China warns of severe consequences if Japan fails to retract its threats of military intervention over Taiwan
Though Japan recognizes the “one-China policy”, earlier this month its prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, threatened military intervention if China tried to unify Taiwan with the mainland.
Might may rule the moment, but right prevails forever
8.7 million colonial subjects died during the World Anti-Fascist War – ten times the Anglo-American death toll. Of these 3.4 million people were killed in the Dutch East Indies, 1.5 million in Indochina, and 345 thousand in Burma.
Hawaiian activists celebrate closure announcement of Navy’s fuel facility
The US department of defense announced the permanent shut down the controversial Red Hill fuelling facility in Hawai’i after a recent leak contaminated the primary drinking water source for its most populous island
US Navy’s toxic boot-print on Hawaii
Hawaiian activist Kawenaʻulaokalā Kapahua speaks to Vijay Prashad about how the US Navy has poisoned the largest water source on the Hawaiian island of Oahu
Hawaiians demand justice after pollution of water source from navy facility
On December 10, the Hawaii Department of Health announced that the Navy found gasoline and diesel-range hydrocarbons in the Red Hill shaft. For eight decades, the Navy has stored upwards of 200 million gallons of fuel only about 100 feet above an underground aquifer
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- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
