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Teamsters Were Ready to Strike, UPS Couldn’t Have That

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It’s not over till it’s over, but right now the odds are that 340,000 Teamsters will not walk out on their UPS boss. The original strike deadline, August 1, evidently scared, well, everyone at the top into some uncharacteristically sober thinking. So on July 25, UPS reached a tentative contract. According to AP on that More

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Rivers oil spill explosion kills two, residents harvest fishes

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Residents in the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State are reportedly feasting on dead fish floating on water following an oil spillage resulting from the explosion of a fuel dump in Okari Jetty. An eyewitness, who disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday, said the incident, which left two fishermen dead, affected

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How Israel Occupied Itself

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On July 24th, the Israeli Knesset passed a measure forbidding the country’s High Court of Justice from in any way checking the power of the government, whether in making cabinet decisions or appointments, based on what’s known as the “reasonability” standard. In the Israeli context, this was an extreme act, since right-wing parliamentarians were defying massive crowds More

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Shifting Power and Realities: Africa Beyond the Niger Coup

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Conveying the essence of slavery to those ensnared within its clutches, with the intent of liberating them from its bonds, is a formidable challenge. Many among the enslaved did not perceive it as an avenue to freedom, and the tragedies endured by those who fought for their fellow slaves’ emancipation are profoundly poignant. Within the More

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Shifting Power and Realities: Africa Beyond Niger Coup

CounterPunch 

Conveying the essence of slavery to those ensnared within its clutches, with the intent of liberating them from its bonds, is a formidable challenge. Many among the enslaved did not perceive it as an avenue to freedom, and the tragedies endured by those who fought for their fellow slaves’ emancipation are profoundly poignant. Within the More

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The Governor Who Likes Bad Actors and Toxic Mines

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Montana’s Republican governor, Greg Gianforte, has decided to ignore a court order, the Montana Constitution, and the state’s “bad actor” law intended to prevent mining executives who have left environmental damages behind from receiving new mining permits. Even worse, his decision is intended to benefit extremely “bad actor” CEO Phillip C. Baker to allow him More

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Biden targets China as he touts manufacturing revival at home

Energy-daily.com 

Belen, United States (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to restrict US investment in Chinese technology during a multi-state tour of the Southwest to tout his push to revive American manufacturing after decades of decline. The executive order directs the Treasury Department to restrict certain US investments in China in sensitive high-tech sectors including semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial in

Space-based quantum science lab keeps getting better

Energy-daily.com 

Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 08, 2023
The agency's Cold Atom Lab is getting its second major upgrade and will be using it to explore the quantum realm. On Tuesday, Aug. 1, a major hardware update for NASA's Cold Atom Lab lifted off aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. About the size of a small refrigerator, the lab is sometimes called the coolest place in the known

China says US investment policy 'severely disrupts' global supply chains

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Beijing (AFP) Aug 10, 2023
Beijing on Thursday vowed to "safeguard" its interests against a new US policy to restrict investment in Chinese technology, accusing Washington of disrupting global supply chains. US President Joe Biden hours earlier announced an executive order directing the Treasury Department to restrict certain US investments in China in sensitive high-tech sectors including semiconductors, quantum comp


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