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Where Do Afghanistan’s Refugees Go?

Judge orders hospital to treat Ohio Covid patient with ivermectin

How China Has Overtaken the South Pacific One Island at a Time

Florida defies judge and punishes 2 school districts over masks

Plantation slavery, the first American dream

S.Korea's parliament passes bill to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

The Harlem Hellfighters awarded Congressional Gold Medal a century late

After 20 Years in Afghanistan, 'America's Longest War Is Finally Over'

Mississippi highway collapses in Ida’s wake, killing 2 people

Taliban celebrates victory as last US troops leave Afghanistan

China forbids minors from gaming more than three hours per week

Unvaccinated mom loses parental rights

U.S. completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

Ed Asner, who played Lou Grant in two hit shows, dies aged 91

Two die in Japan after shots from suspended Moderna vaccines

Texas house passes sweeping voting restrictions bill

UK research says vaccines increase blood clot risk

Bernie Sanders Says $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan Is 'The Minimum'

U.S. court upholds conviction, death sentence of Dylann Roof

Alexey Navalny gives first interview from prison camp

After Backlash, OnlyFans Suspends Plan to Ban Sexually Explicit Content

Algeria severs diplomatic ties with Morocco, citing ‘hostile actions’

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80

House Democrats pass $3.5 trillion budget resolution

Judge Rules California’s Prop 22 Unconstitutional

Black police groups call for ex-Black Panther jailed for 48 years to be released

Joséphine Baker to enter French Panthéon of national heroes

Protesters in France demonstrate against COVID pass for sixth weekend

Australia: Scores arrested at anti-coronavirus lockdown protests

How Bush, Obama, Trump Lied About Brutality & Corruption of War

Nabisco Workers on Strike Across US

The west’s nation-building fantasy is to blame for the mess in Afghanistan

OnlyFans to ban adult material after pressure from payment processors

How Walter Rubusana Paved the Way for Nelson Mandela

American CEOs make 351 times more than workers. In 1965 it was 15 to one

U.S. judge signs off on $850 million Boy Scouts sex abuse settlement

The Taliban's new U.S.-made war chest

The New Black Market for Fake Covid Passports

Taliban Vow 'No Revenge' Against Fellow Afghans Who Worked With US Forces

Mexican TV Anchor Gets Death Threat from Cartel

Biden announces historic increase to US food stamps programme

The rise of weedkilling robots

London’s cafe culture has left a sour taste for stressed residents

Haiti earthquake: More than 300 dead, at least 1,800 injured

Thousands march against French Covid health pass for fifth week in a row

The Ghost That Stalks the American Jewish Establishment

Hippos die from DR Congo river contaminated with 'toxic' waste

Biden’s Oil-Friendly Appointees

Tony Bennett, 95, retires from live shows on doctors’ orders

Biden sells vaccines with 'Dude With Sign'

France to boycott UN anti-racism conference

Temperatures soar as Washington and Oregon baked by another major heatwave

Several people dead following shooting in Great Britain

RFK, Jr. and Whitney Webb on the ‘Deliberate Coverup’ of Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein

AIPAC Accused of 'Putting Rep. Omar's Life at Risk' With New Islamophobic Ads

Inflation is devouring wage gains

Schwarzenegger to anti-maskers: 'Screw your freedom'

FBI offer to release some Saudi files not enough, 9/11 families say

Blacula Was About the Respectable Monster Haunting Us All

Andrew Cuomo resigns in wake of damning report on sexual harassment

Young Turtles Are Ingesting Lots of Plastic, Study Confirms

$125M to more than 100 Jeffery Epstein victims

Red Tide Has Killed at Least 791 Tons of Fish in Florida

Mandatory Covid vaccines for troops are coming. What happens if they refuse?

Asthma Tropes and the Kids Who Hate Them

Marvel and DC face backlash over wage and royalty outrage

Andrew Cuomo Picked His Own Impeachment Jury

Germany to stop free COVID-19 tests

Human-Induced Climate Crisis Is Causing Death and Disrupting on Earth

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s top aide resigns amid sexual harassment scandal

IPCC report’s verdict on climate crimes of humanity: guilty as hell

Juul: Tabaco Company Funds Prestigious Medical Journal

Tokyo’s Empty Olympics

Olympic flag passed to Paris Mayor Hidalgo for 2024 Games

Mount Merapi erupts on Indonesia’s Java island

‘Powerful signal’: Biden’s infrastructure bill sends message to China

Texas schools not required to do contact tracing

House Arrest Continues for Lawyer Who Sued Chevron over Amazon Oil Spills

Part of Gulf Stream at risk as Atlantic Ocean currents weaken

France's top court bans controversial bird hunting techniques

Former Tesla employee awarded $1m over racial slur

“ 30 GIVE $ Near-Record Temps and Deadly Fires Engulf Southern Europe

The Israeli legal system: No place for justice

Israeli jets launch air raids on southern Lebanon

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO union president, dies aged 72 – US politics latest

The Legacy of the Crushed 1981 PATCO Strike

Mexico sues US gunmakers over arms trafficking

Offspring drummer ousted after refusing Covid vaccine

Investigation finds Cuomo sexually harassed several women

U.S. automakers to say they aspire to up to 50% of EV sales by 2030

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' larger than normal, NOAA says

Thousands of Lebanese protesters demand justice one year on from Beirut blast

Hundreds flee homes as wildfire rages near Athens, Greece

Police officer dead, suspect killed after stabbing at US Pentagon

Homes — Not “Sanctioned Encampments” — Are the Solution to Homelessness

Amazon creates plam scanning payment system

Biden urges NY Governor to resign after sexual harassment investigation

Florida school to spend $16M to pay off student debt

Russian court sentences Navalny ally to 18 months of supervision

Third police officer who responded to Jan. 6 Capitol riot dies by suicide

Cuomo urges private businesses to move to "vaccine-only admission"

Oregon firefighters make progress in battle against largest US wildfire

Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report in Conversation with Paul Jay

Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of Apparent War Crimes in Gaza Assault; Urges ICC Probe

100 State Lawmakers From 20 States Join TX Dems in DC in to Defend Voting Rights

Biden Isn't Withdrawing Troops From Iraq, He's Relabeling Their Mission

Black Residents in Coastal Georgia Are Holding Polluters Accountable

Glen Ford’s Journalism Fought for Black Liberation and Against Imperialism