Tag: united states
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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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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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Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky
Republican politicians in Kentucky are rallying behind a new bill that would authorize the use of force—and potentially deadly force—against unhoused people who are found to be camping on private property. The bill would also criminalize unsanctioned homeless encampments and restrict cities and towns from preempting state laws. The bill, known as the “Safer Kentucky…
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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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Israel’s war on Gaza causes ‘cracks in the edifice of hypocrisy’
The extremity of Israel’s war on Gaza has become so unbearable that there are at last cracks in its political support. And the massive effort that Joe Biden has undertaken to back Israel no matter what it does is raising questions even in mainstream politics. There is, to begin with, the crisis over Netanyahu’s declaration that there must never…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Drops Out Of Presidential Race
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who entered the 2024 presidential race with a bankroll rivaling that of coup-attempting former President Donald Trump, dropped his bid for the GOP nomination on Sunday. The announcement comes just days after DeSantis claimed he had gotten his “ticket punched” to continue his campaign despite finishing a distant second to Trump in…
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Biden speaks with Netanyahu amid two-state solution outrage
“Obviously, we’re talking to them actively about post-conflict Gaza, and what governance there needs to look like and the importance of an independent Palestinian state for long-term security, not just for the Palestinian people but for the Israeli people as well.” The Biden administration has forcefully pushed for a two-state solution in the region, but…
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US and allies should beat China in space race to assure rules-based order there: experts and lawmakers
The US and its allies should win the 21st century space race and lead a rules-based international order there before China creates its own undesirable norms, American space experts, government officials and lawmakers urged on Wednesday. “The Chinese Communist Party is actively soliciting international partners for a lunar research station and has stated its ambition to have…