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[ad_1] Codepink While Begging for More Money to Commit More War Crimes. CODEPINK Disrupts Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth During Senate Appropriations Hearing. Washington, DC – On Tuesday afternoon, activists from CODEPINK, Vets About Face DMV, and the National Iranian American Council disrupted Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth during his testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, demanding an immediate end to the disastrous U.S. war on Iran and condemning the administration’s request for additional funding. Four people managed to disrupt Hegseth; of the four, two were Iranian-Americans, one U.S. veteran, and one nurse. They were each…

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[ad_1] Resumen-English. Denounces US Lies Used to Justify Aggression. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel rejected the report released by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The president described the document as part of a “transnational neo-McCarthyism” driven by a “clearly fascist movement” that “resorts to lies to create pretexts for sustaining aggression against Cuba and curtailing civil liberties in the United States”. Díaz-Canel highlighted the “millions” allocated annually to programs aimed at regime change, subversion, and terrorism. On social media, Díaz-Canel singled out Rubio, describing him as “one of the most corrupt officials in the current administration, with proven ties…

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[ad_1] Somewhere in Los Angeles this year, someone will get home who otherwise wouldn’t have. You’ll never learn her name. There will be no headline, no celebration, no council resolution—only an unremarkable Tuesday that ends the way Tuesdays are supposed to end. The same non-story will eventually play out in more than a dozen other metro areas where autonomous vehicles will serve as cabs. Last year, 36,640 Americans died in traffic crashes. That was the fewest since 2019, yet it still works out to more than 100 fatalities per day. The new generation of vehicles quietly accumulating mileage on our…

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[ad_1] Wes Streeting is now responsible for the military treaty with a country he believes committed war crimes, reports Dania Akkad. Wes Streeting, left, during his appointment on Monday as secretary of state for defence by Prime Minster Andy Burnham. (video still by UK Prime Minister@10DowningStreeton on X) By Dania AkkadDeclassified UK Late last July, as a famine unfolded in Gaza and Israeli settler attacks intensified in the West Bank, Wes Streeting texted a friend shortly before midnight. “Israel is committing war crimes before our eyes,” the then health secretary told Peter Mandelson over WhatsApp. “Their government talks the languages…

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[ad_1] Countries Where Migrants Make Up <1% of the Population Key Takeaways In 43 countries and territories, international migrants account for less than 1% of the population. Nearly three-fifths of the world’s population lives in these low-immigration countries, including China, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Across 81 countries and territories, migrants make up less than 3% of the population, showing how concentrated global migration remains. Migration debates often focus on countries that receive large numbers of newcomers. Across much of the world, however, immigrants remain exceptionally rare. Using 2024 data from the UN Population Division’s International Migrant Stock, this map highlights countries…

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