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At a Yemen hospital wracked by US funding cuts, children dying of hunger
Jan 11, 2021 12:42A Yemeni health ministry official says 100,000 newborns die every year in the impoverished country due to the ongoing war of aggression and total blockade imposed on Yemen by the Saudi-led military coalition.
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Astronomers find oldest, most distant galaxy to date
Jan 11, 2021 12:35Thanks to new research by an international team of astronomers, the oldest and most distant galaxy observed in our Universe to date (GN-z11) has been identified. The team, whose research was recently published in the journal Nature Astronomy, was led by Linhua Jiang of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Prof. Nobunari Kashikawa of the University of Tokyo.
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‘This is not who we are’ is a great American myth
Jan 11, 2021 12:25On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 – a day the world will not soon forget – hundreds of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump besieged the US Capitol in a serious attempt to overturn the results of the controversial election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president.
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This will be remembered as a turning point: Snowden warns against Trump social media ban
Jan 10, 2021 17:48While many breathed a collective sigh of relief when Trump’s social media bans were announced, Edward Snowden and other internet freedom advocates warned that the move sets a dangerous precedent.
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Poll: Most Americans think Trump deserves to be removed after Capitol chaos
Jan 10, 2021 17:46Most Americans want Trump himself to be reprimanded for his role in instigating thousands of his supporters to breach the United States Capitol building, according to a new poll.
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Effort to impeach Trump again gathers pace after 'attempted coup' at Capitol
Jan 09, 2021 05:00Donald Trump looks set to become the first American president to be impeached for a second time as Democrats accused him of fomenting a “coup” at the US Capitol building that left five people dead.
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“Last responders” are bracing for a surge in COVID deaths across US
Jan 09, 2021 04:44As covid-19 has spread from big cities to rural communities, it has stressed not only hospitals, but also what some euphemistically call “last responders.”
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Assange extradition denial indicts US prison system but imperils journalism
Jan 08, 2021 07:09The material that Julian Assange and WikiLeaks published contained evidence of war crimes committed by the United States. This is the first time a journalist has been indicted under the Espionage Act for publishing truthful information. Journalists are allowed to publish material illegally obtained by a third person if it is a matter of public concern.
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Citing the pandemic, CBP has expelled newborn U.S. citizens with their migrant mothers
Jan 08, 2021 07:01U.S. Customs and Border Protection has used a controversial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order authorizing the expulsion of asylum-seekers on supposed public health grounds to send multiple U.S.-born infants — who are by law U.S. citizens — and their migrant families across the southern border to Mexico.
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Two-faced US trade policy erodes Atlantic alliance
Jan 08, 2021 06:49European distrust of American motives was behind the EU leaders’ recent signing of a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China over the urgent objections of the Donald Trump administration and Joe Biden’s transition team.