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  • Jul 23

    Dutch singer Sophie Straat's 'white men to the back' call not discrimination, say Dutch and Belgian watchdogs

    Discriminatie.nl and Unia both rule the singer's stage request at Best Kept Secret and Gentse Feesten was protected artistic expression, despite hundreds of complaints.

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The war in Ukraine and its limits

No discrete new occurrence; findings add detail to the existing diplomatic picture without a breakthrough or breakdown.

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