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US is organizing a color revolution in Cuba for November 15
Nov 04, 2021 16:52The United States government is playing a key role in organizing, promoting and amplifying upcoming nationwide protests in Cuba planned for November 15.
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Gitmo jurors liken CIA torture to acts by 'most abusive regimes in modern history'
Nov 04, 2021 12:32Seven out of the eight members of a military jury called for clemency to be granted in the case of a Guantanamo detainee in light of his detention without due process and said his abuse at the hands of the CIA was "closer to torture performed by the most abusive regimes in modern history" rather than the euphemistic "enhanced interrogation techniques" claimed by the agency.
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The US Senate is undemocratic. That’s bleak for Democrats’ midterm hopes
Nov 04, 2021 12:06Democrats are staring down an ugly reality in the US Senate: The historical malapportionment of the upper chamber, which awards two members to every state, even though Wyoming’s population is not only 68 times smaller than California’s but smaller than 115 counties nationwide, already places the party at a disadvantage.
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National Day of Struggle against Arrogance
Nov 04, 2021 11:5813th of the Iranian month of Aban, corresponding with November 4, is called the National Day of Struggle against Arrogance.
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US media oddly quiet on nuke sub collision in South China Sea
Nov 03, 2021 06:17The USS Connecticut incident in the South China Sea should be a wake-up call for East Asia – and the world.
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Climate optimism is an illusion, UN chief tells Cop26
Nov 03, 2021 06:12The UN Secretary General António Guterres said humanity stood on the brink of disaster and had been driven there by an addiction to fossil fuels and its “brutal” treatment of the natural world. Further global heating – with temperature rises already at 1.1C – would risk pushing the world past the point of no return.
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Biden apologizes for Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change
Nov 03, 2021 06:03President Joe Biden on Monday (Nov. 1, 2021) attempted to reinvigorate global commitments to fight climate change by pledging that the U.S. is "not only back at the table, but hopefully leading by the power of our example" at a conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Why the troubled 'US empire' could quickly fall apart?
Nov 02, 2021 05:40The United States has 4.25% of the world’s population yet accounts for about 20% of global deaths from COVID-19. A rich global superpower with a highly developed medical industry proved to be badly unprepared for and unable to cope with a viral pandemic.
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Shell and BP paid zero tax on North Sea gas and oil for three years
Nov 01, 2021 12:31Shell and BP, which together produce more than 1.7bn tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, have not paid any corporation tax on oil and gas production in the North Sea for the last three years.
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Trump seeking to block call logs and notes from US Capitol attack panel
Nov 01, 2021 12:25The National Archives revealed in a court filing on Saturday Oct. 30 former US President Donald Trump is trying to block documents including call logs, drafts of speeches and notes from his chief of staff relating to the 6 January Capitol riot from being released to the investigating House committee.