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Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad

Support such as for white Afrikaners and anti-communism reveals how US is redefining what qualifies as human rights

The Guardian - US · Sep 30

280-year-old shipwreck in England reveals ‘silver bones’ and hidden treasure beneath the sea

In 1740, during a winter tempest off the English coast, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) merchant ship Rooswijk sank with the crew and cargo in a wreck that has now been found nearly 280 years later by Historic England and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE). Researchers…

The Times of India · Mar 25

Dutch Art Sleuth Recovers Stolen Trove Of UNESCO-listed Documents

A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world's first multinational corporation.

International Business Times · Jul 9, 2025

Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck review – Indonesia’s fight for freedom

A superb history of the struggle for independence after three centuries of Dutch colonial rule

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024

Swadeshi Steam documents VOC’s struggle against British maritime empire

Explore the remarkable story of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai's battle against the British maritime empire & south India's role in the country's freedom struggle in A.R. Venkatachalapathy's book "Swadeshi Steam".

The Hindu · Jan 4, 2024

Climate change: colonial diaries in South Africa are helping scientists reconstruct weather patterns of the past to protect against future events

The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back into history: are today’s extreme heat waves, catastrophic droughts and floods all due to climate change? Was climate and…

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2022

‘Isn’t a regional leader a national leader too?’: Why TN is repurposing its rejected R-Day float

Every year in the days leading up to January 26, news headlines are scattered with lists of states whose tableaux have been rejected from participating in the Republic Day parade held in the national capital.

Newslaundry · Jan 25, 2022