Church in Austria calls on government to help refugees in Greece: the situation in Lesbos *

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Friday 18th December, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

*Hungary accused of further eroding civil liberties* *The rise of populist "Iron Men": an introduction* *US Hack: "possibly one of the biggest ever acts of cyber espionage"*

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Thursday 17th December, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

*Paris Mayor to pay fine for employing "too many* women* *Niklas Hoehne/Climate Action Tracker on EU emission reductions targets*

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Wednesday 16th December, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

*Covid vaccine: why is approval taking longer in the European Union?* *The poisoning of Alexei Nawalny: a botched attack by Russian agents?* *EU and Big Tech: what do proposed new laws say?*

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Tuesday 15th December, 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

*The US presidential pardon: a brief history* *A new Covid strain in England?*

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Monday 14th December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* The EU & AI: how strong are fundamental rights protections? * US Electoral College meets today * John Le Carée Obituary *

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Friday 11th December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* EU Summit: hard won agreements on budget and environment targets * Boris Johnson: Iron Man? *

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Thursday 10th December 2020 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

* Amnesty International warns of vaccine inequality as rich countries buy up vaccines * The COVAX initiative to help ensure fair distribution of vaccines *

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