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After Forcing The Prime Minister To Resign, Gen Z In Nepal Have Now Elected A New Caretaker Prime Minister Via Discord
With the country in limbo and no clear leader expected, Nepalis then took to Discord to choose their next leader.
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Brazil's Far-Right Former President Has Been Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison For Plotting A Military Coup
This is the first time in Brazil’s history that a former president has been convicted for attempting to overthrow democracy.
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This American Economist Is Going Viral For His Honest Critique Of The US As “The World’s Most Violent Country”
Sachs described the US as a “semi-democratic, white-dominated hierarchical, racist society that aims to preserve privilege by the elites”.
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“Block Everything”: People In France Are Holding Huge Anti-Government Protests Against Economic Inequality
More than 250,000 people across France took to the streets, holding a nationwide boycott, blocking roads, burning barricades and trash bins clashing with police to protest the budget cuts and calling for Macron to resign.
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Pro-Palestine Protesters Shut Down Spain’s La Vuelta Cycling Race To Demand An Israeli Team Be Expelled
Protests calling for the Israel-Premier Tech team to be expelled from the race due to Israel’s genocide in Gaza had been ongoing since the start of La Vuelta in August.
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The US Has Denied Visas For Palestinian Officials And Blocked Them From Attending UN General Assembly In September
At least 80 Palestinian officials have been affected, including Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who has addressed the UNGA for years, according to Al Jazeera.
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A Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Struck Afghanistan And More Than 800 People Are Dead And 2,800 Injured
“There is death in every home, and beneath the rubble of each roof, there are dead bodies. The mud houses have been wiped away, and destruction is everywhere,”
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Putin And India’s Prime Minister Were Seen Holding Hands To Go Meet China’s President Xi Jinping
The meeting has drawn attention to the close relationship between Russian president Vladimir Putin, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Xi, with Modi and Putin walking hand in hand to meet Xi, with some calling it a “bromance.”
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Netanyahu Has Called Israeli Protesters “Fascist” For Demanding He End The Genocide In Gaza
“They said they would surround my house, the prime minister's house, with a ring of fire, just like fascist phalanxes.”
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After Police Ran Over And Killed A Delivery Driver During Mass Protests, Indonesians Are Demanding Justice
Protesters stormed and torched local parliament buildings across the country.
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The Global Hunger Monitor Has Officially Declared Famine In Gaza City, Entirely Man-Made By Israel
Over half a million people in Gaza are facing “catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death,” with children at the highest risk.
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Trump Called Netanyahu A "War Hero" For Bombing Iran Unprovoked And Said "I Guess I Am Too”
Trump said Netanyahu was "a war hero" because they work together, "I guess I am too."