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UN Approves World Court Resolution on Israel's Illegal Occupation

Barbara Walters, pioneering US TV news anchor, dies at 93

16,000 Nurses Say They Are Ready to Strike Across New York City

The world reacts to Pope Benedict XVI’s death

Lula da Silva names Amazon Defenders as Brazilian Ministers

Thirteen bison killed after road crash near Yellowstone national park

Trump tax returns show China bank account as six years of records released

Brazil starts three days of mourning for legendary footballer Pelé

Iran Protests Pass 100 Days as Demonstrators Request International Solidarity

Benjamin Netanyahu returns as PM of Israel’s most far-right gov’t

Chinese travelers rush to book overseas trips as borders reopen

More than 6000 children killed or injured by guns in 2022

Southwest Airlines Spent $5.6 Billion on Shareholder Gifts

Newly elected Rep. Santos admits lying about his credentials

South Korea launches jets, fires shots after North Korean aggression

Taliban Government Bars Women from University, Working for NGOs in Afghanistan

Buffalo NY faces more snow after deadliest storm in decades

Jordan flooding: Ancient city of Petra sees heavy rainfall

House Panel Urges Trump Be Banned from Public Office

Winter storm leaves at least 17 dead, hundreds of thousands without power

Ocasio-Cortez only Democrat to vote ‘no’ on spending package

Three dead in Paris after shooting at Kurdish centre

Cornel West & Christina Greer on Jan. 6 Insurrection

Media mogul Mike Bloomberg looks to buy WSJ or WaPo

House Committee Urges DOJ to Criminally Charge Trump for Jan. 6 Insurrection

Alameda: California county passes law banning criminal background checks for housing

Guardian hit by serious IT incident believed to be ransomware attack

Franco Harris, Hall of Fame Pittsburgh Steelers running back, dies at 72

Bomb cyclone and Arctic outbreak put 200 million under weather alerts

Demonstrators Charged with Domestic Terrorism for Protesting Atlanta's “Cop City” Training Facility

Afghan women devastated by university ban

Media Prescribe More ‘Pain’ for Workers as Inflation’s Only Cure

EU Approves Germany's $30 Billion Green Energy Plan

Father of July 4 shooting suspect charged with 7 felonies

U.S. Senate passes record $858 billion defense act, sending bill to Biden

EU Official Threatens Sanctions After Musk Suspends Journalists

Kentucky Supreme Court rules state school choice law unconstitutional

Japan approves a historic new military build-up

Iran’s Protest Culture

Starbucks Workers Launch Biggest Strike Yet

NC Supreme Court strikes down voter ID constitutional amendment

MacKenzie Scott reveals details of her $14bn in donations to 1,600 non-profits

Judge Wendell Griffen on a Life Fighting for Justice

8 social media influencers charged in securities fraud

Biden Hosts Summit of 49 African Leaders

Oregon Gov. Commutes Death Sentences, Dismantles State Execution Chamber

Harris swears in Bass as first Black female mayor of Los Angeles

Adjunct Stike Ends at The New School After Deal Reached

South Africa suffers extreme electricity black outs

Hundreds of refugees adrift at sea between Bangladesh and Myanmar

Jimmy Lai, pro-democracy tycoon, sentenced to 5 years in Hong Kong prison

University of California workers continue strike amid threat of arrests

Feds sue to block Microsoft’s $69B video game deal

Top progressive firm drops Sinema as a client

Elon Musk and the (ahem) future of civilization

Hydrogen pipeline between Spain and France to be ready 'by 2030'

Brittney Griner arrives in US after prisoner exchange with Russia

Sen. Sinema Ditches Dems Just Days After Warnock Win

Huge fire engulfs shopping centre in Moscow suburb

New York Times journalists in mass strike for first time in 40 years

Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ author indicted for money laundering

WNBA Star Brittney Griner Freed in US-Russia Prisoner Swap

French farmer awarded 11,000 euros over Bayer pesticide inhalation

The fixed-price shopping basket: Greece’s answer to cost of living crisis

Car insurance premiums to top $150 monthly in 2023

NY Times union warns of walkout on Thursday

Jury Finds Trump Organization Guilty on All Counts of Tax Fraud

Iran ex-president Mohammad Khatami voices support for protests

Germany arrests 25 people over alleged far-right coup plot

Democrat Warnock beats Republican Walker in Georgia US Senate runoff

U.S. court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing

Senate Republicans turn on Trump over suspend-the-Constitution talk

NYC Residents Fight Construction of World’s Tallest Jail

Service workers left in the lurch as Americans cut back on tipping

Elon Musk Legal Troubles Continue: Neuralink faces federal inquiry after killing 1,500 animals in testing

