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Listen: The rhythm of Sudan’s 2019 revolution
The revolution in Sudan in 2019 has been eclipsed by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, which began in April 2023. But the events of 2019 demand greater attention as they hold lessons for a post-war Sudan. Music was central to the protests in 2019. The camp outside military…
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Rereading the classics: Why John Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ has always been controversial
John Steinbeck is now most famous as the author of The Grapes of Wrath (1938), a novel about agricultural workers displaced from Oklahoma during the Great Depression. But he regarded East of Eden (1952), a saga depicting the lives of two Californian families, as his favourite and most significant work. Despite being a long novel,…
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Vietnam: 15 Indian tourists killed as boat capsizes off Phú Quốc island
Fifteen Indian tourists were killed on Saturday after a speedboat they were travelling in capsized off Vietnam’s Phú Quốc island, VN Express quoted the Vietnamese authorities as saying. The boat was carrying 36 persons – 32 Indian tourists, three crew members and an attendant. Twenty-one persons were rescued, according to the news outlet. Those who…