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Petra Ramsauer

@petraramsauer.bsky.social
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knows 1 thing or 2 about the Middle East. Was a crisis reporter, is a psychotherapist (in Fachausbildung unter Supervision) will always be a political scientist. focus on war, conflict, trauma, angst & panic. European from Austria. Cat herder, dog mum.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/09/2026
Israel has not worked out the big questions about its identity and destiny—and soon, Israelis will vote “in an election likely to postpone the reckoning further,” @gcaw.bsky.social reports.
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Israel Can’t Postpone Its Reckoning Forever
Intractable divides between the secular and the religious pose a bigger problem for the country than any external threat.
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The participants also stole a municipal vehicle, threw stones and other objects at passersby, and lightly injured a Border Police officer and a civilian. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Haredi youths filmed beating Palestinians near Jerusalem's Old City
The attack followed riots at a Haredi religious gathering in Jerusalem. Police said 11 people were arrested, but did not say whether the Palestinians' attackers were among them
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 29/09/2026
Take a look at how the Houthis have become key players in the wider war between the U.S. and Iran—and an examination of the weapons and tactics they have used to do so. on.wsj.com/4yZP49n
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See How the Houthi Advance Was Powered by Arms From Iran and China
The lightning offensive has made the militant group a force to be reckoned with in the wider war between the U.S. and Iran.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 27/09/2026
#BREAKING Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic announces resignation
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 27/09/2026
Ich fand immer: Wer Steaks, Würste oder Braten mag, muss es aushalten, wenn dafür Tiere sterben. Nun habe ich den letzten Tag eines Rindes begleitet, bis zum Schlachter. Es war nicht einfach.
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Debatte über Tiere: Wer Fleisch isst, muss beim Schlachten zusehen können
Ich fand immer: Wer Steaks, Würste oder Braten mag, muss es aushalten, wenn dafür Tiere sterben. Nun habe ich den letzten Tag eines Rindes begleitet, bis zum Schlachter. Es war nicht einfach.
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One person who had seen the whole report described it to the Guardian as “apocalyptic”. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why is the UK’s suppressed climate national security report significant?
Warnings about the catastrophic effects of vital ecosystems collapsing were not published under previous prime minister
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
...he faces extradition to Germany where he is accused of being a leading figure in a plot to attack Jewish community centres, Israeli diplomats and pro-Israel demonstrations there or in neighbouring Austria last October.... www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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UK gave citizenship to Hamas chief’s guard, then he ‘plotted terror’
‘Mr X’ is accused of co-ordinating antisemitic attacks in Europe from the safety of suburban England, where he lived with refugee status
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Robert Treichler @roberttreichler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@dorabinovici.bsky.social über die Logik des Pogroms im Westjordanland. www.profil.at/meinung/rabi...
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Gastkommentar: Vertreibung im Westjordanland: Die Logik des Pogroms
Beim Vorgehen israelischer Siedler im Westjordanland handelt es sich um ein Pogrom, schreibt der jüdische Autor Doron Rabinovici. Die rechtsextremen Agitatoren richten sich auch gegen das demokratisch...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
meine Herkunfts-Hood ist jetzt eine richtige Destination. 🤩
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/09/2026
The anti-AI portfolio: fountain pens, Warhammer and film cameras ft.trib.al/9Akwms8
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The anti-AI portfolio: fountain pens, Warhammer and film cameras
Journaling, sudoku, puzzle books and other non-digital pursuits are staging a comeback
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/09/2026
Norwegian media reports that Zelensky’s plane was nearly hit by a drone on its way from Moldova to Oslo where he went to attend King Harald’s funeral and hold meetings with the government. www.nrk.no/nyheter/stor...
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Støre: Zelenskyjs fly ble nesten truffet av en drone på vei fra Moldova til Oslo
Ukrainas president Volodymyr Zelenskyj fikk en dramatisk start på reisen til Oslo, hvor han onsdag deltok i kong Haralds gravferd og var i møter med regjeringen. – Flyet hans ble nesten truffet av en ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/09/2026
Oil has now risen past $100 per barrel. The elevated oil price is certain to push up prices at the pump, which are already averaging more than $4 per gallon of regular gasoline nationwide, in this final stretch of the midterm campaign season.
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Oil’s rise past $100 per barrel deepens GOP’s midterm challenge
The high gas prices are likely to haunt Republican candidates through Election Day.
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Kersten Augustin @kerstenau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Verfassungsschutz, Schulpflicht, Rundfunkstaatsverträge, Migrationspolitik: Was kann die AfD anrichten, sollte sie an die Macht kommen? 👇 taz.de/Landtagswahl... @taz.de
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AfD-Regierung in Sachsen-Anhalt: Ein absolutes Grauen
Verfassungsschutz, Schulpflicht, Rundfunkstaatsverträge, Migrationspolitik: Was kann die AfD anrichten, sollte sie an die Macht kommen?
