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Brazil Supreme Court Sentences Bolsonaro to 27 Years over Coup Plot
Al Jazeera News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 15 Sep 2025

11 Sep 2025 – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison, shortly after a majority of a Supreme Court panel voted to convict him on charges related to an attempted military coup.

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Jewish Journalist Exposes Israel’s Darkest Secret
Double Down News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Sep 2025

4 Sep 2025 – They Really Don’t Want You To Know This – The Katie Halper Show

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Peacebuilding Journalism: The Media and the Israeli Genocide in Gaza
Peace News Network - TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Sep 2025

We spoke with Prof. Steven Youngblood of Park University and Vanessa Bassil, founder of Media Association for Peace. They shared their thoughts on peace journalism, the relationship between the media and peacebuilding, and the implications of the media coverage of the Gaza genocide.

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Empowering the UN General Assembly with the Earth Constitution
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 8 Sep 2025

3 Sep 2025 – Critics can understandably blame the UN whose primary job is to “end the scourge of war.” It is no secret that it has failed miserably in this, its primary task. For many frustrated critics, the blame rests with the UNSC’s P-5 veto nations.

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US Revokes Visas of Palestinian President and Other Officials Ahead of UN General Assembly
AP News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Sep 2025

29 Aug 2025 – Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law.

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Sudan: A Staggering 30 million People Are in Need as War Grinds On
UN News | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Sep 2025

31 Aug 2025 – The Capital, Khartoum, Now “Completely a Ghost Town” – Humanitarians continue to push for more support for Sudan amid ongoing conflict, rising malnutrition and a cholera outbreak.

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The People of Haiti Are in a Perfect Storm of Suffering’
UN News | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Sep 2025

State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the UNSC on 28 Aug 2025.

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Templars, Transhumanists and War, Oh My!
ESW | RogueNewsTV – TRANSCEND Media Service, 1 Sep 2025

30 Aug 2025 – In this episode of Rogue News, I took the time to chat with V about the world situation, and the interconnected nature of transhumanism, Gnostic Crusaders and technocracy with a look towards both ‘left’ and ‘right’ manifestations of the game.

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Why Palestine Is Already a State
Joe Lauria | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Aug 2025

19 Aug 2025 – The very act of the U.N. Secretary General accepting a Palestinian membership application was an acknowledgement from the U.N. that Palestine is already a state, since only states can apply.

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Over 360 Humanitarian Workers Were Killed in 2024 — 200 in Gaza Alone, Making It the Deadliest Year on Record
UN News/Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Aug 2025

Today, 19 Aug 2025, we mark the World Humanitarian Day — a time to honor those who step into crises to help others, and to stand with the millions of people whose lives hang in the balance.

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First Person: ‘Tomorrow Is Too Late’ to Scale Up Humanitarian Aid in Haiti
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Aug 2025

18 Aug 2025 – As gang violence across Haiti escalates, and the United States and other donors reduce their humanitarian funding, 1.3 million people who have fled their homes are facing the direst of consequences.

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Malnutrition Deaths Mark ‘Latest in the War on Children’ in Gaza: UNRWA Chief
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Aug 2025

13 Aug 2025 – At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, underscoring the need to speed up medical evacuations. – These young deaths are “the latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza,” the head of UNRWA said today.

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Israel’s Biggest US Donor Now Owns CBS
Alan Macleod | MintPressNews - TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Aug 2025

7 Aug 2025 – After reaching an agreement with Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired CBS News. He is the largest private funder of the IDF, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Netanyahu among his closest friends.

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Video Report: Israel Imposes No-Build Zone in Southern Lebanon
Drop Site News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Aug 2025

On 17 July, an Israeli drone strike killed at least one person and injured two others in Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh governorate, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The missile struck a civilian vehicle—part of the Israeli military’s ongoing aerial campaign in southern Lebanon, carried out in defiance of the declared ceasefire.

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Changing the Narrative: Why West African Media Is Embracing Peace Journalism
Mohammed Ibrahim | Peace News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 11 Aug 2025

7 Jul 2025 – In a media landscape often dominated by sensationalism and conflict-driven content, a quiet revolution is taking place. Across West Africa, radio stations are shifting their focus to peace journalism, using their platforms to promote dialogue, resolve conflicts, and build resilient communities.

