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Blinken says US won’t trade Covid shots for political favors Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that the US would not “trade shots in arms for political favors” when outlining the State Department’s plans to share supplies of Covid-19 vaccines with other countries, though he offered little detail on what that outreach would look like. “This is about saving lives,” Blinken said during remarks at the State Department. “We’ll treat our partner countries with respect.” Blinken m...

705 Known as the "White Ant", convicted war criminal Dominic Ongwen is estimated to have been between nine and 14 years old when he was abducted by the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) as he was walking to school in northern Uganda - going on over the next 27 years to become a ruthless rebel commander. Warning: Some people may find details in this story upsetting "It is a story of a child, like many in the LRA, forced to grow up in the image of their oppressors," campaign group LRA Crisis Tracker sa...

December 13 - 2020 WASHINGTON DC / PORT SUDAN (File photo) The US passed an act on Tuesday to support a civilian-led democratic transition, promote accountability for human rights abuses, and encourage fiscal transparency in Sudan, meanwhile Russia signed an agreement to establish a naval base in the Red Sea. The US House of Representatives passed the Act with a majority of 335-78 votes.The Sudan Democratic Transition, Accountability, and Fiscal Transparency Act of 2020 ...

Ottoman empire during world war i. turkey, by the way, denies the genocide. joining me right now is christian bale, who starred in movies like the dark knight rises, the fighter, and american hustle, a great movie. oscar isaac is known for his role in star wars, the force awakens. and my friend john prendergast is the co-founder of the enough project, which seeks to end genocide. mr. bale, thank you for joining us. i want to ask you what attracted you to a movie about something that so few ameri...

The editor in chief of the jewish daily forward and mark quarterman, research director at the enough project. thank you all for being here. so this is -- as i was saying earlier this morning, this is going to be a pretty sober conversation. i want to be clear that sometimes the topics we take on, on mhp are my wheelhouse and the things that i sort of have my fundamental point to make. today i feel more like the audience in that i feel overwhelmed by this -- these developments. i feel distressed ...

Recognize. so i cant tell you exactly how the process is going to work. but i bet im going to become the nominee. i sure hope i am and if im, im going to be a strong nominee and i believe defeat president obama, get america back on the track of creating jobs, see rising incomes again, gasoline prices that are more reasonable, and an america thats respected around the world. >> last thing, my ncaa is toast, almost as much as my voice from this allergy. but do you have any favorite teams in the nc...

We wouldnt recognize. i cant tell you how the process is going to work, but i am going to become the nominee and if i am, i am going to be a strong nominee and i believe, defeat president obama, get america back on the track of creating jobs and seeing rising incomes and gasoline prices that are more reasonable and an america that is respected around the world. >> last thing, my ncaa bracket is toast, almost as much as my voice. but do you have any favorite teams in the ncaa tournament? >> i am ...

Black. that is a fact. >> well, tomorrow george clooney is scheduled to meet with both president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. george clooney joins us now along with human rights activist john prendergast, the co-founder of the enough project, a group that works to stop genocide. george, thank you for joining us. youre really starting at the beginning on educating us as to whats going on over there on the border between sudan and south sudan. whos committing genocide against whom...

Refugees all because they had the bad luck of being born on the border, being born in oil-rich land, or being born black. that is a fact. >> well, tomorrow george clooney is scheduled to meet with both president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton. george clooney joins us now along with human rights activist john prendergast, the co-founder of the enough project, a group that works to stop genocide. george, thank you for joining us. youre really starting at the beginning on educating us...