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Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“No one can know what is inside Mr Putin’s head. But his reasons for escalating, like the decision to invade, are internal. His key objective has always been preserving his own power, and ultimately his life.”
economist.com
Cornered, Vladimir Putin plans to escalate his war
His refusal to back down is rooted in Russia’s gangster politics
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Reuters @reuters.com · 05/09/2026
US military strikes three Iranian crude oil carriers, Central Command says reut.rs/3Tamkvs
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US military strikes three Iranian crude oil carriers, Central Command says
American ​forces struck ‌three Iranian crude ​oil ​tankers on Saturday ⁠after ​Iran ​launched ballistic missiles at ​two ​U.S. Navy ships, ‌U.S. ⁠Central Command said.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: With Gaza’s medical system in tatters, many lives depend on treatment abroad. But the process of getting Israeli approval for a medical evacuation is obstructive and opaque, write Hassan Herzallah and @chriselkholy.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...
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The Patients Israel Won't Let Leave Gaza
For many Palestinians in the territory, survival depends on a chain of administrative decisions over which they have no control
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Wolfgang Rössler @wolfiroessler.jetzt.at · 26/07/2026
Donald Trump legt sich im Iran mit China an. Und wie es aussieht, ist China stärker. @petraramsauer.bsky.social wie immer super. www.nzz.ch/internationa...
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Wie China Irans Zielgenauigkeit im Krieg gegen die USA verbessert
Nicht nur Russland ist ein wichtiger Unterstützer Irans. Auch Chinas Schützenhilfe ist für die iranische Kriegsführung entscheidend geworden.
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
sehr lesenswertes Stück von Fania Oz zu Israels Wahl. "The victims of October 7 will not return. Nor will the Palestinian civilians killed during the Gaza war. No election can erase those tragedies. But harmful laws can be repealed, democratic institutions restored. momentmag.com/day-after-is...
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What Can Be Undone—and What Can't?
Israel’s pro-democracy organizations, civic forums, legal associations and NGOs have quietly begun preparing for the day after.
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Stefan Lassnig @stefanlassnig.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Der @mnikbakhsh.bsky.social & ich probieren ja gerne neue Dinge aus & heute ist wieder so ein Tag: Erstmals bietet @diedunkelkammer.bsky.social eine tagesaktuelle Berichterstattung: Ich war heute beim ersten Prozess gegen René Benko vor Ort in Innsbruck👇🏻 dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/246...
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#246 Der Benko-Prozess: Tag 1 | Die Dunkelkammer – Der Investigativ-Podcast
Von Michael Nikbakhsh. Am 14. Oktober wurde der Strafprozess gegen Rene Benko am Landesgericht Innsbruck eröffnet. Die Wirtschafts- und Korruptionsstaatsanwaltschaft wirft Benko betrügerische Kaida ...
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 13/10/2025
Read Amr Hamzawy on how the international and regional guarantors of the Gaza deal can “ensure successful transitions from one phase of the agreement to the next”—and lay the groundwork for “a more lasting settlement for Gaza.”
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Why Gradualism Can Help in Gaza
Phased peace agreements have worked before in the Middle East.
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
this
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
a giant step
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
this is very interesting. US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-co...
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US Jewish community leader lobbied for prominent Palestinian prisoner Barghouti’s release
Ronald Lauder offered to travel to Sharm el-Sheikh to make case during final negotiations, but idea was nixed by Netanyahu's office amid overwhelming opposition from cabinet ministers; Barghouti servi...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
👋
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Axios @axios.com · 05/10/2025
SCOOP: Trump fired back at Netanyahu after the Israeli leader expressed skepticism about Hamas agreeing to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal: "I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
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Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative"
"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
merci @dorabinovici.bsky.social für die vielen wichtigen Gedanken. hört es Euch an. sound.orf.at/radio/oe1/be...
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Im Journal zu Gast: Schriftsteller und Historiker Doron Rabinovici
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Karin A. Wenger @wengerkarin.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Häuser abbrennen? Zivilisten töten? Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober überzeugt gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dienst. Sie erheben harte Vorwürfe. Vier von ihnen erzählen. Mit @petraramsauer.bsky.social und @forrestrogers.bsky.social www.nzz.ch/internationa...
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«Wir sind nicht mehr auf der Seite der Guten» – Israelische Soldaten verweigern den Dienst
Häuser abbrennen ohne plausiblen Grund? Unschuldige Menschen töten? Immer mehr Soldaten, die nach dem 7. Oktober aus Überzeugung gegen den Terror der Hamas gekämpft haben, verweigern nun den Dien...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
"The closer Israel gets to total triumph, the closer it will be to complete uncertainty, to perils unleashed by pent-up humiliation, anger, and fury. That sort of victory is not a safe place." www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...
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The Perils of Middle East Triumphalism
Iran, Israel, and the ghosts of history.
