President Donald Trump came within a hair’s width of death on Tuesday, when an escalator at the United Nations headquarters briefly stalled in an act of intentional sabotage, leaving him exposed to the mercy of a theoretical assassin’s bullet. At least that’s how Trump’s supporters and right-wing commentators are imagining …
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T he difference between coca leaves and cocaine, a Peruvian friend once quipped, is the difference between traveling by mule and jet plane. A clever line, but one that misses an essential point. The effects of the leaves and the drug are not comparable. To equate coca with the raw …
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Donald Trump‘s plan to forcibly displace Gazans so the United States can “own” the Gaza strip amounts to “ethnic cleansing” and is against international law, a United Nations expert said. The president on Tuesday announced, in a press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “The U.S. will take over …
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This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. It’s become increasingly common in coverage of the annual United Nations climate negotiations — the Conference of the Parties, or COP — to see stories about …
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Killer. Robin Hood. Cannibal gang leader. Revolutionary. These are some of the conflicting labels that have been attached to Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, the former police officer-turned-gang chieftain at the center of Haiti’s spiraling violence. Since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse plunged the country into anarchy, mainstream news …
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The United Nations is calling for an “independent, effective and transparent ” investigation into the discovery of mass graves at two major hospitals in Gaza following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the occupied medical complexes. Earlier this week, the Palestinian Civil Defense said it had uncovered hundreds of bodies …
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This story was published in partnership with Important Context. Fidelity Charitable, the largest grant-making organization in the United States, has removed the most impactful relief organization in Gaza from its catalog while still allowing funding for pro-Israel nonprofits and hate-groups, Important Context has confirmed. Donors using the Fidelity Charitable donor-advised …
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Climate activists say the 2023 UN Climate Conference is on “the verge of complete failure” after oil-producing nations secured the removal of language calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels from the summit’s draft agreement. COP28, held in Dubai and headed by Sultan al-Jaber — the CEO of the United …
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As delegates at the 2023COP28UNclimate changesummit work to identifyglobal climate actionsby the Dec. 12 deadline, the head of the OPEC oil cartel urged the group’s members to block any deal aimed at phasing out fossil fuels. In a letter dated Dec. 6, first reported by Reuters, Haitham Al-Ghais, secretary general …
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The 2023 COP28 UN Climate Change Conference is underway, and the oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia is extremely concerned about the damage unchecked use of energy resources — specifically the growth of renewable energy — might do to the planet. It has nothing to do with their status as a …
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