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Ciarán Fahey
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Associated Press sports writer, often distracted by news.
I’m not German. I run @abandonedberlin.com in my free time.
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Ciarán Fahey @cfahey.bsky.social · Mar 23
Scarred by German colonialism, victims push the country into a new reckoning with its dark past

(AP) #Germany #colonialism #racism 🇩🇪

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A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany's colonial past
Germany has over the past years made strides in coming to terms with a dark era of its past, the colonial rule of large swaths of Africa.
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Netanyahu, wanted by the ICC to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, asks for a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel

(AP) #Netanyahu #accusations

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Netanyahu requests a pardon to end his ongoing corruption trial in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Israeli forces kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender

(AP) #Israel #WestBank #occupation

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian men in West Bank after they appear to surrender
Israeli forces killed a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they appeared to surrender to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.”
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November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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Former AP photographer’s vintage images of Ireland capture a world before it disappeared

(AP) #Ireland #rareoldtimes #vintage #photography #roadtrip ☘️

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Former AP photographer's vintage images of Ireland capture a world before it disappeared
Rare photographs from 1963 show a disappearing Ireland, captured by German photographer Diether Endlicher.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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BREAKING: Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have appeared on state television saying they have seized power in the country.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appear on state television saying they have seized power in the country
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have seized power, appearing on state television to announce their takeover.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Maybe just call it Dublin Airport – it has worked perfectly fine as a name for Dublin’s airport up to now.
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies at age 111

She “spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child.”

(AP) #ViolaFordFletcher #Tulsa #racism

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One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre's last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies at age 111
One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma has died. Viola Ford Fletcher was 111.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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UN climate talks were another abject flop. The words “fossil fuels” weren’t even mentioned in the final resolution.

(AP) #COP30 #Brazil #climatechange #fossilfuels #SaudiArabia

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Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop
For years, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with many climate experts, had high hopes for the U.N. climate talks that just finished in Brazil.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Bucha’s sense of betrayal over peace plan’s amnesty clause reflects a dark mood across Ukraine

(AP) #Ukraine #Russia #Bucha #betrayal

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Bucha’s sense of betrayal over peace plan’s amnesty clause reflects a dark mood across Ukraine
A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocitie...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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From today's episode of "What did Israel do now?"

- Plans to seize swaths of major West Bank historic site
- Settlers inaugurate new illegal outpost
- Palestinian activist detained and hospitalized
- Human Rights Watch: Israel committed war crimes in West Bank

(AP) #Israel #WestBank #warcrimes
Israel announces plan to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site and settlers have established a new outpost there, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinia...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Tuxedo-clad Trump rolls out the red carpet for the man whom his own U.S. intelligence said likely approved the slaying of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.

(AP) #Trump #Khashoggi #MbS #SaudiArabia
Takeaways from Trump's meeting with Saudi crown prince
A jovial President Donald Trump has held a warm and friendly meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Dublin City ⚓️
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Aer Lingus’ Irish breakfasts are much smaller now than they used to be. One sausage, one lump of pudding. And the hot drink is no longer included.

#AerLingus #inflation #breakfast ☘️
An Aer Lingus plane under a cloudy sky at Dublin airport.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Israeli settlers attack two Palestinian villages in the West Bank

(AP) #Israel #WestBank

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Israeli settlers attack two Palestinian villages in the West Bank
Israeli and Palestinian officials say dozens of masked Israeli settlers have attacked a pair of Palestinian villages in the northern West Bank.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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At UN climate talks in Brazil, the only sign of the United States is an empty chair

(AP) #COP30 #ClimateChange #Trump #USA #MAGA

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At UN climate talks in Brazil, the only sign of the United States is an empty chair
U.N. climate negotiations are underway in Brazil, and leaders are pushing for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit and bias claims

(AP) #BBC #Trump #mediabias #media

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BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit and bias claims
Britain’s biggest and most important media organization, the BBC, is facing turmoil at the top after its top executive and head of news both resigned.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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36 years ago, AP’s Frieder Reimold was watching a briefing by Günter Schabowski, who said he thought new restrictions on travel to West Germany were being lifted "immediately."

Reimold sent an alert, "DDR öffnet Grenzen," and the rest is history. An incredible night.

(AP) #DDR #Mauerfall #Berlin
AP reporter recounts covering fall of Berlin Wall in 1989
BERLIN (AP) — After months of overtime writing about upheaval and protests in East Germany , AP's Frieder Reimold settled in on Nov. 9, 1989, to watch a televised evening briefing by Guenter Schabowsk...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Rayo Vallecano, unbeaten by Real Madrid and Barcelona this season⚡️
November 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposted by Ciarán Fahey
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UN report on the situation in the West Bank, October 2025 only:

-260 settler attacks (average 8 per day), highest number since the UN started recording in 2006
-140 Palestinians injured
-150 attacks on olive harvesting
-4,200 olive trees vandalised in 77 villages
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Humanitarian Situation Update #337 | West Bank | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or ...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The Football Association of Ireland has voted to submit a motion to UEFA to ban Israel from its European club and international competitions.

(RTÉ) #Ireland #Israel #UEFA

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FAI to bring motion to ban Israel from Euro competition
The FAI has voted to submit a motion to UEFA to ban Israel from its European club and international competitions.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Bundesliga preview with Bayern Munich hoping to tie its 10-game winning start from 2015. Union Berlin will have a thing or two to say about that in Köpenick today.

(AP) #FCBayern #Eisern #Bundesliga

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Bundesliga record in sight as Bayern Munich aims to keep winning run going
Bayern Munich has extended its winning streak to 16 games across all competitions. The team recently defeated Paris Saint-Germain and Bayer Leverkusen.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Triple Trabi trouble at the Berlin Wall today.

#Trabi #Berlin #DDR
Three Trabis parked beside the sidewalk where the Berlin Wall used to be with one man outside one of them looking at the front of it as if he wanted to fix it but hasn’t a clue what he’s looking at.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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GERMANY - A Berlin court has confirmed that the "political activity ban" on British-Palestinian doctor Ghassan Abu-Sittah in the context of the “Palestine Congress” in April 2024 was unlawful.
Auftritts-Verbot bei "Palästina-Kongress" in Berlin war rechtswidrig
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November 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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You know those people on boats the United States has just been blowing up in the Caribbean? The AP went to find out about who they were.

(AP) #Trump #USA #Venezuela #humanrights

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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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We've reached the stage where someone or some people are painting swastikas with human blood in Hanau of all places.

(AP) #Hanau

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Dozens of swastikas painted in human blood daubed on property across German city
Police in Germany are investigating swastikas painted with human blood on dozens of cars, mailboxes, and buildings in Hanau.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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He’s done it! Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent

(AP) #Zohran #NYC

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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascent
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM