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December 13, 2022 by Jordan Cope
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The FIFA World Cup in Qatar has arguably become the most controversial to date, raising widespread indignation over myriad issues concerning its host, including Qatar’s decision to ban beer from stadiums and its mistreatment of the press, the LGBTQ+ community and migrant workers, 6,500 of whom have died since Qatar was awarded the Cup. Read more
Nov-21 7:30pm SBS World Movies: The Last Vermeer
While Joseph Piller, a Dutch Jew, was fighting in the Resistance during the Second World War, the debonair art connoisseur Han van Meegeren was selling Dutch art to Hermann Goring and other Nazis. Read more
Dec-29 11:20pm SBS-TV: Uri Geller’s Secret Treasures
Uri Geller, the man who bends spoons, reads minds, and can stop your watch. Read more
Apr-25 11:45pm SBS-TV: Auschwitz – One Day
This documentary tells the story of a typical day in 1944 in the ‘death factory’ at Auschwitz from the viewpoint of victims – but it also allows insights into the mindset of the perpetrators. Read more
