By Hiba Yazbek, Aaron Boxerman, Monika Pronczuk and Thomas Fuller Relief organizations say cumbersome new strategies cannot substitute for Israel allowing more supply trucks into the Gaza Strip, while an airdrop of aid reportedly went awry and killed five people. Source: Europe and U.S. Plan to Supply Gaza by Sea, but Aid Groups Say It’s […]
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By Agence France-Presse From teaching centuries-old crafts to cataloguing their language, exiled Tibetans guard the cultural identity of a homeland most have neither seen nor dare visit, and where they say Beijing is eradicating their heritage. Crouched over a minutely detailed devotional “thangka” painting depicting Buddha, artist Lobsang Tenzin teaches students in northern India. “It […]
Opposition from Orthodox Church traditionalists failed to head off the major legal change, which brings Greece in line with much of Europe. Source: Greek novelist and lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall