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Experts working with U.N. human rights body say Maduro government responsible for “crimes against humanity” in Venezuela Maduro

Experts working with U.N. human rights body say Maduro government responsible for “crimes against humanity” in Venezuela

ADVERTISEMENTRelated topicsHuman rights and civil libertiesSocial affairsAp News AlertGovernment and politicsSocial issuesUnited NationsSeptember 16, 2020 GMTGENEVA (AP) — Experts working with U.N. human rights body say Maduro government responsible for “crimes against humanity” in Venezuela.ADVERTISEMENTRead More
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September 16, 2020
Daniel Ellsberg Tells Court U.S. Is Out for ‘Revenge’ Against Julian Assange Julian Assange

Daniel Ellsberg Tells Court U.S. Is Out for ‘Revenge’ Against Julian Assange

LONDON—Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who exposed the underbelly of U.S. policy in the Vietnam War, has told a British court that the extradition of Julian Assange is part of an American effort to “crush” future whistleblowers. Ellsberg said the U.S. wanted revenge against the WikiLeaks founder just like the Nixon…
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September 16, 2020
Top Huawei executives had close ties to obscure company at centre of U.S. criminal case Cold War

Top Huawei executives had close ties to obscure company at centre of U.S. criminal case

Huawei deputy chairman Guo Ping speaks during a press conference in Shenzhen, China, on March 29, 2019. TYRONE SIU/Reuters An obscure Hong Kong-registered company stands at the centre of the U.S. criminal case against China’s Huawei Technologies and its chief financial officer. U.S. authorities allege the giant telecom-gear maker used…
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September 16, 2020
Research into deflecting potentially world-destroying asteroids is apparently not a ‘national priority’ for the UK Space Debris

Research into deflecting potentially world-destroying asteroids is apparently not a ‘national priority’ for the UK

The European Space Agency (ESA) has let people know where €129.4m of work for its Hera mission will go. The UK is, unsurprisingly, not on the list. Hera, named for the Greek goddess of marriage, will follow NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) spacecraft to a rendezvous with the Didymos…
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September 16, 2020
Brutality against migrants has become normal on the EU’s lawless borders | Apostolis Fotiadis Unwelcome Refugees

Brutality against migrants has become normal on the EU’s lawless borders | Apostolis Fotiadis

The 2016 deal between the EU and Turkey, and the closure of the western Balkan route, curbed the massive influx of Syrian refugees towards Europe. But the story didn’t end there. In the years since, Europe’s intransigence on the issue of mass migration has led EU member states on the…
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September 16, 2020
Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds Holocaust

Almost two-thirds of millennials, Gen Z don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, survey finds

Almost two-thirds of millennials and Gen Zers don't know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and almost half can't name a single concentration camp, an alarming new survey on Holocaust knowledge has found.The survey demonstrated wide gaps in younger American's knowledge of the genocide while also showing a…
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September 16, 2020
Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with “life-threatening storm surge” Hurricane

Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama with “life-threatening storm surge”

Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm on Wednesday morning, packing maximum sustained winds were 105 mph.What's happening: "Historic and catastrophic flooding is unfolding along and just inland of the coast, from Tallahassee, Florida, to Mobile Bay, Alabama," the National Hurricane Center said, as…
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September 16, 2020