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Gaza Will Mark Christmas With Silent Bells, Frozen Nights, and Grief
By Dalia Abu Ramadan for Truthout For the third consecutive year, Christmas will pass in Gaza without lights and without fanfare. Bells will not ring, and decorations that once briefly softened the Strip’s pain will be absent from streets long familiar with loss. In 2023, Christmas arrived in Gaza under the weight of fear and […]
US authorities release new tranche of Epstein files
The release of a new tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein will only add to Americans’ confusion and division over the late sex offender and his ties to Donald Trump and other elite figures, analysts said.
US murders set to fall at historic rate in 2025
US murders are on track to fall at a historic rate in 2025, according to an analysis of preliminary data.
Pope Leo prepares to outline stance on AI
AI safety proponents are looking to the leader of the Catholic Church for help establishing guardrails on the fast-moving technology.
Chinese authorities debate how much they should censor AI
China is trying to walk a fine line between regulating what AI chatbots can say and allowing innovation.
For Christmas: Jesus’ Life-Giving Breath and Persian Love Poetry
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In Islam, God is thought of as sending a succession of human Messengers, each with his own dispensation. I say “his” because most Muslim thinkers believed that the Messengers (such as Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist, Jesus) were men. A minority opinion held that Mary the […]
Judge upholds Trump's H-1B fee
A US judge upheld President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new applications for H-1B visas, dealing a setback to tech companies that have long benefitted from recruiting highly skilled foreign nationals.
Before Executing 2 Shipwrecked Sailors, US Admiral Consulted Top Military Lawyer: Report
By Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams The journalist who initially revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration killed shipwrecked survivors of its first known boat bombing reported Tuesday that the admiral in charge consulted with a US military lawyer before ordering another strike on the two alleged drug traffickers who were clinging to debris in the Caribbean Sea. Just days […]