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Russia & Pakistan agree to build gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore in biggest deal in decades

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Russia has signed a deal with Pakistan to build a major gas pipeline linking the nation’s southern port of Karachi to industrial hubs in the north. The deal is set to be the biggest between Moscow and Islamabad since the 1970s. … Read More >Russia & Pakistan agree to build gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore in biggest deal in decades

Categories EU

Vaccine passports for cross-border travel take off in Europe as US looks ‘very closely’ at concept, but promises ‘no mandates’

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Greece and Denmark have become the first to launch Covid-19 vaccine passports for travel within the EU, as the bloc pushes for all member states to adopt the system and US officials say they’re considering the idea. … Read More >Vaccine passports for cross-border travel take off in Europe as US looks ‘very closely’ at concept, but promises ‘no mandates’

Categories World

‘Poisoned by politics’: WHO’s emergencies chief calls for end to ‘disturbing’ discourse around probe into pandemic origins

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Efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus are being “poisoned by politics,” the head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program has said amid a row between the US and China over the Wuhan ‘lab leak’ theory. … Read More >‘Poisoned by politics’: WHO’s emergencies chief calls for end to ‘disturbing’ discourse around probe into pandemic origins

Categories Shows

On Contact: Corporate tyranny & Steven Donziger

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On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Steven Donziger, the human rights environmental justice attorney, about the grim reality when we confront the real centers of power.Donziger has been fighting polluting American oil companies for nearly three decades on behalf of indigenous communities and peasant farmers in Ecuador, and has been under house arrest in Manhattan for nearly two years. … Read More >On Contact: Corporate tyranny & Steven Donziger

Categories Middle East

Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian dead during clashes in occupied West Bank, health officials say

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Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian protester during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry has said, as tensions remain high despite the ceasefire between Israel and the militant group Hamas. … Read More >Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian dead during clashes in occupied West Bank, health officials say

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EU, UK, and US join dozens of states in demanding answers over sexual abuse allegations against WHO staff

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A joint statement from 53 countries has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to address “deep concerns” about allegations of sexual abuse, exploitation, and harassment by staff at the agency. … Read More >EU, UK, and US join dozens of states in demanding answers over sexual abuse allegations against WHO staff