Author: bbc.com

The government gave its green light recently, without much fanfare, just as settler violence was escalating. Since the start of the current legislative session, 103 settlements were approved, on top of 127 already existing settlements. Settlement procedures have also changed, showing a desire to accelerate the process of seizing land. Polls show Likud decline, but the country’s majority opposes the ceasefire with Iran.Read More

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abrdn Asia-Pacific Income Fund VCC(TSX: FAP) (UEN: T21VC0235H) (the “Company”), a closed-end investment company trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange, announced today that it will pay a monthly distribution of CAD 1.75 cents per share on April 30, 2026 to all shareholders of record as of April 22, 2026 (ex-dividend date April 22, 2026).Read More

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Manny Tejeda y Moreno reviews “Slavic Native Faith” by Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson, a study of the umbrella of reconstructionist religions sometimes known as Ridnovirstvo or Rodnovery. The book is free to download until April 14.Read More

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Tributes are being paid to the celebrated jazz photographer Tim Motion, who has died shortly before his 90th birthday. Tim, who was born in Ireland, spent many years in Portugal, where he ran a jazz club and took widely-acclaimed landscape photographs of the Algarve as well as portraits of some of the greatest stars ofRead More

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