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British Government loses key Brexit bill vote
In a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May, MPs voted to give Parliament a legal guarantee of a vote on the final Brexit deal struck with Brussels. The government had argued this would jeopardise its chances of delivering a smooth departure from the EU. Desp ...[Read more]
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The first alien object to visit our solar system is wrapped in strange organic coat, scientists reveal
The first ever interstellar visitor to our solar system is wrapped in a layer of organic insulation, scientists have said. Oumuamua has enthralled astronomers and the public since it flew through the solar system in October. ...[Read more]
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Three Georgia police officers indicted for tasing to death black man who had committed no crime
Former sheriff’s deputies Henry Lee Copeland, Michael Howell and Rhett Scott have been indicted in connection with the death of Eurie Lee Martin. On July 7 Martin was walking, presumably to see family—it was his birthday—when he stopped to knock on ...[Read more]
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Palestinian Teenager Ahed Tamimi’s Trial Adjourned, Israeli Judge Bars Public
The Palestinian 17-year-old could face up to 14 years prison for defying the occupation. The trial of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi started in the Israeli military court at Ofer military prison in the West Bank on Tuesday. The teen activist faces 12 ch ...[Read more]
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1.7 million viewers tuned into Bernie Sanders Inequality Town Hall webcast
ack in January, a million people tuned in to Bernie Sanders' town hall on universal health-care; yesterday, 1.7 million people tuned in to watch Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Moore, and a panel of experts discuss inequality. It was 90 minutes of w ...[Read more]
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Labour election launch: Corbyn accuses Tories of reckless failure over police cuts
Jeremy Corbyn launched a scathing attack on local government funding cuts today as he sought to put the row over antisemitism in Labour behind him. Launching the party’s London local election... ...[Read more]
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US State Department publishes, then deletes sadistic Venezuela hit list boasting of economic ruin
The Grayzone has obtained a list of "key outcomes" on Venezuela deleted out of apparent embarrassment by the State Department. It boasts of wrecking the nation's economy, destabilizing its military, and puppeteering its political opposition. ...[Read more]
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It feels like a war zone – As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work
At least 41 grocery workers have died of covid-19, and thousands more have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in recent weeks. ...[Read more]
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Ousted expert on Florida’s Covid plan: They are not listening to the scientists
Rebekah Jones, creator and manager of the state’s official coronavirus database, first claimed she was ordered to censor information to justify Governor Ron DeSantis’s ambitious reopening plans for the state. Jones was fired for insubordination, and s ...[Read more]
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Arrest warrant issued for ex-Florida data analyst Rebekah Jones
Jones once managed Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard. Then she was fired in May from her position as the geographic information system manager for the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Disease Control and Health Protection. She has since become an ...[Read more]
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Where Have All the Vaccines Gone? CDC Says Only Half of Shots Feds Sent to States Were Used
January has become the deadliest month of the pandemic in the United States, with at least 80,000 deaths from COVID-19 so far, and public health experts worry new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus could make things worse. President Joe Biden ha ...[Read more]
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