Ukrainian commander Zaluzhnyi preparing major 2024 counteroffensive (english.nv.ua)
U.S. Empire Humiliated at the UN: The World Stands with Palestine! (www.liberationnews.org)
Disgusted by the United States blocking a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, an emergency procedure was used at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday to force a vote. By a margin of 153-10, the countries of the world called for an end to Biden and Netanyahu’s massacre....
US Troops are Occupying Syria's Oil Fields. Congress Refuses to Withdraw Them (geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com)
The US military has illegally occupied Syrian sovereign territory since 2014, preventing Damascus from accessing its own oil and wheat. The Senate voted 13-84, rejecting a resolution to withdraw them.
In the Shadow of the Holocaust - How the politics of memory in Europe obscures what we see in Israel and Gaza today (www.newyorker.com)
Archive link: https://archive.is/7me3a...
Ukraine needs new troops so badly it is taking people's passports and tried to recruit a mentally disabled man (www.businessinsider.com)
Israeli Army Says It Killed Three Hostages Mistakenly Identified as a Threat in Northern Gaza (www.haaretz.com)
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Congress approves bill barring any president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO (thehill.com)
Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress. The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which passed out of...
Civilians sheltering inside a Gaza school killed execution-style (www.aljazeera.com)
UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing unarmed Palestinians...
Pakistan media ban on Imran Khan trial raises transparency concerns (www.reuters.com)
The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked (www.vice.com)
Thousands of purveyors of neo-Nazi tunes just had their day ruined by a crew of enterprising Scandinavian anti-fascists.
$6 Billion in PhRMA Network Grants Flood the Non-Profit World, Muddying the Advocacy Landscape (www.commondreams.org)
A new report by Public Citizen has uncovered that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and its member pharmaceutical companies — the PhRMA Network — have showered the nation’s largest patient advocacy groups, universities, professional associations, and more, with at least $6 billion in grants.
Sunrise Responds to Biden 45X Tax Credit Announcement: “A Step Forward, but Only a Start” (www.commondreams.org)
Following the Biden administration’s announcement of uncapped 45X tax credits to support a green manufacturing revolution, Michele Weindling, Political Director of Sunrise Movement, released the following statement:...
Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards (fair.org)
JD BLACK ONLINE MALE STALKER AND RENESIA SIMONE DIARREAH TREATS (www.youtube.com)
Source: spreaker.com/…/jd-black-online-male-stalker-and-r…...
Leaders of Venezuela and Guyana agree to avoid use of force in land dispute | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The leaders of Venezuela and Guyana said Thursday that they would not use force against each other amid a dispute over an oil-rich piece of Guyanese land and agreed to create a joint commission to address the territorial spat.
Tunnels once connected Egypt and Gaza. Here's what they looked like 10 years ago (www.npr.org)
MARTIN: There’s a report that the military was using artificial intelligence to try to map these tunnels. Do you have any sense of how that would work?...
Yazidis, led by Nobel winner, sue French cement maker over ISIS support (www.reuters.com)
Lafarge pleaded guilty in U.S. court in October last year to a charge that it made payments to groups designated as terrorists by the United States, including Islamic State, so the company could keep operating in Syria. Lafarge, which became part of Swiss-listed Holcim (HOLN.S) in 2015, agreed to pay $778 million in forfeiture...
RSF’s 2023 Round-up: 45 journalists killed in the line of duty worldwide – a drop despite the tragedy in Gaza (rsf.org)
According to the annual round-up compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the number of journalists killed worldwide in connection with their work (45 as of 1 December 2023) is the lowest since 2002, despite the war in the Middle East. In Gaza, at least 13 journalists have been killed because of their work as journalists...
57% Gaza and 82% Wedt Bank residents agree with Oct Hamas attack (mtstandard.com)
“Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October attack, the poll indicated.”
‘People Snatchers’: Ukraine’s Recruiters Use Harsh Tactics to Fill Ranks (archive.today)
With Ukraine’s military facing mounting deaths and a stalemate on the battlefield, army recruiters have become increasingly aggressive in their efforts to replenish the ranks, in some cases pulling men off the streets and whisking them to recruiting centers using intimidation and even physical force....
A Sobering Christmas Reality: Cocktail of Hazardous Pesticides in Wine has Tripled (www.thecanary.co)
A French nationwide study published in the Environmental Research journal suggested that agricultural practices and pesticides used in vineyards could have been linked to the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease....
China ‘mediated Myanmar peace talks’ (www.bangkokpost.com)
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