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‘Welcome to Hell’: Inside El Salvador’s Megaprison Where Trump Deported Migrants
Samantha Schmidt, et al. | WP/Reader Supported News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Aug 2025

31 Jul 2025 – Interviews with 16 former detainees of the Terrorism Confinement Center show the conditions at the notorious prison. One detainee was beaten unconscious, others emerged covered in bruises, struggling to walk, vomiting blood, another returned to cell in tears telling he’d been sexually assaulted.

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Sudan Gripped by Deadly Crisis as Hunger, Disease and Heat Intensify
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Aug 2025

31 Jul 2025 – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs raised the alarm yesterday over the rising toll of hunger, disease and displacement in various conflict-ridden parts of Sudan.

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Iran Foreign Minister Calls for Japan-Iran Cooperation to Abolish WMD
Islamic Republic News Agency - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Aug 2025

2 Aug 2025 – Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has called for cooperation between Japan and Iran to eliminate weapons of mass destruction and criticized Donald Trump’s comparison of recent U.S. aggression against Iran to Japan’s nuclear bombings in 1945.

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Terror and Chaos for Gazans Now Entering the ‘Death Phase’
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Jul 2025

21 Jul 2025 – After another deadly weekend in Gaza in which at least 67 Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking food, UN aid teams today described “mayhem” and starvation in the enclave as the Israeli military pushed into Deir Al-Balah for the first time.

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‘Shocking, Disappointing’: EU Refuses to Sanction Israel over Genocide in Gaza
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Jul 2025

16 Jul 2025 – Diplomats told European media that EU ministers are ‘unwilling’ to tackle the issue and wish to wait on the outcome of a new Gaza aid agreement between Tel Aviv and the bloc: BS.

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UNICEF Voices Deep Dismay over the ‘Unconscionable’ Killing of Families Lining Up for Food Aid in Gaza
UN News | Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Jul 2025

12 Jul 2025 – The head of the UN Children’s Fund has voiced deep dismay over the “unconscionable” killing of children during an aid distribution in the central Gaza Strip on Thu, 10 Jul 2025. 

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China, Russia Vow ‘Strategic Coordination’ to Promote Peace in West Asia
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Jul 2025

10 Jul 2025 – China’s foreign minister said the two countries are working to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue.

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AI Geniuses’ Nuclear Energy Plans Overlook Doomsday Clock
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Jul 2025

9 Jul 2025 – AI top guns want nuke power despite plutonium, nuclear waste, cancers, and genetic effects.

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Washington Green-Lights $30M for Gaza Aid Scheme Tied to Mass Killings of Palestinians
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Jun 2025

25 Jun 2025 – Over 500 Palestinians have been killed at GHF aid sites that are now set to receive US funding, on top of tens of billions in military support sent to Israel.

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‘Our Kids Cry for Food’: Most Gaza Families Survive on One Meal a Day
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Jun 2025

Most families in the Gaza Strip are surviving on one meal a day and one-third go entire days without eating as a result of Israel’s continued bombardment of food aid seekers on the enclave, according to the UN World Food Programme.

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UN Rights Office ‘Horrified’ by Deadly Violence at Gaza Food Distribution Sites
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Jun 2025

18 Jun 2025 – As the pall of starvation hangs over Gaza, UN agencies have sounded the alarm over deadly violence at food distribution points, where over 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in recent weeks while trying to access desperately needed humanitarian aid.

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US Veterans Fast against Israel’s Starvation of Gaza
Marjorie Cohn | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Jun 2025

30 May 2025 – Fasters are demanding full humanitarian aid to Gaza under U.N. authority and an end to U.S. weapons shipments to Israel.

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Oliver Stone: They Always Kill the Socrates
Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Jun 2025

25 May 2025 – US film director Oliver Stone addresses the Znanie Youth Forum in Moscow ahead of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day for the Allies in World War 2.

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Serbia’s Organized Chaos
Diana Johnstone | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Jun 2025

27 May 2025 – Serbia has been racked for months by disruptive protests largely attributed to students, opposition leaders and university authorities. Are these organic protests?

