March 21, 2025

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Captain of the medical crew in international peacekeeping and security center of the united nations. Captain Jason muller. Has officially announced his retirement

Captain Jason Muller Announces Retirement from International Peacekeeping and Security Center** In a momentous development, Captain Jason Muller, the esteemed captain of the medical crew at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center (IPSC) of the United Nations, has officially announced his retirement. This marks the end of a distinguished career dedicated to humanitarian efforts in

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Sweden is ‘no longer a country that cannot be trusted’

War, cross-border conflict and geopolitical upheaval are rarely deemed good for business. Yet that appears to have been the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on two of the aggressor’s neighbours to its west – Finland and Sweden. Not directly, of course. Rather, it was the two Nordic nations’ response to the invasion that turned

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Climate Education Politics

What does the Department of Education do – and can Trump dismantle it?

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order that would shut down the US Department of Education – a long-cherished goal of conservatives. The move would deliver on a promise he made on the campaign trail. Trump plans to end some of the department’s programmes, while others would be housed within different parts of the

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North Korea halts tourism just weeks after reopening

North Korea has stopped tourists from visiting, just weeks after the first Western tourists entered the country for the first time in five years. North Korea sealed itself off at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, and started to scale back restrictions in the middle of 2023. It opened up to Russian visitors

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Business & Economy Climate Politics

NZ fires envoy to UK who questioned Trump’s grasp of history

New Zealand has fired its most senior envoy to the United Kingdom over remarks that questioned US President Donald Trump’s grasp of history. At an event in London on Tuesday, High Commissioner Phil Goff compared efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine to the 1938 Munich Agreement, which allowed Adolf Hitler to annex

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Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters

Denmark’s state-run postal service, PostNord, is to end all letter deliveries at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in letter volumes since the start of the century. The decision brings to an end 400 years of the company’s letter service. Denmark’s 1,500 post boxes will start to disappear from the start of June.

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Business & Economy Politics

US charges Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents

US prosecutors have charged 12 Chinese nationals for being part of an alleged hacking scheme, which sold data of US-based dissidents to the Chinese government. The “state-sponsored” operation also targeted government agencies including the Treasury, according to the Justice Department (DOJ). Hackers also allegedly targeted an American religious organisation, and a newspaper in Hong Kong,

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Is it time to recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan?

Is it justifiable to continue not recognising the Taliban government, which has been in power for more than three years? This stance does nothing to improve the situation of Afghan women and prevents the international community from fully engaging on other critical issues in the country. Report from the field by a UN consultant. Working

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Education for peace: the effort to teach children how to rebuild societies after WWII

While the first world war and the Spanish civil war had already drawn children in Europe and beyond into the orbit of conflict, the second world war marked a pivotal period in how young people have experienced the horrors of war. During the 1940s, children faced unprecedented mobilisation and violence. From bombings and massacres to

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The UN says Australia violated human rights law, but it’s unlikely to change the way we treat refugees

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled that Australia breached international human rights law by detaining a group of young asylum seekers in immigration detention in Nauru. The committee found the asylum seekers were subject to prison-like conditions, potentially indefinitely, and without knowing what was going to happen to them in the future. This, the committee found, was

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