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China steps up as global leader while the U.S. steps away
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s appearance at last week’s World Economic Forum shows global leadership is shifting, not drifting, toward Beijing. The most vigorous defense of globalization and multilateral cooperation was mounted not by an American sta ...[Read more]
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Israeli defence minister warns IDF will stop at nothing to win in Gaza and Lebanon
Israel's defence minister has said the army will stop at nothing in future conflicts in Gaza or Lebanon. "It doesn't matter where the next conflict breaks out, it has to be at full strength," Avigdor Lieberman told a conference at the Institute for Natio ...[Read more]
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Trump’s plan to seize Iraq’s oil: ‘It’s not stealing, we’re reimbursing ourselves’
At a forum hosted by NBC on 7 September, Trump suggested oil seizure would have been a way to pay for the Iraq war, saying: “We go in, we spend $3tn, we lose thousands and thousands of lives, and then … what happens is we get nothing. You know, it use ...[Read more]
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Saudis Offered Me a Bribe to Abandon Syrian Government, MP Tells Sputnik
Mohammed Kheir Jasim al-Nadir said that while some Syrian leaders have indeed taken bribes from Saudi Arabia and stayed in the country, he refused the offer and went to serve Syria instead. "Saudi Arabia offered us money to break away from Assad and oppos ...[Read more]
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Wikileaks reveals video showing US air crew shooting down Iraqi civilians
A secret video showing US air crew falsely claiming to have encountered a firefight in Baghdad and then laughing at the dead after launching an air strike that killed a dozen people, including two Iraqis working for Reuters news agency, was revealed by Wi ...[Read more]
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Meet the New Boss: Bracing for Trump’s Anti-Worker, Corporate Agenda
Trump's ascension to the presidency has ended his inside-out shtick. Much like Barack Obama in 2008, Trump's anti-establishment marketing assault has culminated into an uber-establishment cabinet. Within six weeks of his election victory, Trump has procee ...[Read more]
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Cancer-causing ingredient found in toothpaste and chewing gum
A dangerous ingredient that may trigger the development of cancer has been found in toothpaste and certain food products, a recent study, published in Scientific Reports said. It goes about food coloring known as E171 (titanium dioxide). The substance is ...[Read more]
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In First Conflict With China, Trump & Xi Clash Over Embassy Move To Jerusalem
Following the first statement by the new White House press secretary that the move of the US embassy to Jerusalem was “coming soon,” Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared that East Jerusalem should be the official capital of a Palestinian state. ...[Read more]
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Monsanto, EPA Seek to Keep Talks Secret on Glyphosate Cancer Review
Monsanto Co. and officials within the Environmental Protection Agency are fighting legal efforts aimed at exploring Monsanto's influence over regulatory assessments of the key chemical in the company's Roundup herbicide, new federal court filings show. Th ...[Read more]
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America urged Saddam to attack Assad in Syria
America urged Saddam Hussein to attack Hafez al-Assad's Syria because of the closure of Iraq's oil pipeline, a secret 1983 intelligence report has revealed. A report, by former senior CIA official Graham Fuller, said the US should consider 'urging Iraq to ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky on the Long History of US Meddling in Foreign Elections
US has a long criminal history of meddling into the political affairs of other nations -- a history that spans at least a century and, since the end of World War II, extends into all regions of the globe, including western parliamentary polities. This int ...[Read more]
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