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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa

1+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1158+ words) Airport and flight workers across Italy held 24-hour strikes Sunday, with nationwide walkouts by easy Jet flight pilots and cabin crew, ground-handling staff, baggage workers, security personnel and air traffic controllers. Hundreds of local and international flights were delayed or…...

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UK Labour government rams through authoritarian National Security Bill

3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1091+ words) The Labour government's National Security (State Threats) Bill passed all its stages in the House of Commons on July 6, becoming law two days later. It represents one of the most far-reaching attacks on democratic rights and press freedom in modern…...

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H5 N1 "Bird Flu" spreads to Australia

16+ hour, 29+ min ago  (898+ words) Concerns have been raised for the health of the Australian public and wildlife following the discovery of multiple birds infected by the H5 N1 strain of Avian Influenza (bird flu) last month. The first cases were two migratory seabirds found near Esperance…...

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Fiji military commander publicly denounces budget cut

16+ hour, 26+ min ago  (981+ words) Fiji's military commander Major General Jone Kalouniwai has responded to budget cuts to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) with an extraordinary campaign in the Pacific country's newspapers and on social media. Kalouniwai took out full-page advertisements opposing the…...

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Keiko Fujimori declared Peru's president: imperialism, institutional collapse, and the tasks of the working class

19+ hour, 58+ min ago  (880+ words) Fujimori's rise to power unfolds against a backdrop of open US imperialist intervention, a decade of accelerating institutional collapse and intense social crisis. Keiko Fujimori's 2026 victory unfolded under the direct pressure of US imperialism. Washington has been systematically intervening in…...

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SOAS graduate Sarah Cotte defends free speech during trial on terrorism charges

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (752+ words) A jury has been discharged following a trial at the Old Bailey in London in the case of Sarah Cotte, a 22-year-old School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) graduate charged under Section 12(1 A) of the Terrorism Act (2000). Prosecutors allege that…...

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Trump-Erdo'an meeting: A deepening war alliance between Washington and Ankara

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (629+ words) US President Donald Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo'an on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 36th NATO Summit in Ankara. The meeting took place under conditions in which hundreds of anti-war protesters have been detained, demonstrations banned and…...

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European imperialists seek access to markets, cheap labour and critical raw materials amid deepening great-power rivalries--Part 1

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (246+ words) This is the first of a two part series Europe's imperialist powers have for the past several years concluded a series of far-reaching trade agreements and raw materials partnerships spanning Latin America, Africa, and the Indo-Pacific. Donald Trump's return to…...

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Sri Lanka: Negombo Prison riots leave at least 20 people dead

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (429+ words) At least 20 prisoners were killed and nearly 100 people, mostly prisoners, were wounded on July 6 in clashes that erupted at the prison in the coastal town Negombo. It is a grim reminder of past prison massacres in Sri Lanka's history. The…...

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3 children die of carbon monoxide poisoning in Michigan after massive power outage

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (713+ words) Three children died of carbon monoxide poisoning in metro Detroit over the holiday weekend, as families struggled to cope with a massive power outage, which left 400, 000 households without lights, air conditioning, refrigeration and other necessities after a storm Friday evening....