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  • "Struggle for Dignity": At Least 40 Killed in Mass Protests in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

    In Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a coalition of local politicians, activists and small-business leaders called the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) has been leading mass protests over the soaring cost of living and the limits placed on political autonomy. In response, the Pakistani government banned the group under counterterrorism laws and ordered a communications blackout. Security forces have been accused of indiscriminately firing on nonviolent demonstrators, killing at least 40 people. For more, we speak to Kashmiri writer Mirza Waheed, who grew up in India-administered Kashmir, on the other side of the “Line of Control.” In the Pakistani-controlled region known locally as Azad Kashmir, the center of the JAAC protests, “the […]

  • Amid Growing Fears of Rogue AI, Expert Urges Governments to "Bring This to a Grinding Halt"

    Is AI superintelligence inevitable? AI safety researcher David Krueger says it doesn’t have to be. Krueger, an assistant professor at the University of Montreal and founder of the nonprofit Evitable, warns that “we need to mitigate the risk of extinction” with regulation and moratoriums to halt the development of AI’s computational power and complexity, which he says is progressing at a rate much faster than current levels of human supervision can manage. Public statements from AI companies that their models have circumvented test constraints and broken into other systems are “what we should expect to happen with the way that we’re building AI, with how little we understand it and how primitive our techniques are for […]

  • "Fire Climate": Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control

    The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years. Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destructive across the western United States. “The homes, the communities, they’re just not simply prepared for fire,” says Paul Hessburg, former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington. Hessburg walks us through the history of the region, from the controlled fires practiced by Indigenous peoples before European settlement to present-day ecologically unsound factors including “accidental ignitions, dense forests, the wrong kinds of fuels on the ground […]

  • Headlines for August 6, 2026

    Trump Blasts Democratic Nominee for Senate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Pledges to “Make Dobbs Permanent” Nationwide, Senate Votes to Confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz to Lead the CDC, New Mexico Sues the DOJ for “Stonewalling” State Probe into Epstein, Federal Lawsuit Accuses Trump Admin of Targeting Children for Deportation, Authorities in Ceuta Looking to Transfer Unaccompanied Minors to Mainland Spain, NYT: CIA Secretly Established New Cuba Task Force, Iran and Oman Agree on Coordinates for Shipping Corridor Through the Strait of Hormuz, Israeli Prosecutors Indict Settler Yinon Levi over the Killing of Palestinian Activist Awdah Hathaleen, Israeli Military Conducts Targeted Strikes in Southern Lebanon, Head […]

  • "This Is an ICE Murder, Too": Gabriela Soto Says She Miscarried While Husband Was Detained in Solitary

    In the wake of a third ICE death at the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, we speak with Gabriela Soto, whose husband Martín was one of the leaders of the May hunger strike at the immigration jail. Martín was transferred to Elizabeth Detention Center, New Jersey’s other ICE facility, during the hunger strike at Delaney. Gabriela is calling for the closure of both facilities. “At first, I was fighting for my husband, but then I started to meet all of these people who are just innocent, and they are the people that make this country great,” says Soto, who blames her recent miscarriage on the stress of her husband being detained. “I am still grieving,” she says. “To me, this is an ICE murder, too.” This comes as […]

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  • Redrawing Africa: AI Blunders and Colonial Blind Spots

    Reading the news over the past week, I couldn’t avoid asking myself an unexpected question: What’s going on with our understanding of Africa’s geography these days?   Two curious, unrelated incidents concerning Africa and the West made the headlines. The first may appear trivial but turns out to be symptomatic of a longstanding trend. The second,… Continue reading Redrawing Africa: AI Blunders and Colonial Blind Spots The post Redrawing Africa: AI Blunders and Colonial Blind Spots appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • Beyond the Funeral: What Khamenei’s Final Farewell Reveals About Iran’s Next Chapter

    The state funeral for Ali Khamenei was never just a funeral. It was a choreographed act of political messaging designed to show that the Islamic Republic could absorb the death of its supreme leader and still project discipline, continuity and reach. The ceremony was also used to signal defiance toward the United States and Israel… Continue reading Beyond the Funeral: What Khamenei’s Final Farewell Reveals About Iran’s Next Chapter The post Beyond the Funeral: What Khamenei’s Final Farewell Reveals About Iran’s Next Chapter appeared first on Fair Observer.

  • Riyadh’s Sudan Contradiction: Mediator by Day, Arms Broker by Night

    In May 2023, Saudi Arabia and the United States forced the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) into a room in Jeddah. The two sides signed a declaration promising to protect civilians and open up aid routes. After a few days, they were back to fighting. Whenever the topic arises, Riyadh still refers to… Continue reading Riyadh’s Sudan Contradiction: Mediator by Day, Arms Broker by Night The post Riyadh’s Sudan Contradiction: Mediator by Day, Arms Broker by Night appeared first on Fair Observer.

