World

Australian government ramps up anti-China campaign, spends billions on weaponry
July 15, 2020 By Denis Doherty And Hannah Middleton
Australian PM Morrison is using fear as his chief weapon, evoking the rise of Nazism and describing the post-pandemic world as “poorer, more dangerous, and more disorderly.”
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Profile of a killer: Understanding the deadly coronavirus pandemic
July 15, 2020 By Adam Geller And Malcolm Ritter
The more we learn about COVID-19, the more we understand why the Trump administration's approach will ensure a future of prolonged suffering and death.
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Iranian union members given 74 lashes and jail for demanding unpaid wages
July 14, 2020 By Steve Sweeney
Workers want the wages they weren't paid for May and June and demand their privatized plant be returned to the public sector.
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Has Germany finally had enough of U.S. bullying and militarism?
July 13, 2020 By Victor Grossman
The seemingly indestructible alliance cemented between Germany and the U.S. after World War II is under pressure like never before.
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Peru ranks oil production over pandemic threat and Indigenous rights
July 9, 2020 By W. T. Whitney Jr.
The capitalist Peruvian state is in shambles. It didn’t prepare to meet the pandemic and long ago cast its population adrift.
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