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Cease-fire deal between Israel, Hezbollah ‘within two days’: Israeli media
A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah is expected to be announced within two days, Israeli media said on Monday. The public broadcaster KAN, citing an Israeli source, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a US-backed cease-fire with Lebanon. According...
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Requiem for an Empire
President Joe Biden greets President-elect Donald Trump, Wednesday, November 13, 2024, in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith) By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove...
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The downfall of Matt Gaetz
It is hard to know which of the myriad allegations swirling around Matt Gaetz finally put an end to the former Florida congressman’s short-lived bid to become Donald Trump’s attorney general. The 42-year-old, who Trump had nominated to become the nation’s top law enforcement official, has variously...
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Putin’s Ukraine missile a warning to west before second age of Trump
Like Chekhov’s gun coming off the wall in Act V, it was probably only a matter of time before Vladimir Putin launched an experimental, nuclear-capable ballistic missile into Ukraine. It is hardly a coincidence that his decision comes as the war approaches a likely endgame, with both sides jockeying...
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World leaders split as ICC issues arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Israel and its allies denounced the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, even as Turkey -- and rights groups - welcomed the move. The court also issued warrants for Israel's former defence minister as well...
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North Korean leader says past diplomacy only confirmed US hostility
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his past negotiations with the United States only confirmed Washington’s “unchangeable” hostility toward Pyongyang and described his nuclear buildup as the only way to counter external threats, state media said Friday. Kim spoke Thursday...
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Inside Trump’s dramatic potential plan to shake up the FBI
President-elect Donald Trump is considering shaking up the leadership at the FBI by firing the director and installing an experienced former agent and MAGA loyalist in the top two roles. Trump has planned for months to fire Christopher Wray if he was elected, but in recent days has struggled to find...
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Russian lawmakers approve massive increase in defence spending
Russian lawmakers approved an almost 30 per cent hike in defence spending next year, committing the country to yet more huge outlays on its military offensive against Ukraine. Moscow had already ramped up military spending to levels not seen since the Soviet era, pumping out missiles and...
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Prescott knew what it took to keep Labour in power
The Labour Party is fond of balance. When smooth, middle class barrister Tony Blair became its leader in 1994, plain-speaking, pugnacious, working class John Prescott was the perfect man to balance the ticket. Similarly, when it became apparent that Left-wing puritan Jeremy Corbyn would be the...
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The Advancing MAGA Mob is Not a Monolith
According to the old cliché, a frog dropped into a pot of boiling water will immediately leap out, while the same frog placed in a pot of room-temperature water is incapable of noticing the water slowly coming to a boil, and will remain in the pot, unaware of the impending doom, until it is cooked...
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