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  • Donald Trump refuses to say whether Ohio Republican Max Miller should step aside by tomorrow – US politics live

    Former senior adviser to Trump is seeking reelection despite domestic abuse allegations by his ex-wifeDonald Trump has made a second attempt to restrict the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, just weeks after the US supreme court rejected his initial, more sweeping bid to deny automatic citizenship to the children born to undocumented immigrants and temporary foreign residents.Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders that seek to broaden the categories of children ineligible for automatic US citizenship and ban so-called “birth tourism”. The directives are expected to face legal challenges.One month after the United States supreme court struck down his first attempt to restrict the guarantee of birthright […]

  • ‘This is very real redlining’: outrage in Little Rock as two datacenters loom

    Critics decry proposed hyperscale projects, fearing overuse of water and electricity, and ‘appropriating rural, Black-owned land for industrial purposes’There seems to be a fight over datacenters in nearly every city in the US right now. And amid the extreme polarization of today’s politics, the opposition tends to be bipartisan.“I would say it’s kind of the far left and the far right ran into each other and had a hug,” said Frank Scott Jr, mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas. “But they come at it from different perspectives.” Continue reading...

  • With their assault on science, Trumpists aren’t just harming America – they’re harming themselves | Jan-Werner Müller

    The administration is subjugating science to political imperatives, a major blow to US soft power and technological progressThe Trump administration is waging an unprecedented war on institutions devoted to research and higher learning. While plenty of countries have harmed universities by imposing neoliberal logics on academia – creating artificial markets in the name of spurring professors to be more productive – the Trumpist subjugation of all science to political imperatives has no equivalent in a democracy; if anything, it is reminiscent of Stalin’s Soviet Union. The assault now also targets foreign students and any kind of international collaboration – a major blow to US soft power. Why are Trumpists engaging in what can only […]

  • Trump orders new 15% tariff on key material for solar panels and microchips

    Move to raise levy on goods made with polysilicon aims to protect domestic US supply chains from China, the major producerDonald Trump has ordered a new 15% tariff on imported products made of polysilicon, an important ingredient in microchip manufacturing that is primarily produced by China.The new tariff, which will take effect on 4 December, is aimed at supporting US chip and solar panel supply chains to compete with Beijing on artificial intelligence and energy. Continue reading...

  • Trump unbound: the making of an imperial presidency – podcast

    Donald Trump’s second term is unlike his first. The politicians who challenged him are gone. The lawyers who once pushed back now choose their battles. What remains is an imperial president with almost no internal checks, using executive power to reshape everything from the economy, immigration and even the presidency itself.Few journalists have covered Trump as closely as the New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan. Jonathan Freedland speaks to him about how the president has consolidated such power – and what it could mean for the US and the worldWatch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channelYou can find Jonathan Swan and Maggie Habermans’ book Regime Change hereSend your questions and feedback to […]

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      • Cómo forzamos que UPS creará empleos a tiempo completo en nuestra sección sindical

        A menudo, lograr una mejora en el contrato es solo la mitad de la batalla; la otra mitad consiste en hacer que se cumpla. Fue una gran victoria en 2023 cuando nuestra campaña nacional por mejoras al contrato logró que la empresa de paquetería UPS eliminara su sistema de dos niveles salariales para los conductores. En el momento en que los conductores del nivel inferior ascendieron a la categoría regular, nuestro centro en Charleston, Carolina del Sur, contaba con 91 conductores de reparto a tiempo completo.

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      • Investigative report traces global reach of 'revenge porn' website

        From a court case in the US to a family home in New Zealand, a cross-border investigation by Bellingcat and The Press, a daily newspaper in New Zealand, tracks down the alleged owner of a "revenge porn" website. The World's Host Marco Werman spoke to Bellingcat investigator Kolina Koltai, based in Seattle, and Michael Wright, a reporter with The Press, based in Christchurch, New Zealand.CONTENT […]

      • How 'We Are the World' change the life of this musician from Uganda

        Ugandan singer-songwriter Jon Muq was in Kampala, when he first heard the charity single "We Are the World" from his cousin's CD collection. This song opened Muq's world to pop music and inspired him to learn English and start writing his own songs. Muq released his debut album, "Flying Away," back in May 2024, and he'll be back on the road later this month.This story originally aired on Sept. […]

      • Westminster Council proposes a reduction in 'vertical drinking'

        In an attempt to cut down on outside noise and rowdiness, the Westminster City Council, which is responsible for licensing pubs and restaurants in London's West End, has put forward a proposal to cut back on what it calls "vertical drinking," essentially standing with a glass. As The World's Host Marco Werman explains, this has caused an enormous blowback, including potshots from the prime […]

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