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Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Dozens, Including Five Journalists; Three Babies Freeze to DeathRussia Launches Massive Christmas Attack on Ukraine's Energy GridAzerbaijani Airlines Crash in Kazakhstan Leaves Behind 38 Dead, 29 SurvivorsTurkey's Erdoğan Threatens to "Bury" Syrian Kurds Unless They Lay Down ArmsDozens Killed in Violence Across Mozambique Following Disputed Election ResultGunmen Kill 2 Haitian Journalists Covering Reopening of Port-au-Prince HospitalJudge Voids Arkansas Law Criminalizing Booksellers and Librarians Providing "Harmful" […]

Recently declassified CIA documents detail a secret experiment conducted as part of Project Stargate, a program aimed at harnessing psychic abilities for intelligence purposes during the Cold War. On May 22, 1984, a subject allegedly used astral projection to travel to Mars approximately one million years BCE. The subject reported observing large, intelligent beings, suggesting the presence of an advanced civilization on the red planet. The subject described seeing "very tall, thin" […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show in Gaza, where medics say an Israeli strike killed five journalists who worked for Al-Quds TV in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. They were reportedly sleeping in a van clearly marked with the word “press.” Meanwhile, three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia at the al-Mawasi refugee camp in southern Gaza […]

U.S. consumer spending rose in November amid benign monthly inflation Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in November, indicating strong growth and robust demand across goods and services. This resilience is attributed to wage gains and wealth effects from high stock market values. Amid strong consumer activity, the Federal Reserve anticipates only two interest rate cuts in 2025, down from the previously projected four. This shift reflects the economy's unexpectedly persistent, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to the latest developments in Syria in the wake of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime earlier the month. On Wednesday, the first widespread demonstrations took place in cities across Syria after a widely shared […]

Global Virome Project uncovered in China, involves research on over 500,000 viruses with biosecurity risks The U.S. government and China collaborated on a project called the Global Virome Project (GVP), designed to catalog thousands of novel viruses that could pose biosecurity risks. U.S. State Department and USAID heavily supported the project despite unanswered questions about data ownership and transparency. Project leaders included Shi Zhengli, a senior scientist with the Wuhan Institute […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We end today’s show with a damning new investigation by The Washington Post, which has determined that more than 3,100 Indigenous students died at boarding schools in the United States between 1828 and 1970. That figure is three […]

FEARMONGERING: Mainstream media ramps up bird flu coverage, creating a sense of imminent health crisis The mainstream media is ramping up coverage of the bird flu, comparing it to the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and creating a sense of imminent health crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first severe case of human bird flu in the United States, involving a Louisiana resident over 65 […]

Efforts to ban Alternative for Germany Party face hurdles as political landscape evolves The motion to ban the Alternative for Germany (AfD) is unlikely to move forward due to lack of support from key political parties, including the CDU and SPD. While the initial proposal for the AfD ban had support from some MPs across parties, including the Greens and SPD, prominent political leaders have distanced themselves from the idea, […]