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Rebels from the Rwandan-backed M23 group have taken a second major city in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which borders Rwanda. Congolese analyst Kambale Musavuli reports on the violence, emphasizing its connection to the DRC’s mineral resources, which are key to the development of high-tech goods. “This battle is coming out of a context: the control of Congo’s vast mineral wealth,” says Musavuli.

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Un ufficiale sudista con i suoi tre figli si avvicina a una cittadina nordista. Uno dei figli uccide per sbaglio un ragazzino del luogo. È incolpato uno dei fratelli che va in paese a chiedere ammenda. Lo salva il padre del fanciullo. Il colpevole vero la pagherà.

Raven, killer a pagamento, viene assoldato da Willard Gates per uccidere un certo Baker e sottrargli dei documenti. Dopo averlo sfruttato, Gates lo paga con banconote segnate in modo che la polizia possa catturarlo.
Mentre lo inseguono per arrestarlo, Raven riesce a scappare giurando di vendicarsi e incontra Ellen Graham, un'artista di night club che in realtà è la fidanzata di un poliziotto, Michael Crane, e un'agente del controspionaggio. La ragazza lavora per il governo che cerca di smascherare Alvin Brewster, mandante di Gates e presidente di un'importante ... continua

The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehensively destroy the Palestinian education system.” We speak to Sherene Seikaly and Barbara Weinstein, two scholars who supported the resolution and helped push for the groundbreaking vote. Seikaly, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says, “This moment was one I never thought I would experience,” hailing the resolution as an ... continua

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The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to target free speech on college campuses and one doctoral student at Cornell University who was involved in pro-Palastinian protests on campus now finds himself targeted for deportation once again. Momodou Taal is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Africana Studies at Cornell University who is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the Gambia. He was suspended twice last year for joining a demonstration calling on Cornell to divest from Israel and faced deportation until massive protests pressured Cornell to allow ... continua

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A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on liberty in San Francisco.

Pocos meses luego del golpe de Estado con el que Augusto Pinochet derrocó al gobierno de Salvador Allende en Chile, un equipo del programa Panorama de la BBC viajó al país para registrar la situación del país. Este valioso material histórico tomado del archivo de la BBC refleja la realidad chilena en los inicios de la dictadura militar, que luego se extendería 17 años, dejando más de 40.000 víctimas, entre ellas, 3.000 muertos y desaparecidos.

As survivors in Gaza begin to return to their homes during the first ceasefire in over a year, we speak to Sharif Abdel Kouddous of Drop Site News about the future of those who have been displaced. As Palestinians are “returning to a devastated landscape … determined not to leave their land” in defiance of “plans of ethnic cleansing that have dated back to the 1950s for Israel,” President Trump told reporters that he wants to “clean out” Gaza, suggesting that Palestinian Arabs should be ethnically cleansed into Egypt and Jordan. Both countries have ... continua

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How is Elon Musk personally benefiting from his role as head of the Department of Government Efficiency? The agency, known as DOGE, is tasked with slashing “trillions” of dollars in federal spending and has set its sights on regulatory agencies, including ones that have opened investigations into Musk’s business practices. “At a minimum, it’s an appearance of conflict of interest,” says journalist Eric Lipton, who is investigating Musk and DOGE for The New York Times. Musk’s business empire is a major beneficiary of government contracts, says Lipton, and ... continua

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We speak with the acclaimed science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow, who has spent decades writing and thinking about the impact of technology on our lives. He coined the term “enshittification” to describe how online platforms degrade the user experience over time in search of profits, though it has been widely adopted to describe a larger sense of decline and decay across society. He discusses his new book Picks and Shovels, Silicon Valley’s big bet on artificial intelligence to discipline its workers, and billionaire Elon Musk’s work ... continua

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