Georgia Senate runoff pits Democrat Warnock against Trump-backed Walker

Red Ink: How Elon Musk Became a Loser

When Lodgers Were “Evil”

Black man in jail in Floridadied by strangulation, autopsy finds

'Intentional Vandalism' Leaves Thousands Without Power in North Carolina

Iran says more than 200 killed in country’s continuing unrest

China’s protests are a warning to Xi Jinping from the youth

Kanye to Alex Jones: ‘I Like Hitler’

Biden warns 'silence is complicity' after Kanye's Hitler outburst

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Brazil's Lula says to meet with Biden

Biden signs rail agreement into law, thwarting strike

In America, racism is in the water

How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years

Macron slams US subsidies as 'super aggressive' towards French companies

Nakba film streams on Netflix despite Israeli threats

Fentanyl deaths in Los Angeles county rose 1,280% from 2016 to 2021

U.S. House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black party leader

Left-Wing Voices Are Silenced on Twitter as Far-Right Trolls Advise Elon Musk

Groups Rip NYC Mayor Over Forced Hospitalizations for Mental Illness

Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies at 79

Chinese city of Guangzhou eases COVID curbs after protests

Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader of seditious conspiracy

US government discriminated against Black veterans for decades

Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano erupts

Peet's Coffee Workers File for Union Elections

Crypto lender BlockFi files for bankruptcy in New Jersey

From Xinjiang to Shanghai, Protests Grow in China

Ireland fines Meta €265M for ‘data scraping’ leak

Who’s going to pay for an ethical chocolate bar?

The great American ‘homewashing’ is happening

Company fires 2,700 workers while they were sleeping days before Thanksgiving

Anti-lockdown protests spread in China as anger rises over zero-Covid strategy

US eases Venezuela oil sanctions after gov’t, opposition ink deal

Kanye West says he asked Trump to be his 2024 running mate

On Black Friday, Amazon Workers in 40+ Countries Strike and Protest 'Despicable' Treatment

Historic Shark Protections Approved at Global Wildlife Convention

Defeated Arizona hopeful Kari Lake sues Maricopa County election officials

Europe accuses US of profiting from war

China’s 26-storey pig skyscraper ready to slaughter 1 million pigs a year

China’s ‘iPhone city’ under Covid lockdown after violent protests

Indigenous, Black Communities Find Solidarity in Efforts to Reclaim Stolen Lands

Protesting workers beaten at Chinese iPhone factory

Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska

Colorado Springs mass murder's father makes homophobic remarks in interview

E Jean Carroll files new suit against Trump as New York sexual abuse law takes effect

Hundreds of New York Women Are About to Sue Alleged Rapists (and Enablers)

Gov. Hochul signs partial cryptocurrency mining ban into New York law

EU plans subsidy war chest as industry faces ‘existential’ threat from US

Biden Extends Student Loan Payment Freeze

Vladimir Putin's critics: dead, jailed, exiled

Virginia police: Multiple people killed in Walmart shooting

Violent protests break out at China’s largest iPhone factory

Fifa and Qatar in urgent talks after Wales rainbow hats confiscated

Twitter tech glitches mount as staffers depart

Oregon Governor Pardons 45,000 Marijuana Offenders

Popular Grand Canyon hiking spot changes racially offensive name

Alabama pausing executions after third failed lethal injection

One dead and 16 injured after SUV slams into Massachusetts Apple store

Penguin Random House merger with Simon & Schuster officially dead

European teams ditch pro-LGBTQ+ armbands at Qatar World Cup

Senator Kaine Slams Biden Move to Shield Saudi Prince for Khashoggi Murder

'It's over': Twitter France's head quits amid layoffs

Klamath River Dams Are Coming Down, and Local Tribes Are Rejoicing

FBI director ‘very concerned’ by reports of secret Chinese police stations in US

Garland names Jack Smith special counsel for Trump criminal probes

Biden administration says Saudi Arabia's MBS has immunity in Khashoggi civil case

A Loser Runs Again

Manchester United to sue Cristiano Ronaldo and ban him over interview

FBI director ‘very concerned’ by reports of secret Chinese police stations in US

Angry funerals spark new protests in Iran

Twitter Verges on Collapse as Workers Quit in Revolt Against Elon Musk

Outspent 11 to 1, Karen Bass Still Defeated a Billionaire to Become LA’s Mayor

SpaceX employees say they were fired for criticizing Elon Musk in open letter

Let’s call Kanye what he is: an anti-black, sunken place, coonin’ asshole with an agenda