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Weaponized Aid: Wall Street, Zionists, and Ex-CIA Operatives Take Over Gaza Relief
Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 26 May 2025

20 May 2025 – With over half a million people in Gaza on the brink of starvation and an “imminent famine,” Israel has agreed to allow a token number of relief trucks. But what’s entering Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, it’s a Trojan horse.

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Burkina Faso’s 37-Year-Old Leader Draws US Ire
Alan MacLeod | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 19 May 2025

13 May 2025 – Ibrahim Traoré took power in a military coup in September 2022 and since then he has been drawing criticism from Western governments, not least the U.S.

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Plague of Rats and Insects Provide Latest Challenge for War-Shattered Gazans
Khaled Mohamed | UN News/Human Wrongs Watch - TRANSCEND Media Service, 5 May 2025

29 Apr 2025 — After suffering almost 18 months of deadly bombardment, displacement and lack of access to basic services, the embattled people of Gaza face yet another challenge: the threat of insects and rodents.

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Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data
Alan MacLeod | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Apr 2025

24 Apr 2025 – Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The price tag — 65 times Wiz’s annual revenue — has raised eyebrows and further solidified the close relationship between Google and the Israeli military.

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Record Hunger in Haiti, with Millions at Risk
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Apr 2025

17 Apr 2025 – Escalating armed violence, displacement, economic turmoil and disruptions to local food production are fueling hunger in Haiti and leaving millions at risk, the UN World Food Programme said on today. 

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Flooding Displaces Thousands amid Ongoing Unrest in Eastern DR Congo
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Apr 2025

15 Apr 2025 – Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province, DRC, the UN refugee agency, said today. 

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Haiti ‘Awash’ with Guns Leaving Population ‘Absolutely Terrified’
Daniel Dickinson | UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Apr 2025

17 Apr 2025 – Hundreds of thousands of guns are being used by gangs to exert control and spread terror in Haiti, according to the UN’s designated expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean country.

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Pope Francis Has Died on Easter Monday Aged 88 (RIP)
Devin Watkins | Vatican News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Apr 2025

Pope Francis died today, 21 Apr 2025, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta.

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Gaza Death Toll Soars with Dozens Killed in Single Day of Relentless Israeli Bombing
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Apr 2025

6 Apr 2025 – Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the past 24 hours, as the Israeli army continues to relentlessly pound the strip with airstrikes. 

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AI’s $4.8 Trillion Future: UN Warns of Widening Digital Divide without Urgent Action
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Apr 2025

3 Apr 2025 – Artificial Intelligence is to become a $4.8 trillion global market by 2033 – roughly the size of Germany’s economy – but unless urgent action is taken, its benefits may remain in the hands of a privileged few, a new UN report warns.

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People of Conscience a Threat to US/Israel Zionist Dreams of Domination
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Apr 2025

2 Apr 2025 – As the US and Israel commit serial mass murder–Palestinian genocide–I think of how People of Conscience like Albert Einstein and Dietrich Bonhoeffer took the moral high ground. Pressure from corrupt leaders and a misguided public could not move them to sell their soul. 

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Teaching Peace: Nurturing Young Peacemakers in Ghana through Education
Mohammed Ibrahim | Peace News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Apr 2025

26 Mar 2025 – Schools in Ghana are teaching peace education; students learn conflict resolution, social justice, and peaceful coexistence. Exploring joint initiatives between schools and Ghana’s National Peace Council.

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Junta Continues Dropping Bombs after Myanmar Earthquake as Opposition Puts Down Arms
ABC News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Mar 2025

As the death toll from the Friday’s [28 Mar] earthquake rises sharply, Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government announced a unilateral partial ceasefire. But Independent Myanmar media reported that the military continued air attacks in the wake of the earthquake.

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CODEPINK Responds to US Senate McCarthy-Style Attack
Ann Wright | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 31 Mar 2025

26 Mar 2025 – “We must push back” —  Retired Army Colonel Ann Wright takes on AIPAC-funded Tom Cotton, charging him with reckless libel.

