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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO
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No, Despite Hegseth, we Don’t need an even “More Lethal” NATO

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By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]

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Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities

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A Case for Nonviolent Resistance: MAGA Men and Rage

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Washington (AFP) – Top Republicans voiced confidence Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the US Supreme Court this weekend, as they asserted that […]

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Trump Humiliates, Squeezes Saudi Ally:  'Pay up--you wouldn't last 2 Weeks w/out US Army'

Trump Humiliates, Squeezes Saudi Ally: ‘Pay up–you wouldn’t last 2 Weeks w/out US Army’

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump, speaking at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday night, went out of his way to humiliate Saudi King Salman, […]

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UN Court tells US to Ease Iran Sanctions in PR Blow for Trump, but US Defies Court

UN Court tells US to Ease Iran Sanctions in PR Blow for Trump, but US Defies Court

By Jan HENNOP, Danny KEMP, with Shaun Tandon in Washington The Hague (AFP) – The UN’s top court ordered the United States on Wednesday to […]

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New York considers investigating Trump for Tax Fraud

New York considers investigating Trump for Tax Fraud

The president could Face Astronomical Civil Fines

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No Cheetahs or Cool Breezes: The World our Carbon Dioxide is Bequeathing our Children

No Cheetahs or Cool Breezes: The World our Carbon Dioxide is Bequeathing our Children

By Frida Berrigan | – (Tomdispatch.com) – “I don’t want to live in a world without cheetahs, Mom.” Seamus loves cheetahs and what’s not to […]

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Putin: Other Powers will Dump Dollar as Reserve Currency if US goes on With Sanctions

Putin: Other Powers will Dump Dollar as Reserve Currency if US goes on With Sanctions

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New Shiite-led Gov't in Baghdad:  How Iran won the Iraqi Elections & Frustrated Trump

New Shiite-led Gov’t in Baghdad: How Iran won the Iraqi Elections & Frustrated Trump

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Shiite politician Adil Abdul Mahdi has been appointed prime minister by new Iraqi president Barham Saleh, bringing to a close […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’

“this act is not only heartless and discriminatory, it is illegal”

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France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

France Accuses Iran of Bomb Plot near Paris

by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Valerie LEROUX | – Paris (AFP) – France has accused Iran’s intelligence ministry of being behind a foiled plot to bomb […]

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