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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Billionaires who rule world and space see no threat in Musk-Trump lies as Bezos readies Blue Origin

Billionaires who rule world and space see no threat in Musk-Trump lies as Bezos readies Blue Origin

Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, has a $3 billion contract with NASA to land humans on the moon under Artemis, following missions by SpaceX’s Starship, Musk’s fully reusable rocket in development that is designed to put humans and cargo on both the moon and Mars.

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Gaza ceasefire deal ready, it is now to Israeli and Hamas leadership to sign it to end war

Gaza ceasefire deal ready, it is now to Israeli and Hamas leadership to sign it to end war

Mediator Qatar gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal on Monday to end the war in Gaza, after a midnight “breakthrough” in talks attended by US President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters. The official said the text for a ceasefire and...

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African agriculture 2026-2035: Developers of food security programmes must enhance value of criticality

African agriculture 2026-2035: Developers of food security programmes must enhance value of criticality

The conference was held at the beginning of 2025 when the member countries of the African Union were beginning to look at least 10 years from now with hope despite the challenge of the impacts of climate change.

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Defiant Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-imposed exile, maintains he won presidency

Defiant Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-imposed exile, maintains he won presidency

Venancio Mondlane left the country in October following an election clouded by allegations of rigging against the long-ruling Frelimo party, which has been in power since Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975.

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Fear Trump, his ‘testosterone-heavy’ rhetoric has all the makings of imperialism that’s scaring allies

Fear Trump, his ‘testosterone-heavy’ rhetoric has all the makings of imperialism that’s scaring allies

Donald Trump’s swaggering rhetoric also marks a continuation of the kind of testosterone-heavy energy that was a signature of his campaign, particularly as he worked to win over younger male voters with appearances on popular podcasts.

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Painful truths: Florida grand jury finds ‘profound and serious’ issues with vaccine manufacture and safety in US

Painful truths: Florida grand jury finds ‘profound and serious’ issues with vaccine manufacture and safety in US

The investigation revealed that departing FDA staff who take industry jobs are allowed to influence the FDA “behind the scenes.”

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Merchants of death: How Modern and other Covid vaccine manufacturers raked in billions patients died during trials

Merchants of death: How Modern and other Covid vaccine manufacturers raked in billions patients died during trials

Moderna’s European filing also revealed that the company withheld trial results demonstrating that children under 12 who received the vaccine were ten times more likely than those who received the placebo to suffer “serious side effects.”

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Extinction threats mapped as species in Lake Victoria may be wiped out by pollution, overfishing, agriculture and invasive species

Extinction threats mapped as species in Lake Victoria may be wiped out by pollution, overfishing, agriculture and invasive species

The researchers identified four places globally with the largest number of threatened freshwater species: Lake Victoria in Africa, Lake Titicaca in South America and regions in western India and Sri Lanka.

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