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Bought and Sold: U.S. Leaders Pledge Allegiance to Israel
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 24 Mar 2025

19 Mar 2025 – Loyalty to the US or to Israel?

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‘Haiti’s Survival Is at Stake,’ Says UN Expert, Warning of Worsening Crisis
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 17 Mar 2025

11 Mar 2025 – Haiti is in free fall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading, and “suffering permeates all social strata” in a nation teetering on the brink, according to the UN human rights office’s designated expert on the country, William O’Neill. 

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Danish Activists Offer to Buy California from US in Exchange for Greenland
TASS Russian News Agency - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Mar 2025

10 Feb 2025 – The initiative proposes to raise funds for the purchase of California by crowdfunding.

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Relations between Trump, Zelensky May Be ‘Irreparable’ — Media
TASS Russian News Agency - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Mar 2025

1 Mar 2025 – According to US official, what happened at Trump’s meeting with Zelensky at the White House was “disastrous.”

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Palestine Will Never Die (Music Video of the Week)
Lowkey | Double Down News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 10 Feb 2025

Lowkey’s Track Featuring Mai Khalil

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Artificial Intelligence Can Now Replicate Itself — A Milestone That Has Experts Terrified
Owen Hughes | NewsBreak - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2025

25 Jan 2025 – Scientists say AI crossed a critical “red line” by replicating itself. In a new study, researchers from China showed that two popular large language models (LLMs) could clone themselves.

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What DeepSeek Says about Nuland’s Role in Ukraine War
Cathy Vogan | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 3 Feb 2025

1 Feb 2025 – What happens when you ask two Western AI programs and the new Chinese DeepSeek a politically sensitive question? We decided to find out.

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Trump Lifts Settler Sanctions, West-Bank Violence Explodes
Robert Inlakesh | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Jan 2025

24 Jan 2025 – The wave of Israeli attacks in the West Bank this week following Trump’s lifting of settler sanctions and the role of U.S. donors in enabling messianic-settler genocidal extremism.

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A Day That Many of Us Have Dreaded
Bernie Sanders | Reader Supported News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Jan 2025

20 Jan 2025,  Inauguration day. Let’s not kid ourselves. This is one of the most pivotal and difficult moments in the history of our country. What happens in the next few years will impact this country and the world for decades. Despair is not an option. We must aggressively educate and organize and go forward together.

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Biden Commutes Sentence for Indigenous Activist Leonard Peltier
Colleen Long, et al. | AP News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Jan 2025

20 Jan 2025 – Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier will return home nearly half a century after he was imprisoned for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. President Joe Biden commuted Peltier’s sentence today.

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Think Tanks Fueling Endless War – Think Tanks or Stink Tanks?
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Jan 2025

22 Jan 2025 – The use of think tanks to anticipate, plan and justify wars is a key obstacle to world peace. Think tanks funded by defense (war) contractors and bully governments may claim they offer objectivity, but they mostly provide analyses that neglect peaceful alternatives (nonviolent solutions).  

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Megadroughts Are on the Rise Worldwide
Carolyn Gramling | ScienceNews - TRANSCEND Media Service, 27 Jan 2025

16 Jan 2025 – Megadroughts are increasing worldwide–and they’re also becoming both hotter and drier. A most extreme one has helped fuel California’s wildfires.

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US Pet Now President of Lebanon
Craig Murray | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jan 2025

14 Jan 2025 – That General Joseph Aoun is the U.S. and Israel’s man is not in doubt. This is another defeat for Hezbollah following its disastrous ceasefire agreement, which led to the same-day start of the assault on their ally Assad.

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BBC Middle East Editor Collaborated with CIA, Mossad
Alan MacLeod | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jan 2025

7 Jan 2025 – The connections of Raffi Berg, now at the center of a scandal over the BBC’s systematic pro-Israel bias, to the U.S. national security-state and Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency.

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Ireland Formally Joins ICJ Genocide Case against Israel
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jan 2025

7 Jan 2025 – Ireland has submitted a declaration to join South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Israel of genocide.

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‘Famine Conditions Are Spreading’ as Sudan’s Crisis Worsens: UN Security Council
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 13 Jan 2025

6 Jan 2025 -Human suffering in Sudan has reached devastating levels, with over 11.5 million people internally displaced and 3.2 million seeking refuge in neighbouring countries.

