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Arab News / Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaTrump’s Golan Heights declaration will have regional repercussions

“In a puzzling tweet [on March 21] US President Donald Trump announced that he would recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights,” writes Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg. “It was puzzling because the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over this land runs against long-standing US foreign policy.... Breaking the global consensus on the

The Moscow Times / MoscowGlobal powers interested in Arctic territory must remember global warmingThe Guardian / SydneyEco-fascism cannot be allowed to derail conservation effortsCity Press / JohannesburgWater access is a fundamental rightOttawa Citizen / Ottawa, OntarioIs class size really all it’s cracked up to be?

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