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Bertus Wennink
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International Co-operation; Literature, fiction & non fiction; Music; Netherlands, Canada (QC) & West & Central Africa. RT doesn't mean endorsement.
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‘Scamming became the new farming’: inside India’s cybercrime villages
The long read: How did an obscure district in a neglected state become India’s byword for digital deceit?
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October 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Berichten uit Mali komen normaal al niet niet door maar nu helemaal niet. Via via hoor ik wel hoe het land instort. Nog nooit was een bericht zo verontrustend. Ik post het daarom.
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction
Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature On the Road
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October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Nearly 100 years after her death, Oxford’s first female Indigenous scholar honoured
Mākereti Papakura died weeks before handing in her thesis at Oxford university documenting the life and customs of her tribe, work that is still used by Māori today
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October 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Le romancier Jacques Poulin est mort
Il est l'auteur de 14 romans, dont le marquant récit de voyage Volkswagen blues, encore fréquemment enseigné et analysé dans les écoles et cégeps du Québec.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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African History Extra
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African History Extra | isaac Samuel | Substack
All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past. Click to read African History Extra, by isaac Samuel, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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August 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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«Des millions d'enfants sans protection»: la vaccination sous la menace des coupes dans l'aide et de la désinformation
La vaccination des enfants progresse dans le monde. Mais en 2024, ils étaient plus de 14 millions à n'avoir jamais été vaccinés contre des maladies graves, selon la conclusion d’un rapport de l’Unicef...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Burkina Faso: la Socoma, la deuxième société cotonnière du pays, annonce la suspension de ses activités
Si la direction de l'entreprise met en avant un argument économique pour justifier sa décision, elle est intimement liée au contexte politique et sécuritaire de l'est du Burkina Faso où la menace djih...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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In NRC las ik het volgende interessante artikel: "Deze boekhandel in Nairobi is al decennialang een schuilplaats voor verboden verhalen"
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Deze boekhandel in Nairobi is al decennialang een schuilplaats voor verboden verhalen
Censuur: De Keniaanse boekhandelaar Chan Bahal vecht al decennia voor het vrije woord. Zijn zaak in Nairobi groeide uit tot een toevluchtsoord voor kritische lezers.
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July 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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150.000 extra hiv-doden in Afrika verwacht na stop hulp uit VS - nos.nl/l/2564904
150.000 extra hiv-doden in Afrika verwacht na stop hulp uit VS
Wetenschappers hebben op basis van harde data gemodelleerd dat circa 150.000 Afrikanen met hiv de komende jaren onnodig zullen overlijden.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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From the jazz age to the Trump age: The Great Gatsby at 100
Newly minted millionaires, corruption, nostalgia ... Fitzgerald’s novel has never felt more relevant. Jane Crowther explores its resonance in popular culture from Taylor Swift songs to her own gender-...
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April 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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I’m really really enjoying putting these Spotlight’s together celebrating Black History Month, but BHM comes to and end on Friday. How are you feel’n these Spotlight’s and who would you like to see next? youtube.com/shorts/cbWXf...
Black History Month Spotlight on Elvin Jones: The Rhythmic Innovator
YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz’s Album Insights
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February 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, dies aged 69 after short illness
The musician, along with band members Paul Weller and Bruce Foxton, had many hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including four UK No 1s
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February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Trump halts enforcement of US law banning bribery of foreign officials
President directs DoJ to pause prosecutions under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and issues pardon to Rod Blagojevich
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February 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’
Critically endangered grasslands in Tasmania’s Midlands were being destroyed by agriculture, but an innovative partnership has protected the remaining ecosystem – and local farmers’ profits
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December 22, 2024 at 9:57 PM