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Six Scenarios for Syria
As'ad AbuKhalil | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jan 2025

29 Dec 2024 – It is naive to assume that the current regime in Syria will remain in place–as it is. The situation resembles the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen. However, the next phase will not be peaceful.

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BBC Staffers Reveal Editor’s ‘Entire Job’ Is to Whitewash Israeli War Crimes
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 6 Jan 2025

28 Dec 2024 – News editor Raffi Berg reportedly controls online coverage of genocide in Gaza to ensure Israeli crimes are ‘watered down’ or ignored.

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Personal Souvenirs of Federico Mayor Zaragoza (27 Jan 1934 – 19 Dec 2024)
David Adams | Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2024

22 Dec 2024 – I was privileged to know and work with Federico Mayor, a “thoughtful committed individual” who changed the world. He was nominated many times for the Nobel Peace Prize and should have received it.

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Disarmageddon: Do We Have a Choice?
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 30 Dec 2024

All religions have certain texts declared to be “sacred.” One cannot question the directives or prophecies in them. Which raises an unusual question: If Jesus returned today, either in spirit or in person, would he become a peace activist? Would he speak out against nuclear war and Armageddon?

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‘Sickening Normalization’ of Suffering, amid Attacks on People and Aid Convoys in Gaza
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Dec 2024

13 Dec 2024 – Ongoing military operations by Israeli forces in Gaza continue to cause devastation for civilians trying to escape the fighting, with mounting casualties and a critical lack of humanitarian aid for the desperate population.

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Privatizing Syria: US Plans to Sell Off Nation’s Wealth after Assad
Kit Klarenberg | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Dec 2024

17 Dec 2024 – Sanctions-privatization-reconstruction: Washington’s approach to post-Assad Syria offers a glimpse into the true nature of US foreign policy agenda.

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‘Dying Hungry and in Pain’: an Increasingly Likely Outcome in Gaza
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Dec 2024

19 Dec 2024 – The head of the UN aid coordination office in Gaza, Georgios Petropoulos, issued a harrowing update on the dire situation in the enclave today, describing it as “the most dangerous place on earth right now.” 

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The Fenzel Plan: How the US Engineered the PA’s West Bank Crackdown
Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 23 Dec 2024

18 Dec 2024 – The US initiative to create a specialized Palestinian Authority security force to carry out military assaults like the one now in Jenin, is focused on suppressing Palestinian opposition to Washington’s agenda and is paving the way for Israeli control by crushing grassroots resistance.

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The BRICS Plan for a New Financial Architecture
Prof Anuradha Chenoy | InDepthNews - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

1 Dec 2024 – The BRICS difference can be read as decolonised multilateralism with intent and behaviour as an interdependent, plural grouping, committed to development linked to the global South.

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Gaza: ‘Devastation Is Absolutely Staggering’, Says Senior WFP Official
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

12 Dec 2024 – Describing the level of devastation across the Gaza Strip as “absolutely staggering”, the representative of the World Food Programme said that civilians are desperate for lifesaving aid and there’s a growing risk of widespread famine.

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In Memoriam: Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. (13 Dec 1947 – 2 Nov 2024)
University of Hawaii News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

TRANSCEND and University of Hawaii’s Trailblazing Cultural Psychology Leader

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From ‘Terrorist’ to ‘Freedom Fighter’: How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani as Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader
Alan MacLeod | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

12 Dec 2024 – Corporate media is heralding the emergence of Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as Syria’s new leader, despite his ties to al-Qaeda and ISIS. “How Syria’s ‘diversity-friendly’ jihadists plan on building a state,” runs the headline from the Daily Telegraph UK suggesting he will construct a new Syria.

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Syria Now
As'ad AbuKhalil | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

9 Dec 2024 – The Assad family regime, sustained by force, was destined to collapse and the infighting between the various armed militias now may produce a situation not unlike Afghanistan.

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The Overthrow of Assad Is as Seismic as the Fall of the Shah
Patrick Cockburn | inews – TRANSCEND Media Service, 16 Dec 2024

Islamist rebels captured Damascus on Sunday [8 Dec] after astonishingly feeble resistance from the Syrian armed forces. A former member of al-Qaeda will take power – and nobody knows what will happen next.

