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Rabble-rousers sowing seeds of discord between Iran, Afghanistan
Apr 25, 2022 10:59Iran's Envoy to the UN, Majid Takht Ravanchi, speaking at a UN Security Council session on Afghanistan recently, said that Tehran had done all in its power to support Afghan refugees over the past four decades, despite harsh sanctions.
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Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on Russia- Ukraine crisis (2)
Apr 23, 2022 14:48Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of US major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits.
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America’s top 15 earners and what they reveal about the US tax system
Apr 22, 2022 14:03An unprecedented trove of leaked IRS data shows who reported the most income in America from 2013 to 2018, as well as their tax rates, revealing that the very richest pay lower rates than the merely rich.
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Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on Russia- Ukraine crisis (1)
Apr 22, 2022 14:01Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of US major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits.
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'Stain on democracy': Tax day study shows US billionaires now own $4.7 trillion
Apr 22, 2022 13:58As everyday Americans continue to struggle during the ongoing pandemic, taxes on the rich remain shamefully low and billionaires have seen their wealth skyrocket.
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Why WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne
Apr 21, 2022 10:32Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.
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America's exceptional amnesia
Apr 21, 2022 01:31Needless to say, the US government has killed many people in its military interventions abroad, most recently in West Asia and Africa.
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COVID-19 death rates in poorer US counties were nearly double
Apr 18, 2022 15:18As the US approaches 1 million deaths from COVID-19, it can feel impossible to wrap Americans' heads around such a devastating figure. But it's essential if they want to treat the pre-existing conditions that made it so deadly.
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‘That was my beloved son’: Family of Patrick Lyoya say police killed their son in an ‘execution’
Apr 17, 2022 04:41Hundreds of people have held protests after police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, released three videos of a white police officer shooting a Black man dead. Patrick Lyoya, 26, was fatally shot on April 4 in what activists refer to as the latest example of police violence against young Black men.
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US teen overdose deaths double in three years amid fentanyl crisis
Apr 16, 2022 03:16A new study has found drug overdose deaths among high school-aged US teens have more than doubled since 2019, driven by a rise in the deadly opioid fentanyl.