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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made comments on July 15, 2023, at a private event in New York in which he stated that “COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately” and su...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made comments on July 15, 2023, at a private event in New York in which he stated that “COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately” and su...
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João Teixeira de Faria, a Brazilian self-described spiritual healer also known as “John of God,” received an additional 99-year prison sentence in July 2023 after bein...
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Stephen Weiss is an American rabbi who served as senior rabbi at B’nai Jeshurun Congregation in Pepper Pike, Ohio, United States. He had been affiliated with the congr...
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Reports circulating online have drawn widespread attention to a legislative proposal in Israel that would place restrictions on certain forms of religious proselytizin...
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Rachel Corrie, an American activist, was killed in Rafah, Gaza Strip, while participating in a protest against the demolition of Palestinian homes. The incident occurr...
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The Nord Stream pipelines are two major natural gas pipelines, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, running under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany. The pipelines were...
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Ivana Trump, the first wife of former United States President Donald Trump, died on July 14, 2022, at the age of 73 in New York City. Authorities reported that she die...
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On July 14, 2022, President-elect Joe Biden visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel, before officially taking office. He participated in a brief public visit and...
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Jewish Perspectives on Abortion and Religious Rights Jewish texts and legal traditions have multiple views on abortion, often rooted in the interpretation o...
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On May 11, 2022, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera, was fatally shot while covering an Israeli raid in Jenin, West Bank. She was wear...
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Russia launched a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced what he called a special military operation...
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On October 19, 2021, Israel's Knesset Special Committee on Foreign Workers discussed a report examining gender-based violence against Thai migrant agricultural workers...
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John David McAfee (September 18, 1945 – June 23, 2021) was a British‑American programmer and businessman best known for founding the McAfee antivirus software company....
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Olivier Duhamel, a prominent French political scientist and academic leader, was accused in 2021 of sexually abusing his stepson over many years. The revelations, publ...
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On January 6, 2021, a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., while Congress was meeting to cer...
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On January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the United States Capitol as Congress was certifying the 2020 presidential election results. Marjorie Taylor Greene, then a p...
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WE Charity, which was involved in a major Canadian federal grant program, faced scrutiny over conflicts of interest involving members of the Trudeau family and the awa...
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In the days following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on May 25, 2020, large-scale protests erupted across Minneapolis and rapidly spread to ci...
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George Floyd was a 46-year-old Black American man who died on May 25, 2020, during an arrest by Minneapolis police officers after a store clerk reported that he may ha...
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Time magazine named Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year on December 11, 2019. She was recognized for her global environmental activism an...
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global outbreak of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, first identified in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) was notif...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been the subject of several high‑profile legal accusations and an ongoing corruption trial. In November 2019, he was indi...
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In 2019, following the widely criticised BBC interview in which Prince Andrew addressed his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Prince William re...
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On July 6, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. The arrest renewed public scrutiny ov...
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14 July 2026 — Albania provisionally closes its first three EU accession chapters: science and research, education and culture, and external relations.
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19 July 2022 — Albania and the European Union hold their first intergovernmental conference, formally opening accession negotiations.
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6 August 2015 — Egypt inaugurates a major expansion of the Suez Canal involving a new parallel channel along part of the route and widening of existing sections. The g...
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2014–2026 — Egypt remains the most populous country in the Arab world and one of the principal political centers of the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. Cairo do...
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2011–2014 — Mubarak's fall opens competitive elections and unprecedented political participation, but the transition rapidly produces institutional conflict, polarizat...
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28 April 2009 — Albania formally submits its application for membership in the European Union, beginning a long process of institutional and legal reforms tied to acce...
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January–August 1997 — The collapse of enormous fraudulent investment schemes wipes out the savings of hundreds of thousands of Albanians. Armed rebellion spreads, mili...
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29 April 1991 — New constitutional provisions formally establish the Republic of Albania during the transition away from communist government. The country begins rebui...
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31 March 1991 — Albania holds its first competitive multiparty parliamentary elections since the communist takeover. The former communist Party of Labour wins, but the...
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11 April 1985 — Hoxha dies after more than four decades at the center of Albanian communist power. Ramiz Alia succeeds him and gradually introduces limited reforms as ...
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26 March 1979 — Egypt and Israel sign a formal peace treaty in Washington. Israel agrees to withdraw from Sinai, which is gradually returned to Egyptian control. Egypt...
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1978 — Chinese economic and military assistance ends after years of growing ideological disagreement. Albania loses its final major communist ally and enters an extrao...
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6–25 October 1973 — Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a surprise attack against Israeli positions. Egyptian troops successfully cross the Suez Canal and penetrate the ...
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1970–1981 — Anwar Sadat succeeds Nasser and gradually redirects Egyptian foreign and economic policy. He reduces Soviet influence, encourages economic liberalization a...
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13 September 1968 — Albania formally withdraws from the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact following the invasion of Czechoslovakia. The withdrawal confirms Albania's political ru...
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1967 — The communist government launches an aggressive campaign against organized religion. Mosques, churches and monasteries are closed or converted to other uses, an...
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c. 1967–1985 — Hoxha's government constructs vast numbers of concrete defensive bunkers across Albania. The program reflects the regime's fear of invasion from NATO, Y...
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1958–1961 — Egypt and Syria unite as the United Arab Republic under Nasser. The union represents the high point of pan-Arab political enthusiasm. Syrian dissatisfactio...
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26 July–7 November 1956 — Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company after Western governments withdraw support for the Aswan High Dam. Britain, France and Israel secr...
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1954–1970 — Nasser becomes the dominant leader of revolutionary Egypt and formally assumes the presidency in 1956. His government promotes Arab nationalism, land refor...
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18 June 1953 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Egypt is declared a republic. Muhammad Naguib becomes the first president, but power increasingly shifts toward G...
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11 January 1946 — The monarchy is formally abolished and Albania becomes a communist people's republic. Political opposition is suppressed and the Communist Party esta...
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31 January 1925 — Albania formally becomes a republic with Ahmet Zogu as president. Zogu uses the presidency to consolidate central authority after years of political ...
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28 February 1922 — Britain formally ends its protectorate and recognizes Egypt as an independent sovereign state. Important issues remain under British control, includ...
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