Tag: colonisation
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Ghana artifacts looted 150 years ago by British have been returned by a U.S. museum
Seven royal artifacts looted 150 years ago by British colonial forces from Ghana’s ancient Asante kingdom and kept by a United States museum have been returned and presented to the kingdom on Thursday, the latest of a series of stolen treasured items being repatriated to several African countries. Looted from British-colonized Ghana in the 19th…
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Closing the Gap will fail without ‘fundamental change’
The Closing the Gap agreement on improving Indigenous outcomes will fail without fundamental changes, the Productivity Commission has warned, adding that successive governments have “failed to fully grasp” the challenges. In a scathing report, the Productivity Commission has called for urgent changes to rescue the landmark agreement, accusing the federal government of “weak” action on…
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Chinese President Xi Jinping says economy is ‘more resilient and dynamic’
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on December 31 that the country’s economy had grown “more resilient and dynamic than before” as he addressed the nation in a speech marking the New Year. … China’s “reunification” with Taiwan is inevitable, Mr. Xi said, striking a stronger tone than he did last year with less than two…
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2023 will be the hottest year on record. Is this how it’s going to be now?
Though temperature records from December have yet to be finalized, climate scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have found there’s a more than 99% chance that 2023 will have the hottest recorded global average temperature, beating out 2016, the previous leader. The record-breaking year helped fuel climate-driven disasters around the globe – from extreme heat…