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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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In 2015, I wrote this in an article for Reuters about Obama avoiding war with Iran by negotiating the JCPOA. Here we are! www.reuters.com/article/idUK...

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BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.

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This op-ed is extraordinarily authoritarian. Uses outright lies to justify illegal attack on Harvard and cruelty toward international students. A whiff of fascism. How could WaPo run this? thttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/23/kristi-noem-harvard-foreign-students-dhs-restriction/

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Senator Van Hollen calls on Israel to allow international orgs to resume aid delivery as hundreds are killed trying to get food. www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...

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B'Tselem reminds us of what Israel is doing in Gaza while attention is on the war with Iran:

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A powerful argument, movingly made

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Under the smokescreen of war: Two days ago, Israel’s Higher Planning Council for the West Bank allowed IDF training in Firing Zone 918. This means the total demolition of 12 villages—home to around 2,800 people—and the final stage of ethnic cleansing in Masafer Yatta.

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Africa's Sahel region is gripped by a conflict, described as the most precarious in decades, amid a shattered global order. Strategic reflections reveal a gangland-like world #Sahel #GlobalPolitics

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In a historic trial, Dr. Vipul Patel in Florida performed robotic prostate surgery on a patient in Angola, 11,265 km away. This transcontinental telesurgery, a first, used advanced robotics with no delay, potentially revolutionising healthcare access globally.

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Trump just shared this alarming text from Israeli Ambassador Mike Huckabee, effusively praising him while telling him that no president has been in his position "since Truman in 1945" (when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan) & that he "will hear a voice from heaven" telling him what to do.

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It goes well beyond ambitious Israeli leaders wanting regional hegemony; it's that Israel's notion of security entails regional hegemony: For Israel to feel secure, it demands military dominance - not mutual deterrence - over all states in its neighborhood - and USA has blindly embraced this notion.

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“Did you really mean to say Gaza should be nuked because there’s something wrong with their ‘culture’?” Rep. Andy Fine (R) : “No — the fallout would drift to Israel and it would kill the hostages.” “…and what about innocent women & children in Gaza?” FINE: “War is messy.”😳

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US Veterans peacefully protesting Trump’s military birthday parade arrested at Capitol Hill. This is the moment a 80+ year old US veteran is taken away in handcuffs for practicing his 1st Amendment right. #3E #NoKings #NoKingsProtests (🎥 @gregjstoker.bsky.social )

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NPR - National Park Service being instructed to post signage at all sites across the country by June 13, asking visitors to offer feedback on any information that they feel portrays American history and landscapes in a negative light. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/10/nx-s1-5429773/national-park-servic

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We feed you. They hunt us.

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One reason California’s unauthorized population declined is that the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico in the state fell from 2M in 2010 to 1.2M in 2023, said Robert Warren of the Center for Migration Studies. “That’s a huge drop,” he said. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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It's immensely significant that four of our closest partners have issued sanctions and travel bans on Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who've incited violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and advocated for expelling millions in Gaza. This accountability measure is well earned.

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Recurring atrocities: Israeli gunfire kills at least 17 Palestinians and wounds dozens as thousands of displaced Gazans approach aid distribution site of a group backed by Israel and the US intended to supplant legitimate international humanitarian orgs. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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Boston Consulting Group CEO apologizes for Israeli-backed so-called "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" designed to supplant legitimate international aid orgs; fires two partners over involvement in initiative beset by violence and controversy. wapo.st/3HvovUh

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Great article - powerful history! Like much else these days, it made me think of Omar El Akkad’s book about the Gaza conflict, “One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This.” So painful to realize how that truth manifests itself over and over…

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'Israel’s new US-backed Gaza aid scheme integrates food into military strategy. Since war began, Israel restricted aid, easing up when famine alerts appeared, tightening as attention faded. Now... new mechanism risks entrenching starvation rather than ending it' www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

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The US is now standing with rogue regimes and war criminals against the ICC. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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A top covid vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after federal health officials rescinded long-standing recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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The IDF is using an algorithm it knows is inaccurate to label populated areas of Gaza as unpopulated to then bomb them. They’ve killed hundreds in recent weeks alone as a result. www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...

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Times of Israel confirms that Israel is arming the Abu Shabab militia accused of looting humanitarian aid in areas under IDF control. There is no bottom. Israel arming Gazan gang with rifles to bolster opposition to Hamas, sources confirm | Times of Israel www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-jun...

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Volkswagen AG is considering producing cars in Egypt, part of plans to tap new African markets as it grapples with weaker demand at home.

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