Nigerian military bombs and kills own citizens instead of insurgents with aircraft donated by US on Christmas Day

Nigerian military bombs and kills own citizens instead of insurgents with aircraft donated by US on Christmas Day

The Nigerian military has a long history of killing civilians in its battle against militants and “bandits,” and has repeatedly denied responsibility for airstrikes that have killed innocent people. It has frequently been accused of covering up civilian deaths, as well, including running what a 2023 investigation by Nigeria’s Premium Times called “a systemic propaganda scheme to keep the atrocities of its troops under wraps.”

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Turkey President Erdogan wants militant leader abducted from Kenya and jailed in 1999 to renounce his PKK party

Turkey President Erdogan wants militant leader abducted from Kenya and jailed in 1999 to renounce his PKK party

After the first meeting with DEM officials, Ocalan was cited as indicating a willingness to call on the PKK to lay down arms. Two DEM sources said last week the party was now set to visit Ocalan again, as soon as January 15.

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Zuckerberg in push to recover lost trust by embracing free speech but damage Facebook’s censorship caused persists

Zuckerberg in push to recover lost trust by embracing free speech but damage Facebook’s censorship caused persists

Mark Zuckerberg: As we’ve covered before, we didn’t just cross lines – we crossed sacred Rubicons created after humanity’s darkest chapters. The First Amendment, born from the revolution against tyranny and the Nuremberg Code, established after World War II’s horrors, were meant to be unbreakable guardians of human rights.

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US justice department releases report on Trump attempt to overturn 2020 election

US justice department releases report on Trump attempt to overturn 2020 election

US District Judge Aileen Cannon, who presided over the documents case, has ordered the Justice Department for now to halt plans to allow certain senior members of Congress to privately review the documents section of the report.

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Why Ugandans can’t ‘Think Big’ and regard presidential tokenism as manna that ameliorates economic pain

Why Ugandans can’t ‘Think Big’ and regard presidential tokenism as manna that ameliorates economic pain

The theory that money will trickle down from, say, 100 (out of 10,000 people in a parish) targeted with money bonanzas to enrich the rest of the impoverished community is defective in a century where artificial intelligence is competing with humans in many areas of thinking power.

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Trump will inherit a robust economy from Biden hat won’t need big policy reforms

Trump will inherit a robust economy from Biden hat won’t need big policy reforms

Referring to recent US performance that has outstripped that of other developed nations and surprised many economists, Dynan said that “if you believe the economic growth in excess of trend is from immigration, it is going to be hard to get numbers as large as we saw in the latter part of the Biden administration.”

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