Tag: imperialism
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Biden Says 3 Americans Killed, ‘Many’ Wounded In Drone Attack In Jordan
Three American service members were killed and “many” were wounded in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden said in a statement Sunday. He attributed the attack to Iran-backed militia groups. They were the first U.S. fatalities in months of strikes against American forces across the Middle East by Iranian-backed militias…
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Human rights groups say Australian government must act after ICJ ruling on allegation against Israel
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has warned the Israeli government must do everything in its power to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. It was among several other preliminary orders issued by the court. When asked whether he welcomed the ICJ ruling, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia was not a party to the process.…
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US pauses UNRWA funding after employees accused of Oct. 7 involvement
The State Department has paused additional funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees while it reviews allegations that 12 of the organization’s employees were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, said on Friday that it was conducting an investigation into the alleged…
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PM defends tax cut backflip as living costs soar
More help is on its way for middle income workers stretched thin by the high cost of living in the form of more generous income tax cuts. Laying out the details of the revamped stage three tax cuts at a national address, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended the change in policy as the “right thing…
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Several killed in Israeli attack on UN shelter housing 800 in southern Gaza
Several people have been killed after a United Nations shelter in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis was shelled by Israeli forces, the Gaza head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said. “Two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people – reports now 9 dead and 75 injured,” Thomas White, the Gaza director…
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Doomsday clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight
Atomic scientists have kept their Doomsday Clock set at 90 seconds to midnight as they did last year, citing worry about Russia’s potential use of nuclear weapons amid its invasion of Ukraine, Israel’s war on Gaza and worsening climate change as factors driving the risk of global catastrophe. I do kind of wonder if the…
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Being American Requires Conformity
A Texas school district superintendent defended the continued suspension of a Black student over his locs hairstyle in a full-page newspaper ad, paid for by an education foundation. Darryl George has been suspended repeatedly by the Barbers Hill Independent School District for his hair. The teen’s family filed a federal civil rights lawsuit saying the punishment violates the CROWN Act,…
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Iran’s IRGC says 5 members killed in Israeli attack on Syria’s Damascus
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says five of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air raid on a residential building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Syrian state media SANA said the attack on Saturday took place in the Mazzeh neighbourhood. It said “Israeli aggression” targeted the building. Iran also blamed Israel for the…