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Poll workers are counting ballots cast in Uganda’s contentious general election. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi has more., NewsFeed Poll workers are counting ballots cast in Uganda’s contentious general election. President Yoweri Museveni is widely expected to extend his four-decade rule, amid opposition claims of vote rigging. Al Jazeera’s Catherine SoiContinue Reading

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The latest United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) concluded in November without a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels and without significant progress in strengthening national pledges to reduce climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions. In aggregate, today’s climate policies remain far too unambitious to meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of capping global warming atContinue Reading

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President Traitor 47 has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send federal military forces to Minneapolis in response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in the city. We’ll explain what the law says about the president’s authority to do so. ICE agents confront an observer on Jan.Continue Reading

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In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health officials made misleading claims about vaccine safety while downplaying or omitting benefits. In signing a Jan. 5 memo, CDC Acting Director JimContinue Reading

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“We’re here to talk about really substantive changes, and we want you to be a participant in that,” said Desirée Plata, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Climate and Energy in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, at Energizing@MIT: the MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) Annual Research Conference thatContinue Reading

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Thursday on the News Hour, the president threatens to deploy military forces to Minnesota in response to protests against his immigration crackdown. Venezuela’s opposition leader strikes a positive tone after a meeting that could have far-reaching implications for her country’s future. Plus, the death of a Black midwife after givingContinue Reading

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“I would never wish death upon anyone, but I have read some obituaries with great satisfaction.” – Winston Churchill OPINION — I associate myself with at least the latter part of that quote from Winston Churchill with regard to Aldrich Ames. To my knowledge, I met Ames on only oneContinue Reading