Death Toll From a Wave of Sectarian Violence in Syria Passes 100
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Death Toll From a Wave of Sectarian Violence in Syria Passes 100

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The death toll from this week’s outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria has surpassed 100, a war monitoring group said on Thursday after the unrest spread to new areas. The violence erupted on Tuesday in the city of Jaramana after an audio clip…

India’s Muslims Fear a Growing Backlash After Kashmir Attack
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India’s Muslims Fear a Growing Backlash After Kashmir Attack

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Widespread detentions and demolitions of property targeting Muslims in India have provoked concerns that right-wing Hindu nationalists are exploiting last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir to deepen a campaign of oppression against the country’s largest minority group. Public anger has swelled after 26…

Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor
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Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even before Pope Francis was entombed in a Rome basilica on Saturday, conservative cardinals who felt his pontificate was a divisive disaster that endangered the church’s traditions had begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the next pope. They have a seductively simple…

Glenn Youngkin, an Anti-D.E.I. Governor, Once Championed Diversity
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Glenn Youngkin, an Anti-D.E.I. Governor, Once Championed Diversity

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before Glenn Youngkin was a culture warrior who cheered the demise of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, he was a financial executive who worried about a lack of diversity in his field. “One of the clear challenges in the financial sector broadly is…

How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?
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How Might the Trump Administration Target D.E.I. in Public Schools?

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines What counts as a D.E.I. program in a school? And how do such programs differ from simply learning and talking about race and identity? Those questions have been central to local education debates over the past five years. Now, they are most likely…

Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines And then there was a German green card holder at Boston’s Logan Airport who was allegedly stripped and deprived of sleep and his medications by Customs and Border Protection — actions that could fit the legal definition of torture. (The agency has denied…

As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening
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As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies. In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they forced the police…

In Myanmar’s Earthquake, Some See Political Omens
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In Myanmar’s Earthquake, Some See Political Omens

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The dust from the devastating earthquake on Friday was still churning in Myanmar when an existential question swirled into the mix: Could this fatal clash of tectonic plates, which added yet another layer of trauma to a country already plagued by civil war,…

University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program
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University of Michigan to Scuttle Its Flagship D.E.I. Program

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday, seeking to overhaul an ambitious and expensive initiative that it had long cast as a model for American higher education. Michigan — one of the…