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“They fucked with the wrong uncle.” That was how Amazon Labor Union (ALU) president Christian Smalls responded Thursday after the e-commerce behemoth’s management reportedly fired Pasquale “Uncle Pat” Cioffi, an organizer credited with convincing hundreds of hesitant employees to support the unionization effort at...
Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warned Thursday night that the U.S. stands “on the precipice… of fascism” and that an attack on the Capitol like the one that occurred on Jan. 6, 2021 could happen again. Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) comments in an Instagram Live video followed the first prime-time hearing h...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – The European Union on Friday said that Algeria appears to be violating the EU-Algeria Association Agreement by blocking trade and stopping financial transactions with Spain. “Trade policy is an exclusive EU competence, and the EU is ready to stand up against any type of coercive measures applied against an EU Member ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Friday voiced concern over an Israeli group’s takeover of Greek Orthodox properties in the occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. “Attempts by settlers to take over Christian property in the Old City of Jerusalem must be halted as they jeopardize the heritage and traditions...
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – (AFP): Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett landed in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday for talks with President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, following a free trade deal signed last month. Bennett’s second visit to UAE since the countries normalised relations in a US-brokered 20...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – (AFP): A Palestinian died in the occupied West Bank Thursday after being shot in the stomach by Israeli forces, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the latest bloodshed in the territory. The ministry said 27-year-old Mahmud Fayez Abu Ayhour was killed in Halhul, north of the flashpoint city of Heb...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has accused Israel of seeking to turn the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem into a Jewish synagogue. Addressing a Palestinian event on the historical status of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, Shtayyeh said 55 years of Israeli excavations ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait – Kuwait has said that it plans to appoint an ambassador and a project coordinator in war-torn Yemen. Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held talks with the head of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad Al-Alimi. During their meeting, the crown prince underlined Kuwait’s support...
JERUSALEM – Israel is upgrading its F-35 fighter jets to be capable of hitting Iranian targets without need of refueling, according to The Jerusalem Post newspaper. The paper did not provide further details about the Israeli move, but said the upgrading is part of Israeli preparations for any “future strike against Iran’s nuclear c...
HOUSTON, Texas – A fourth-grader who survived the Texas mass shooting last month testified before a US House of Representatives gun violence panel. “I don’t want it to happen again,” said Miah Cerrillo, 11, who smeared a classmate’s blood on her face and hands and played dead during the Robb Elementary School massacre. The 18-year-old [&...
