World - Part 3

COVID Has Now Claimed More Lives Than the 1918 Flu Pandemic in the US
Simple mitigation measures like wearing masks as recommended by the CDC could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. ...[Read more]
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‘An Atrocity’: Poor Go Without as Rich Nations Set to Let 100 Million Covid Vaccines Rot
"Poorer countries shouldn't have to wait until our doses are about to expire to vaccinate their populations." ...[Read more]
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Gun Manufactures Quietly Target Young Boys Using Social Media
Companies like Smith & Wesson have "influencers" and "sponsored shooters" to connect with younger audiences. ...[Read more]
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‘Anti-China’ Military Pact ‘Threatens Peace and Stability’ in Pacific, Groups Warn
"The world needs global cooperation to tackle shared threats of the pandemic and climate change, not a new Cold War." ...[Read more]
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Auckland to remain in strict lockdown as New Zealand battles mystery Covid cases
New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, will remain under a strict lockdown for at least another week, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, as the country battles to stamp out an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant...While its overall ...[Read more]
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Despite appeal, Black Hebrews ordered to leave Israel within two weeks
Israel's Population and Immigration Authority has rejected an appeal by 51 members of the Hebrew Israelites community against a deportation order they received last April, ordering them to leave Israel within 14 days. The mayor of Dimona, where many of th ...[Read more]
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Global Poor ‘Facing Life or Death’ as Rich Nations Block Vaccine Patent Waiver
Poor nations "can no longer rely merely on charitable or voluntary measures dictated by only a small number of high-income countries and the pharmaceutical industry," said one public health campaigner. ...[Read more]
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Israel: Nearly 200 Americans moved to West Bank settlements last year, gov’t figures reveal
Americans who made aliyah to Israel were far more likely than immigrants from any other country to move to West Bank settlements last year, according to recent data from Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. The figures show 191 Americans out of 2,296 wh ...[Read more]
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Video: ‘Imminent Threat’ or Aid Worker: Did a U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan Kill the Wrong Person?
The New York Times obtained exclusive security camera footage and witness accounts to show how the military launched a drone strike that killed 10 people in Kabul on Aug. 29 without knowing whom it was hitting. ...[Read more]
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Investigations of US Drone Attack That Killed 10 Afghans Find No Evidence of Explosives in Vehicle
"The Pentagon has some serious explaining to do," said one reporter. "Now consider how many strikes go unexamined by Western media." ...[Read more]
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Noam Chomsky: The US-Led War on Terror Has Devastated Much of the World
The outcome of the 20-year war on terror, which ended with the Taliban’s return to power, has been disastrous on multiple fronts, as Noam Chomsky pointedly elaborates in a breathtaking interview, which also reveals the massive level of hypocrisy that be ...[Read more]
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