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How the US and Israel Quietly Revived Al-Qaeda Allies in Syria’s Idlib Offensive
Robert Inlakesh | MintPress News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Dec 2024

4 Dec 2024 – As the Al-Qaeda affiliate Hayat Tahrir al-Sham intensifies the offensive after capturing Aleppo, Washington distances itself from the attack although its complicity was laid bare in leaked cables: Al-Qaeda “is on our side in Syria.”

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The Forces on the Offensive in Syria Are Today’s Khmer Rouge
John Wight | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Dec 2024

6 Dec 2024 – The common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time is Western foreign policy.
“History never really says goodbye. History says, ‘See you later.’” – Eduardo Galeano

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Beyond Trump and Nukes: Unmaking War, Remaking Men
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 9 Dec 2024

3 Dec 2024 – Trump as a macho warrior. What if his “machismo” is a psychological trait which increases the likelihood that he will impulsively order a nuclear strike to prove that he (the U.S.) is “the boss”?

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A Tale of Two Summits
Culture of Peace News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Dec 2024

1 Dec 2024 – Two global summits were held in November, with two completely different results. One [G20] was held in a country of the global south seeking independence from northern domination. The other [COP29] was hosted by a country profiting from the sales of oil and was dominated by the interest of the US and Europe.

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United States Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN Security Council
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 2 Dec 2024

20 Nov 2024 – The USA today vetoed a UNSC draft resolution that demanded an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

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Palestinian Surgeon Brutalized before Being Killed in Israeli Prison, Says Eyewitness
Sky News/Middle East Eye - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Nov 2024

15 Nov 2024 – During the Israeli military’s siege of al-Shifa Hospital, surgeon Dr Adnan Al-Bursh was detained and taken to Ofer Prison, where he was beaten and tortured to the extent that he could not go to the bathroom unaided. “He had clearly been assaulted with injuries around his body. He was naked in the lower part of his body. The prison guard threw him in the middle of the yard and left him there.”

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Brazil Police Formally Accuse Bolsonaro of Alleged Coup Plot [Trump Redux]
Amy Walker | BBC News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 25 Nov 2024

22 Nov 2024 – Ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies have been formally accused of allegedly plotting a coup, after he lost the 2022 presidential election.

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Māori MPs Perform Haka at NZ Parliament Debate on Treaty Rights Changes
Guardian News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Nov 2024

14 Nov 2024 – At New Zealand’s parliament, a vote on a controversial bill was suspended by a haka (Māori war dance) led by MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, joined by opposition parties and the public gallery. The bill proposed changes to a 200-year-old treaty guaranteeing Māori rights.

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The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees in “Darkest Moment” of Its 75-Year History
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Nov 2024

13 Nov 2024 – The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, is enduring its ‘darkest moment’ as Israeli laws threaten operations, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said today, pointing to legislative, operational and security challenges.

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Zionists in Amsterdam
Patrick Lawrence | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Nov 2024

12 Nov 2024 – What happened in one Dutch city is the world since the Zionist regime began its limitlessly barbaric assault on Gaza: Zionist Israel lost, lost big in Amsterdam. The horror it has made of itself is now plain for the world to see.

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UN General Assembly Renews Long-Standing Call for End to US Embargo against Cuba
Vibhu Mishra | UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2024

30 Oct 2024 – The UNGA today overwhelmingly urged the USA to end its economic, commercial, and financial embargo on Cuba, a demand it makes since 1992.
(In favor: 187; Against: 2 [USA, Israel]; Abstention: 1 [Moldova])

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The Earth Constitution Emerging in Surprising Ways
Roger Kotila, Ph.D. | Earth Federation News & Views – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2024

1 Nov 2024 – The Earth Constitution has been getting an unusual attention, both good and “bad,” omens of its growing geopolitical importance as the UN continues to flounder, unable to prevent wars or to stop Israel’s genocidal Gaza land grab by extinguishing the Palestinian people.    

