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Pentagon contractors in Afghanistan pocketed $108 billion over 20 years (1)

Aug 12, 2022 20:21

Pentagon contractors operating in Afghanistan over the past two decades raked in nearly $108 billion—funds that "were distributed and spent with a significant lack of transparency".
Time is running out. The US Department of Justice must indict and convict Trump

Aug 09, 2022 08:24

If Donald Trump or any of the likely US Republican nominees win in 2024 presidential election, they will immediately move to protect those who attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
Iran’s means of defence proves commitment to peace

Aug 07, 2022 14:44

Iran will not hesitate to defuse the dangers to the region posed by the weapons of mass destruction of dastardly states, if they continue with their inhuman policies of the slaughter of the innocents.
Climate endgame: Risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’

Aug 07, 2022 14:34

Dr Luke Kemp, a climate scientist at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk said “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” adding, “Climate change has played a role in every mass extinction event. It has helped fell empires and shaped history.
Extreme heatwaves: Surprising lessons from the record warmth

Aug 07, 2022 14:14

Unprecedented temperatures are coming faster and more furiously than researchers expected, raising questions about what to anticipate in the future.
ExxonMobil is counting on Trump-chosen judge to undermine right to sue polluters

Aug 07, 2022 06:42

In his 2017 decision, U.S. District Judge Hittner found that ExxonMobil committed, over a period of five years, 16,386 days of violation under the Clean Air Act, emitting 8 million pounds of hazardous pollutants more than what’s allowed by state and federal law and clean air permits.
'Playing with fire,' says China after Pelosi lands in Taiwan

Aug 07, 2022 06:34

Chinese warplanes took to the skies and U.S. warships were on the move Tuesday, August 02, as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ignored warnings from Beijing, the Biden administration, and peace activists by becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit Taiwan.
US played secret role in Nigeria attack that killed more than 160 civilians

Aug 05, 2022 20:50

The US played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that killed more than 160 civilians, many of them children.
Strengthening of Iran-China ties beneficial for the free world

Aug 05, 2022 20:24

It is natural for Iran and China to further strengthen their age-old bilateral ties through cooperation in all fields, including the 25-year accord that guarantees the development of the two countries and makes them immune from the extraterritorial sanctions of a fast declining US.
GOP officials in at least 3 states have refused to certify primary results

Aug 03, 2022 10:54

While candidates are free to challenge the results of their elections under various state guidelines, Trump-allied election officials pose a more insidious threat. Echoing the same false narratives as Trump and his endorsed candidates, county officials in New Mexico, Nevada and Pennsylvania have tried to circumvent state laws and refused to sign off on primary election results.