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James Le Mesurier, White Helmets Backer, Found Dead In Turkey: Reports

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James Le Mesurier, the British founder of an organization that trains the Syrian White Helmets emergency response group, has been found dead in his home in Istanbul, according to local media reports.  Le Mesurier, a former British army officer, founded the Mayday Rescue Foundation in 2014. The group organizes, trains and equips first responders in conflict zones. Click […]

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Jason Kenney Still Silent On Alberta’s Controversial ‘Conscience Rights’ Bill

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As doctors and medical associations speak out against Alberta’s controversial conscience rights bill, which would allow doctors to refuse referrals for services they’re morally or religiously opposed to, such as abortion or assisted dying, the province’s premier remains silent.  The private member’s bill introduced by United Conservative Party (UCP) MLA Dan Williams passed first reading […]

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Donald Trump, Gunrunner for Hire

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American weapons makers have dominated the global arms trade for decades. In any given year, they’ve accounted for somewhere between one-third and more than one-half the value of all international weapons sales. It’s hard to imagine things getting much worse — or better, if you happen to be an arms trader — but they could, […]

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As CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold, Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program

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Click:spherical roller bearing As the Trump administration charges forward with its war on science by canceling a “crucial” carbon monitoring system at NASA, scientists and climate experts are sounding alarms over atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) that just surpassed a “troubling” threshold for the first time in human history. “The reading from the Mauna […]

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Praising Openly Fascist Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded,' John Bolton Hails Brazilian Strongman as Welcome Ally in Crushing Latin American Left

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Declaring not just sympathy but outright admiration for a fascist who has threatened violence against his leftist political opponents, celebrated the use of torture, and promised to give the police free rein to murder at will, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday praised Brazil’s newly elected strongman President Jair Bolsonaro as a “like-minded” […]