The Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown in Xinjiang starting in 2017, sweeping a million or more Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnicities into prisons and internment camps.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
For years, many of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority have embarked on rickety wooden boats to try to reach neighbouring countries, including Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, in a bid to flee persecution in Myanmar or overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Johns makes her move As an 11th grader at Moton High School, Johns began talking with some of her fellow students about taking action to protest the shacks and improve their education.
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Jonathan Entin,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
Just south of downtown San Jose, about 100 people live on the banks of Coyote Creek, where footpaths and improvised bridges connect a community of tents and wooden shacks — the city’s last sprawling homeless encampment.
In the interview, which took place before the Colbert episode aired, the two figures talked about traditional folk music, Plant’s dislike of sea shanties, and the differences between English and American music.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
Still, the rich history behind the day of laughter and libations remains behind the surge of shamrocks and drunken shanties.
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Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
Abdul Hadi spent his days hiding in hovels in distant parts of Syria, turning his mind obsessively over the old days of revolution, over fleeting encounters and terrible choices.
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Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
In a 5-1 vote, with one abstention, the Oakland City Council approved stricter rules for vehicles that remain parked in front of residences for months on end and tents that generate waste and, in some cases, hazardous fires.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
The repeal allowed the city to charge homeowners and those living in single-family residences (the certain percentage of the public protected by the ordinance) the same trash collection fees that others had hitherto been forced to pay.
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Antonio Martinez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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