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Tobias Lang @tobiaslang.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Am Mittwoch rede ich mit Kristina Meyer (Willy-Brandt-Stiftung), Wolfgang Petritsch und @petraramsauer.bsky.social im @kreiskyforum.bsky.social über "Willy Brandt, Bruno Kreisky und der Nahen Osten". Gibt wohl keinen passenderen Ort für das Thema! www.kreisky-forum.org/category/eve...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
die zentrale Frage
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
au point
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Victor Shammas @victorshammas.com · 08/06/2025
This is an incredible document in which #Trump claims ICE protests “constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States” and authorizes Pete Hegseth to deploy “regular Armed Forces” against protesters—anywhere in the US. (Notably, CA isn’t mentioned anywhere.)
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Department of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security Functions
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE                THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/06/2025
Jeremy Bowen spells out the problem for Israel trying to deny war crimes: its own ministers have admitted to them www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
8 June 1943 | A transport of 880 Jews deported from the ghetto from Thessaloniki in German-occupied Greece arrived at #Auschwitz. After the arrival selection 220 men and 88 women were registered in the camp The remaining 572 people were murdered in a gas chamber.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 06/06/2025
Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman alleged Netanyahu is now supporting a new ISIS-affiliated militia to counter Hamas. Sources told Haaretz last week that an armed group tied to Yasser Abu Shabab has recently begun operating in southern Gaza.
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Netanyahu: Israel fighting Hamas 'in various ways' amid claims it armed ISIS-tied militia
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/06/2025
Explosions rocked Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, before dawn on Friday as air defense crews raced to combat a large-scale Russian bombardment.
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Russia Launches Broad Assault on Kyiv and Other Cities in Ukraine
Air defense crews in the capital were racing to combat a large-scale bombardment before dawn on Friday, officials said.
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Maria Sterkl @mariasterkl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
edition.cnn.com/2025/06/04/m...
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Videos, expert analysis and witnesses point to Israeli gunfire in deadly Gaza aid site shooting | CNN
A CNN investigation into a deadly incident near an aid distribution site in southern Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their wa...
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Friday’s NY Post cover is pure gold
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
auch das. responsiblestatecraft.org/jamal-khasho...
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Five years after Khashoggi's murder, MBS is laughing
The US and other Western governments said they'd had enough of Saudi Arabia but it appears the Kingdom's oil and wealth are too hard to resist.
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Teresa Eder @tcobserver12.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Very concerning announcements coming out of Austria: www.politico.eu/article/aust...
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Austria walks back support for EU’s 2040 climate target
Shift adds to pressure on Brussels to soften the 90 percent goal.
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
das erzählt alles
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
excellent point. "It’s incredibly dangerous to live in a society that treats health like a luxury product." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/s...
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What It Takes to Be a ‘Well Woman’
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DATUM @datum.at · 02/05/2025
Israel greift erstmals Gebiete nahe des syrischen Präsidentenpalastes an, man misstraue dem neuen syrischen Machthaber. Wer ist Ahmed al-Schara’a? Ein geläuterter Dschihadist? Oder Vorbereiter der nächsten Extremisten-Diktatur? (+) › 📝 @petraramsauer.bsky.social
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Das Chamäleon – DATUM
Wer steckt tatsächlich im Anzug des neuen Machthabers? Ein geläuterter Dschihadist oder ein gefinkelter Stratege, der die nächste Extremisten-Diktatur vorbereitet? Eine Annäherung an Ahmed al-Schara’a.
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Helen Lindberg @cloudbuster01.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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The Corruption of Lindsey Graham
A case study in the rise of authoritarianism. Sen. Lindsey Graham is a central player in the Republican party’s capitulation to Donald Trump. We can watch the GOP's turn to authoritarianism by review...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
au point www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfl...
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Jon Stewart on Trump's Botched Tariff Rollout & The Stock Market's Meltdown | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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DATUM @datum.at · 03/04/2025
+ Haus im Grün – @edithmeinhart.bsky.social schreibt von der Sehnsucht uns die Zukunft zu verbauen; Das Chamäleon – @petraramsauer.bsky.social beschreibt den neuen syrischen Machthaber; Plötzlich Ärztin – Anastasia Saparinjuk erklärt, wie es ist, für Leben und Überleben verantwortlich zu sein.
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 01/04/2025
The dismantling of USAID represents more than just a retreat in foreign assistance. It threatens infrastructure built over decades that has served as a means of mitigating the most brutal effects of conflict. www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...
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U.S. Aid Cuts Make Famine More Likely and Easier to Hide | Crisis Group
The Trump administration has put a 90-day hold on most U.S. foreign aid, with devastating effects on the system built over decades for preventing famine. The result may be more and deadlier famines, w...
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Petra Ramsauer @petraramsauer.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Großartige und so hilfreiche Geschichte. www.wsj.com/health/welln...
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If Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism, What Does?
The risk of autism develops before we are even born, studies have shown.
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