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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, both countries announced Friday, in …
Read More »Brooklyn Rivera, an Indigenous leader who was ‘disappeared’ by the Nicaraguan government, has died
For three years after Nicaraguan Indigenous leader Brooklyn Rivera was arrested, his friends and family had no idea where he was being held, if he was OK, or whether he was even still alive. Then, last week, the government released photos of 73-year-old Rivera in hospital, emaciated and intubated. Two …
Read More »Israel says it killed new Hamas military wing leader in Gaza
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israel said on Wednesday it had killed Hamas’s newly appointed armed wing chief in Gaza, days after …
Read More »Israel kills Hamas military wing leader in strike on Gaza
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. An Israeli airstrike on Gaza killed the chief of Hamas’s military wing, the most senior official from the …
Read More »British PM Starmer tells cabinet meeting he intends to remain leader despite calls to resign
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would “get …
Read More »Syrian authorities arrest suspected leader of notorious Tadamon massacre
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Syrian authorities said Friday they have arrested a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video …
Read More »Alberta separatist leader unconcerned about influence of YouTube ‘slopaganda’ videos
After a new report put a spotlight on popular YouTube videos with unclear origin promoting Alberta separatism, an independence leader said he’s unconcerned about foreign interference influencing a possible upcoming separation referendum. Mitch Sylvestre, the CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, said claims of foreign interference in the Alberta independence …
Read More »Here’s the ‘experiment’ NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics
While standing outside the House of Commons, Avi Lewis recalled that it has been five decades since his grandfather — former federal NDP leader David Lewis — stood inside the chamber to advocate for the Canadian left. After David, there was Avi’s father, Stephen Lewis, a former leader of the …
Read More »At historic low point, New Democrats descend on Winnipeg to choose a new leader
The NDP will have a new leader by Sunday afternoon — and whoever comes out of the party’s convention in Winnipeg with the top job will be tasked with bringing the party back from a historic low. Five candidates — MP Heather McPherson, activist and filmmaker Avi Lewis, union leader …
Read More »U.S. civil rights leader Dolores Huerta says Cesar Chavez sexually assaulted her in the 1960s
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This article contains details of sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual …
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