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Tragedy of unknown homeless man found ‘frozen to death’ in city centre on coldest night of the year
The body of a homeless man was found tragically 'frozen to death' in Birmingham's city centre on the coldest night of the year. Police were called to a car park entrance in Station Road at 11.30pm Wednesday after a local drinking in the nearby boozer disc ...[Read more]
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Amazon drivers forced to deliver 200 parcels a day with no time for toilet breaks while earning less than minimum wage
Drivers are being asked to deliver up to 200 parcels a day for Amazon while earning less than the minimum wage, a Sunday Mirror investigation reveals today. I hopped in a white van to spend a day with one driver and experience first-hand the intolerable p ...[Read more]
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Jeremy Corbyn and Noam Chomsky win peace prize amid media silence
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been awarded the Sean MacBride Peace Prize along with Noam Chomsky and Japanese anti-military base activists, yet the award received scant coverage in the British media. The International Peace Bureau presents the Sean M ...[Read more]
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West should boast about its “decisive victories” in Afghanistan, Iraq & Libya, not Syria
Moscow baffled by American and French statements over US-led coalition’s 'decisive role' in defeating Islamic State in Syria. “Our Western partners have been saying in the recent days that it was not Russia but them, the coalition, who defeated Is ...[Read more]
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UN tells Israel to let in nuclear inspectors
The UN general assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to open its nuclear programme for inspection. The resolution, approved by a vote of 174 to six with six abstentions, calls on Israel to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Tr ...[Read more]
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Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria during surprise visit to Khmeimim Airbase
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria. He gave the command during a surprise visit to Khmeimim Airbase in Syria’s Latakia province on Monday morning. The Russian president was met by his Syrian counterp ...[Read more]
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Net neutrality: ‘Father of internet joins tech leaders in condemning repeal plan
More than 20 internet pioneers and leaders including the “father of the internet”, Vint Cerf; the inventor of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee; and the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak have urged the FCC to cancel its vote to repeal net neutrality, d ...[Read more]
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Democratic Party Set to Purge Progressive Reformists
Refusing to face why the Republicans won in 2016, the national Democratic Party rebuffs proposals to make the party more democratic. ...[Read more]
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Watching the Watchmen: First Ever Pentagon Audit Begins
For the first time in its 70-year history, the US Department of Defense (DoD) will be undertaking an agency-wide audit. Pentagon officials announced that a massive audit involving thousands of inspectors will be checking every nook and cranny of the garga ...[Read more]
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All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs
The FCC is about to give massive internet service providers the power to divide the internet. It is at risk of becoming unrecognizable. A vital global utility that has been a boon to creative and economic freedom for people around the world may be turned ...[Read more]
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Astronomers Abuzz as ‘Alien Mothership’s Messenger’ Approaches Earth
Scientists are planning to study a mysterious cigar-shaped asteroid, the first confirmed object from outside our home in the cosmos, hurtling through space on its way out of our solar system. ...[Read more]
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