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USA: Musk calls Trump’s tax bill an abomination
Elon Musk has sharply criticised Donald Trump’s multi-trillion-dollar tax and spending bill, calling it a ‘disgusting abomination’ and condemning the Republicans who supported it. Passed by the House in May, the bill includes expansive tax cuts,…
El Salvador: three colonels convicted for 1982 murder of Dutch journalists
Three retired colonels have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for orchestrating the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during El Salvador’s civil war. They are former defence minister Jose Guillermo Garcia (91), Francisco Moran…
Colombia: an alternative approach to fighting cocaine production
Colombia is pursuing a peaceful alternative to its enduring drug crisis by offering payments to farmers who agree to uproot coca (the plant used to make cocaine) and replace it with legal crops like cocoa and…
Gaza: desperate crowd storms UN warehouse, food aid still a trickle
A UN warehouse in Gaza has been stormed by desperate civilians amid growing hunger and aid shortages, resulting in two deaths and several injuries. The World Food Programme warned of impending famine, urging immediate aid expansion.…
