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Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner, died in a plane crash on Wednesday, alongside the group’s alleged founder Dmitry Utkin. “The Wagner leadership has confirmed the deaths of Prigozhin and Utkin,” according to the Wagner Group Telegram channel, which for several hours prior had urged the public to “not panic” as rumors [...]

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Marjorie Cohn is a professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. She has authored publications arguing against the legality of the 2003 US military intervention in Iraq as well as the US-led NATO interventions into Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Professor Cohn is also a national board member of Assange [...]

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Recent years have marked the ascendancy of the ridesharing industry in Massachusetts. Companies like Uber and Lyft have expanded, now controlling the multi-million industry in the state, according to recently published reports. But drivers, who are a vital part of this market, are not satisfied; increasingly, a chorus of drivers are complaining they are not [...]

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In the wake of a damning UN report linking Russian mercenaries to a Malian massacre, the US State Department has said the Wagner Group may be using Mali as a secret arms depot to bolster Russian forces in Ukraine.  The Wagner Group, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian nationalist firebrand and longtime associate of President [...]

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Papua New Guinea police launched an investigation into the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape after an international investigation on Wednesday exposed his potential links to Don Matheson, an Australian Businessman being investigated for corruption. The inquiry into Matheson centers around a joint report from Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and [...]

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The Government of Canada’s Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Monday announced that they have reached a tentative agreement for more than 120,000 public service workers to end their strike and return to work. However, around 35,000 employees of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are to remain on strike as Canadian [...]

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The New York State Senate Tuesday passed the Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, a bill aimed at protecting tropical rainforests and human rights in other countries through state government relations with contractors. The bill will require state contractors who work with commodities derived from rainforests to certify that their products are not contributing to deforestation or [...]

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US Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Peter Welch (D-VT) Tuesday are to introduce legislation to hold corporations accountable for their child labor practices. The bill, titled the Child Labor Exploitation Act, will prohibit the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) from contracting with companies who are either found guilty of committing labor law violations or contracting [...]

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