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‘Beirut is burning’: Lebanese youth leader says country in trouble before blast
August 11, 2020Adnan Al-Mokdad of the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth says the working and poor people of Lebanon were already in a disastrous situation even before the port explosion.
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Worker’s death sparks historic oil and gas strike in Iran
August 10, 2020The strike action was triggered when Ebrahim Arabzadeh, a contract worker at Mahshahr petrochemical complex, died from heat exhaustion at work.
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Germans battle virus deniers, landlords, and the right wing
August 7, 2020On Saturday, crowds came to Berlin from all over Germany for a parade, estimated at 17,000 to 20,000 by the police but over a million by some exuberant adherents.
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Hiroshima survivors hammer Japanese government for not signing anti-nuke treaty
August 6, 2020Manabu Isawa, son of a bombing survivor who recently died, said: “Prime Minister Abe’s actions don’t match his words. Japan apparently sides with the United States."
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On 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, nuke threat rises
August 6, 2020Doomsday Clock is only 100 seconds before nuclear war, closest ever since the height of the Cold War.
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