Navi Pillay awarded Peace Prize: ‘Lifetime spent fighting for what’s right & to uphold human rights’

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law Conflict and Global Development at the University of Reading. Navi Pillay’s career represents a remarkable contribution to international law and human rights, from her pioneering role in post-apartheid South…

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FlyDubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport, inspired by 9/11, prosecutor says

The Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain of FlyDubai flight 1073 had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv’s international airport in a suicide attack, the United Arab Emirates’ top prosecutor said Friday. The Israel-bound flight carrying 182 people…

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Le Pen’s top ally Bardella faces fresh claims he sought to cover up past anti-Semitic comments

France’s far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella deleted data from a former activist Facebook account as soon as allegations surfaced that he wrote anti-Semitic comments in his youth, French investigative weekly Le Canard enchaîné said Friday, piling pressure on the top…

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EU’s Covid recovery fund was ‘absolutely a success’: European Court of Auditors’ Pierre Moscovici

2020 was an annus horribilis. Covid stalked the land. Lockdowns, curfews and social distancing were the order of the day. But there was a silver lining: European countries showed themselves to be capable of great solidarity, jointly procuring vaccines and…

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