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An investigation by The Associated Press has found that the Myanmar military has been torturing detainees across the country in a methodical and systemic way since its takeover of the government in February.

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden declared Thursday he has reached a “historic economic framework” with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping domestic policy package, a hard-fought yet dramatically scaled-back deal announced hours before he departs for overseas summits. Biden’s remarks

$555bn in climate action but no new tax on billionaires: what’s in Biden’s plan?  The Guardian Biden pushes reconciliation framework, infrastructure vote, but some Dems reluctant: LIVE UPDATES  Fox News Paid leave falls out of Democratic package in urgent scramble to secure

(WASHINGTON) — ExxonMobil’s chief executive said Thursday that his company “does not spread disinformation regarding climate change″ as he and other oil company chiefs countered congressional allegations the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of it. In prepared testimony at

A Sudanese military official says Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan has fired at least six ambassadors, including the country’s envoys to the U.S., the European Union and France. Also fired were the Sudanese ambassadors to the U.N. mission in Geneva, Qatar, and

“What we need is, first of all, leadership,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said before she heads to a weekend summit in Rome of the Group of 20 most developed nations. COP26 starts Sunday in Scotland.

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‘Peril’ co-author Robert Costa details Trump’s effort to overturn the election  NPR ‘Completely damning’ video of Trump ally emerges  CNN Lawyer behind Trump’s ‘coup memo’ filmed calling Republicans ‘spineless’ for not overturning election result  The Independent The courage to stand up to election

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has focused some of its early work on the planning of the rally at which President Donald Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell.”

Children’s book illustrator Jerry Pinkney, who died on Oct. 20 at the age of 81, was a cultural touchstone. Whether he was illustrating tales about Reverend Martin Luther King or Black cowboys, I don’t know if anyone has accomplished bringing