Daily Archives: October 12, 2020

Trump team misspells name of trade pick on Twitter

Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s transition team on Tuesday misspelled the name of the president-elect’s nominee for U.S. trade representative. In a tweet […]

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UN Calls for 'Fast-Track' Approach to Combatting Worldwide AIDS Epidemic

Faced with an opportunity to end the epidemic within two decades or risk reversing important health gains of the last ten years, the world is at a crossroads in the fight against HIV and AIDS, according to a report released Tuesday by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).  The document, (pdf), outlines a […]

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After Three Decades, Quest for Justice Remains Elusive in Bhopal

Wednesday marks the 30-year anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, in which at least 30 tons of the toxic gas methyl isocyanate leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide manufacturing plant, killing at least 3,000 people immediately and leaving hundreds of thousands more to grapple with the aftermath: cancer, tuberculosis, birth defects, and myriad other […]

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DOJ Says It Will Subpoena NYT Reporter James Risen

The United States government has confirmed that it will seek limited testimony from New York Times reporter James Risen, according to court documents filed Tuesday, in regards to his relationship with the alleged CIA leaker Jeffery Sterling. Ahead of the official filing, press freedom advocates had welcomed the news that the Department of Justice would […]

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Seeds and Soil vs. the Tyranny of Corporate Power: A 2015 Message of Hope

Last year, the United Nation’s Food and Agricultural Organization officially declared that 2015 would be celebrated as the International Year of the Soil citing the threat to one of the key ingredients to the planet’s food and farming systems posed by “expanding cities, deforestation, unsustainable land use, pollution, overgrazing and climate change.” “In the seed […]

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As US Releases More Prisoners From Guantanamo, Questions Languish Over Those Left Behind

The United States transferred five Yemeni prisoners out of the Guantánamo Bay military prison on Wednesday, releasing them to Estonia and Oman in the first detainee handover of the year. Four of them—Al Khadr Abdallah Muhammad al-Yafi, Fadel Hussein Saleh Hentif, Abd al-Rahman Abdullah Au Shabati and Mohammed Ahmed Salam—were sent to Oman. The fifth, […]

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