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Accessible, academic critiques of global trends that centralize executive power, silence opposition, denigrate the marginalized, and promote cultural chauvinism
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❗️Meta scores a win after a judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly.
#news #breakingnews
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Meta scores a win after judge rules the social media giant is not an illegal monopoly | CNN Business
Meta scored a major win on Tuesday after a federal judge ruled that it is not a social networking monopoly, shooting down an argument from the US Federal Trade Commission that it should be forced to s...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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❗️️Far-right uptick in Spain raises spectre of Franco 50 years after his death.

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November 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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❗️Viktor Orbán begins ‘anti-war roadshow’ as Hungary gears up for 2026 elections.
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Viktor Orbán begins ‘anti-war roadshow’ as Hungary gears up for 2026 elections
PM makes opposition to support for Ukraine central to Fidesz campaign as it loses ground over cost of living crisis
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November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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❗️Clashes in Mexico City amid Gen-Z styled protests over crime and corruption.
#news #mexico
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Clashes in Mexico City amid Gen-Z styled protests over crime and corruption
Riot police deploy tear gas as protesters tear down fences around the residence of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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❗️China’s AI is quietly making big inroads in Silicon Valley.
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China’s AI is quietly making big inroads in Silicon Valley
Chinese AI models are being adopted by US firms and winning praise from tech leaders in a challenge to Big Tech.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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❗️Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back.
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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❗️Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images.
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Tech companies and UK child safety agencies to test AI tools’ ability to create abuse images
New law will allow technology to be examined and ensure tools have safeguards to stop creation of material
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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❗️“You Have Arrived in Hell”
Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison.
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“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Sal...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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❗️South Korea's ex-president Yoon indicted on new charges.
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South Korea's ex-president Yoon indicted on new charges – DW – 11/10/2025
A special prosecutor accused Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's ousted president, of trying to stoke tensions by ordering drones into North Korea.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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❗️️US Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Passport Rule.
#news #usa
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US Supreme Court Allows Discriminatory Passport Rule
The United States Supreme Court last week allowed the implementation of a discriminatory Trump administration policy requiring new passports to reflect an individual’s sex assigned at birth.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure.
#news #breakingnews
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Elon Musk makes himself far-right fixture after White House departure
The Tesla CEO once hinted he was done with politics – but he’s been leaning further into the international far right
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November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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❗️U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding its use of advanced surveillance technologies, to identify and track people, raising major privacy and civil-liberties concerns.
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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for all Americans.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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❗Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows.
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Far-right extremists outnumber Islamists in anti-terror programme referrals, data shows
Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology
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November 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Lessons for liberals: what can Dutch progressives’ victory over populism teach the world?
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Lessons for liberals: what can Dutch progressives’ victory over populism teach the world?
Rob Jetten beat far-right firebrand Geert Wilders in the recent election, but that doesn’t mean it’s the start of Europe’s progressive surge
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November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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❗️Czech billionaire Babiš clinches coalition deal with the far right.
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Czech billionaire Babiš clinches coalition deal with the far right
The agriculture tycoon inches closer to becoming the new PM in Prague.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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❗MUST READ❗ Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself.
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Forget petty bribes, ‘state capture’ is corruption so deep it is shaping the rules of democracy itself | Kenneth Mohammed
Beating the dangerous influence of private interests on governments requires independent judges, journalists and a courageous civil society
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November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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On Saudi Arabia’s major push to become a global leader in artificial intelligence through its new company, Humain.
#news #ai
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Saudi Arabia is making a massive bet on becoming a global AI powerhouse | CNN Business
Humain is setting out to make Saudi Arabia the world’s third-largest AI market, after the United States and China. It’s a bold ambition for a newcomer to the industry, but its CEO argues the Kingdom’s...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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❗️On violent clashes in Belgrade between supporters and opponents of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
#news #serbia
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Opponents and loyalists of Serbia’s autocratic president clash in Belgrade
Thousands throw bottles and flares as tensions soar after huge rally to mark anniversary of train station disaster
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November 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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❗️Meta’s stock fell 11%, its worst drop in three years, after investors reacted negatively to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to sharply increase spending on artificial intelligence despite strong quarterly earnings.
#news #meta
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Meta stock has worst day in 3 years, dropping 11% on higher AI spend
Meta's results raised skepticism over the payoff from its aggressive artificial intelligence spending plans and overshadowed strong results.
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October 31, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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❗️Legal scholars warn that the rule of law in liberal democracies—especially the U.S. and Canada—is being eroded by rising authoritarian tendencies, with courts and legal norms increasingly undermined or weaponized for political power.
#news #democracy
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With the rule of law under threat, can liberal democracies survive? | CBC Radio
Even in some of the world’s sturdiest democracies, leaders are deliberately undermining courts to weaken checks on their power. In many cases, the justice system is being sidelined. How much damage ha...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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❗️On a massive police raid against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, which left over 100 people dead.
#news #brazil #protests
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October 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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❗️On how Amazon is cutting about 14,000 corporate jobs to reduce costs and redirect billions of dollars into artificial intelligence and data-centre expansion.
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Amazon cutting 14,000 corporate jobs to spend more on AI | CBC News
Amazon will cut about 14,000 corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on artificial intelligence while cutting costs elsewhere.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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❗️Is Germany's far-right populist AfD party spying for Russia?
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Is Germany's far-right populist AfD party spying for Russia? – DW – 10/26/2025
Lawmakers accuse the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party of using its parliamentary powers to gather intelligence on Germany's critical infrastructure to share it with Russia.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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❗️Deadly protests have erupted in Cameroon after President Paul Biya, age 92, was declared the winner of a disputed presidential election.
#news #protests
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Biya declared victor of Cameroon election: Why deadly protests broke out
Paul Biya, world's oldest leader at 92, has won eighth term as president. Opposition supporters say election was stolen.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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❗️Violent protests erupted outside a Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers, where demonstrators attacked Irish police with bricks and fireworks, set a police van on fire, and clashed with riot officers.
#news
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Arrests after violent protest outside Dublin migrant hotel
Police officers were attacked with missiles and fireworks after violence flared outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:05 AM