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How a Secluded 1984 Conference Forged Israel’s Unprecedented Influence Over US Media
Kit Klarenberg | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2024

31 Oct 2024 – Exploring the 1984 conference that fortified Israel’s narrative control and highlighting the troubling dynamics between media, politics, and public perception in the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Israeli Knesset’s Banning of UNRWA Will Deepen Palestinian Suffering
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 4 Nov 2024

28 Oct 2024 – Today’s vote by the Israeli Knesset banning the UN Relief and Works Agency contradicts principles of the UN Charter, violates Israel’s obligations under international law, and sets a dangerous precedent. The UN chief pledged he would take the issue to the General Assembly.

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Israeli Army ‘Deliberately Demolished’ Watchtower, Fence at UN Peacekeeping Site in Southern Lebanon
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Oct 2024

20 Oct 2024 – The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon informed that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier today in the southern part of the country.

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BRICS: The Most Important Financial Summit of the Year Is Taking Place in Russia
Hamish McRae | i News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Oct 2024

23 Oct 2024 – A Huge Shift of Economic Power Is Taking Place

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Revealed: The Israeli Spies Writing US News
Alan MacLeod | MintPress News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Oct 2024

17 Oct 2024 – “Netanyahu is on a winning streak.” So reads the title of an Axios article describing the Israeli prime minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs. These include the bombing of Yemen, the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and the pager attack against Lebanon.

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Gaza: Polio Could Spread Unless Vaccines Reach Genocide-Torn North
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Oct 2024

24 Oct 2024 – An immediate ceasefire is needed in Gaza as the enclave faces the additional threat of polio spreading, if the final phase of a vaccination campaign continues to face delays in reaching the besieged north, where the “nightmare is intensifying”, top UN officials stressed today.

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Iran’s Bomb Is Real–and It’s Here
Scott Ritter | Consortium News – TRANSCEND Media Service, 28 Oct 2024

20 Oct 2024 – For months now, the world has focused on the danger of nuclear war between the United States and Russia. But Iran and Israel could beat them to it.

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Israeli Soldiers SICKENING War Crimes EXPOSED
Double Down News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Oct 2024

16 Oct 2024 – The Footage the BBC or CNN Won’t Show You

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Over 1.8 million in Gaza Face Extreme Hunger
UN News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Oct 2024

17 Oct 2024 – More than 1.8 million Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing “extremely critical” levels of hunger, with 70 per cent of crop fields destroyed by the Israeli genocidal military offensive, a UN food security assessment released today has revealed.

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UN Troops to ‘Stay in All Positions’ Inside Lebanon Despite Israeli Threats
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Oct 2024

15 Oct 2024 – The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations confirmed yesterday that the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon would “stay in all its positions” after Israeli attacks injured at least five blue helmets.

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Israel’s Proxy War with Iran Leaves Young Children in Gaza and Lebanon Burned from Head to Toe
Debora Patta and Agnes Reau | CBS News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Oct 2024

17 Oct 2024 – Displaced Gazans in a tent camp outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital woke up Tue 15 Oct to a blazing inferno after an Israeli airstrike. Residents and rescue workers scrambled to rescue people from the flames, but they could not save Shaaban Al-Dalou, who was burned alive.

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The Song Israel Doesn’t Want You to Hear (Music Video of the Week)
Double Down News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 21 Oct 2024

8 Oct 2024 – They Really Did All of This

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US Arms Dealers Witness ‘Record Profits’ from Israel’s Year-Long Genocide in Gaza, War on Lebanon
The Cradle News Desk - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Oct 2024

10 Oct 2024 – The US and Israel’s ongoing military escalation across West Asia has helped the aerospace and defense industry outperform expectations.

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IDF in ‘Outrageous Threat’ to Irish UN Troops in Lebanon
Mick Hall | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 14 Oct 2024

10 Oct 2024 – Israel continues to isolate itself diplomatically. A diplomatic crisis has been defused after Israel withdrew its invasion force metres from a U.N. post in south Lebanon staffed by Irish peacekeepers.

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Assange: ‘My Naivete Was Believing in the Law, I’m Free Because I Pled Guilty to Journalism’
Julian Assange | Consortium News - TRANSCEND Media Service, 7 Oct 2024

1 Oct 2024 – Full text of Julian Assange’s remarks to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today on the plea deal, WikiLeaks, the Espionage Act, C.I.A.’s retribution, repression of journalism, and his responses during Q&A.

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