How Kanye West Uses the Language of Black Liberation to Support White Supremacy

Kari Lake declines to concede, says she’s assembling legal team

Nancy Pelosi to step down as Democratic leader but remain in Congress

Judge Blocks 'Positively Dystopian' Censorship Law Backed by DeSantis

Trump, the loser, is back

Workers at 100+ Starbucks Locations Strike to Protest Union Busting

GOP civil war spreads to Georgia runoff

Three men found guilty of murdering 298 people in shooting down of MH17

Herschel Walker says in rambling speech he wants to be ‘werewolf, not vampire’

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma could get first delegate to Congress in 200 years

How the Jewish Labor Bund Changed After World War II

Iranian police open fire at Tehran metro station and beat women on train

‘Not appropriate’: China’s Xi scolds Canada’s Trudeau in public spat at G20 summit

Bass elected mayor of LA over billionaire rival in historic win

Gay Qataris physically abused then recruited as agents

Villanueva Is Booted After Los Angeles Voters Sour on ‘Sheriff Trump’

University of Virginia: ‘heartache and devastation’ after football team killings

Georgia Georgia’s six-week abortion ban overturned as unconstitutional

“Climate Collateral”: How Military Spending Fuels Environmental Damage

Vanessa Nakate Slams World Leaders for Perpetuating Deadly Fossil Fuels

Illinois Passes Pro-Labor Constitutional Amendment

Europe faces ‘cancer epidemic’ after estimated 1m cases missed during Covid

More than 1,000 Teslas recalled in Australia over steering fault

One billion young people risk hearing loss from loud music

Biden holds emergency talks with world leaders on Poland explosion

China has ‘stolen more’ US data ‘than every other nation combined’

Major Media Outlets From 20+ Nations Demand Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil

Karen Bass widens her lead in LA mayor's race

Katie Hobbs defeats election denier Kari Lake in Arizona governor race

Global population doubles in less than 40 years

Indonesian children killed by cough syrup

Family ‘horrified’ by video of sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group defector

Democratic Leaders Rebuked for Abandoning Oregon's McLeod-Skinner

University of California academic workers go on strike

Progressives slam Democratic party leadership in New York

Biden, Xi meet amid efforts to cool tensions between their nations

Keith Levene, founding member of the Clash, dies at 65

Fortunetelling Over Reporting Poses a Danger to Democracy

Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wins in Washington State

Mark Kelly wins Arizona Senate race, bringing Democrats a seat from control

The Rise of Celebrity-Politicians Is Bad for Democracy

Democrat Fontes wins Arizona secretary of state race

France accepts rescue ship Ocean Viking as dispute with Italy escalates

Plaintiff in Lawsuit Opposing Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Had PPP Loan Forgiven

Nonprofit scores with progressive health ballot measures in red states

Musk's foreign investors in Twitter are 'worthy' of review, Biden says

Musk's Twitter chaos brings sharp FTC warning

Elon Musk is putting Twitter at risk of billions in fines, warns company lawyer

In 'Huge Victory' for Planet, Norway's Equinor Abandons Arctic Oil Field Plans

Too Close to Call: Control of Senate Hinges on Races in Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona & Nevada

Los Angeles mayor hopefuls Karen Bass and Rick Caruso locked in tight race

‘Perennial’ rice saves time and money, but comes with risks

Stranded migrants disembark in Italy as one ship heads to France

Bitter GOP divisions leave abortion legal in South Carolina

K2, the world’s second-highest mountain peak, is covered in garbage

U.S. protests basketball star Griner's move to Russian penal colony

FTX is crypto's most crushing crash

Fetterman Defeats Dr. Oz, Flipping Key Senate Seat in Penn

Slavery as punishment for crime rejected by voters in three states

Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin admits interfering in US elections

German girl, 8, freed after allegedly being locked away for most of life

China: Reports conclude Beijing actively interfered in Canada’s federal elections

The digital occupation of Palestine

GOP billionaire megadonor says it's time to dump Trump

The Republican Party of Violence

Fresh protests erupt in Iran’s universities and Kurdish region

Liz Cheney makes waves on her way out of Congress

Make America Truly Great...For the Very First Time

White Milwaukee man charged after allegedly attacking disabled Black man

Aaron Carter, singer and brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick, dies aged 34

President Biden says Elon Musk's Twitter App is 'outfit that spews lies'

It's the Corporate Greed, Stupid

Justice Barrett, again, rejects bid to block Biden’s student debt relief

The Global Food System Enables Russia to Use Food as a Weapon

France's National Rally elects Bardella, 27, as Le Pen's successor

Missouri Court Blocks Restrictions on Voting Rights Groups

‘Nuclear wars must not be fought,’ China President Xi says

Israel Election Final Results: Netanyahu, Jewish Far Right Win Power

Musk-Owned Twitter Sued for Violating CA and Federal Law With Mass Layoffs