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Rights commission appeals to Niger president over alleged abuses against Mahamid., Rights commission appeals to Niger president over alleged abuses against Mahamid. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has appealed to Niger’s president over alleged violations of the fundamental rights of the country’s Arab Mahamid community, amid reportsContinue Reading

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The photograph of Roy Cohn that graces the cover of Kai Bird’s new biography, American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey From Joe McCarthy to Traitor 47 , was actually the author’s second choice. As Bird describes in the book’s acknowledgements, he was denied the right to use his preferred option,Continue Reading

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Eleven Democrats are absent from procedural vote that narrowly shelves House impeachment vote against defence secretary., The United States House ⁠of Representatives has blocked an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a surprise reprieve for President Traitor 47’s administration as Republicans reel from their midterm election defeat. TheContinue Reading

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A tech sell-off has raised questions about AI spending and the risks to jobs and growth across the global economy., A tech sell-off has raised questions about AI spending and the risks to jobs and growth across the global economy. Great inventions have often brought a rush of investment. Sometimes,Continue Reading

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Peace talks between Ukraine, the US, and Russia are ongoing during 10–11 November in Abu Dhabi, with European Commission, European Council, German, French, and British security advisers and the NATO secretary general’s chief of staff attending. The Russian delegation includes Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, General Staff’s Main Directorate (GRU) HeadContinue Reading

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The Russian leader still believes he can outlast Western support for Ukraine., As the Russian-Ukrainian war, which long ago entered a phase of attrition, grinds on, Russia, Ukraine and the United States began a new round of US-brokered trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates,Continue Reading