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Mass grave reveals scale of unlawful killings by Egyptian army in Sinai, say campaigners
Human rights group says hundreds of skeletons found exposed or buried just below ground during research into killings of civilians Hundreds of bodies could have been buried at a mass grave discovered in Egypt’s Sinai province by human rights campaigners. Bodies lying on the surface and others buried barely 30cm below were found at a…
Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were ‘unlawful’
Elizabeth Blair A federal judge has ruled that the government’s abrupt elimination of humanities grants previously approved by Congress was “unlawful” and that a lawsuit brought by humanities groups can move forward. In April, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), terminated grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to thousands of groups across the…