World

Havana loses power without ceremony. No warning, no countdown — just silence where there was noise, darkness where there was light. Families mid-conversation go quiet. An elevator stops…
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When Volker Türk, high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, speaks in such stark moral terms—“children are dying”—the world should listen. His recent call for the United…
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At a time when working people in Cuba are already facing severe shortages of energy, food, medicines and essential goods, further sanctions and restrictions risk triggering another…
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Mothers BY NIKKI GIOVANNI the last time i was home to see my mother we kissed exchanged pleasantries and unpleasantries pulled a warm comforting silence around…
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When he declared war on Iran in violation of international law and the US Constitution, President Donald Trump announced several objectives. He claims to have won the war, but Iran is…
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Pope Leo XIV on Monday said he would not back off his criticism of President Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran after the president targeted him with an unhinged late-night social…
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Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, April 7, the 39th day of the Israeli-US war on Iran. He depended on Pakistani mediators and a 10-point peace plan put forward by Iran…
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The bipartisan support Israel and its powerful lobby have enjoyed for decades in the US—with lawmakers from both parties insisting the federal government must help Israel “defend…
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Here is Donald Trump’s Easter message to the world: Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the…
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In ‘Freedom Park’ (S’kumbuto) outside Pretoria (South Africa), there is a Wall of Names that honors the men and women who died in the fight to liberate South Africa from apartheid.…
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