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15+ min ago (274+ words) Zelensky says Ukraine's peace talks with US constructive but not easy Syrian refugee returns set to slow as donor support fades The structural ignorance behind declaring Islam 'a death cult' Talks with U.S. representatives on a peace plan for Ukraine have been constructive but not easy, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday ahead of his planned consultations with European leaders in coming days. Zelensky held a call on Saturday with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and is expected to meet French, British and German leaders on Monday in London. Further talks are planned in Brussels. "The American representatives know the basic Ukrainian positions," Zelensky said in his nightly video address. "The conversation was constructive, although not easy." Trump has said that ending Russia's war in Ukraine, now nearing its fourth year and the…...

22+ min ago (310+ words) The tragedy is not simply that the IPL exists, but that it has overwhelmed everything else. There is still classical cricket waiting beneath the surface " a cricket of artistry, modesty, and dignity. But until we reclaim it from the grip of corporates, politicians, and franchise owners, India will remain the world's richest cricketing nation, but spiritually the poorest. Ranjan Solomon, a critique of the corporatization of cricket by Dr Ranjan Solomon07/12/2025 "Civilisations endure not by the triumph of one faith over another, but by the quiet courage to live together, speak to one another, and protect the dignity of every human" by Dr Ranjan Solomon06/12/2025 The confrontation between the United States and Nicol's Maduro is one of the most revealing geopolitical conflicts of our time. It is not a clash of democratic ideals versus authoritarianism," by Dr Ranjan Solomon05/12/2025 India's attempt to force…...

41+ min ago (271+ words) Outgoing MAGA Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed the moment she decided she could no longer support President DonaldTrump in an interview on Sunday. Greene, who is retiring from Congress in January 2026, has become one of Trump's loudest critics within the Republican Party over the last several months. She discussed her relationship with the president on Sunday's broadcast of the CBS show, "60 Minutes" with Leslie Stahl. "I stood for women who were raped when they were 14-years old and the president called me a traitor for that," Greene said. "Things changed after that." Greene's criticisms of Trump began to get louder when the administration began stalling the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files earlier this year. Trump campaigned in 2024 on a promise to release the files once in office, a promise that experts have said was central part of…...

57+ min ago (732+ words) On December 5, Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced an agreement under which Netflix will acquire Warner Bros." film and television studios, along with its streaming operations, including HBO Max and HBO. The deal is valued at roughly $72 billion in equity, with a total enterprise value of $82.7 billion when accounting for debt. The completion of the Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery union is contingent on the latter"s planned spin-off of its cable and linear-TV networks (including CNN and other channels) into a separate company, Discovery Global, expected by the third quarter of 2026. Regulatory approval remains a hurdle, as antitrust authorities in both the US and Europe consider whether to oppose the merger"s concentration of control over content and distribution. Analysts estimate that the combined entity could control 3040 percent of the US streaming market, giving Netflix unprecedented power over pricing, access…...

57+ min ago (471+ words) All over the world democratic socialism failed in the face of ascendant fascism. A fickle fascination with form saw "socialists" ally themselves to bourgeois republics, and the many millions of dead call to us from beyond the grave to not repeat this mistake. Here was the most powerful proletariat in Western Europe. The Social Democrats and Stalinists combined had polled more than 12 million votes in the last election. Had the German workers been united in action, they could have scattered the fascist riffraff to the four winds with one solid blow. This powerful proletariat, disunited and betrayed by the leadership, was conquered without a fight. He goes on to quote Trotsky, "Ten unsuccessful insurrections could not demoralize the proletariat one-hundredth part as much as one capitulation without a fight, which would deprive them of confidence in themselves." Revolutionary socialism and…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago (904+ words) Sri Lanka has suffered massive destruction from Cyclone Ditwah, which made landfall on November 26 in the southeastern part of the island and moved northward along the eastern coastline. According to official statistics, 627 people have died due to the cyclone and the resulting floods and landslides, while 190 remain missing. More than 4,500 houses were completely destroyed and over 76,000 partially damaged. A total of 247 kilometres of roads were impacted, and 40 bridges have been washed away. Several sections of the main railway line running through the central highlands were ruined, leaving transportation along this critical route indefinitely suspended. In response to the disaster, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake declared this week, "We are facing the largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history." While the scale of destruction is indeed immense, to claim that the catastrophe is purely a "natural" event conceals…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (353+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-GA) and 60 Minutes's Lesley Stahl took turns accusing each other of making uncivil insults and accusations in recent years during a tense interview exchange Sunday. Greene sat down with Stahl to talk about her break with President Donald Trump and his Make America Great Again movement by eschewing the MAGA label and declaring, "I'm America first." Stahl played a video montage of Greene's "five years of almost constant drama," like when she yelled "Liar!" at President Joe Biden during the 2023 State of the Union, and mocked Rep. Jasmine Crockett's (D-TX) "fake eyelashes" on the House floor. Stahl accused Greene of "adding fuel to the nation's loss of civility" before playing the "mea culpa" interview Greene did with CNN where she "humbly" apologized for "taking part in the toxic politics." Stahl said it became clear during the…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (688+ words) Tunisia beat Asian champions Qatar 3-0, while Palestine draw with Syria to enter the quarterfinals for the first time. Asian champions Qatar have been knocked out of the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 after a shocking 3-0 loss to Tunisia, with Palestine advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time with a 0-0 draw against Syria. Home favourites Qatar needed a big win over Tunisia to have any chances of progressing from Group A, where Palestine and Syria were in the lead as the last round of the group fixtures was played on Sunday. A poor defensive display from the Asian Cup winners saw them concede the lead in the 16th minute on Sunday, when Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane pounced on a goalkeeping error by Meshaal Barsham, allowing the Tunisian midfielder to poke the ball into the net from close range at Al Bayt Stadium in…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago (458+ words) This statement was distributed at demonstrations and protests held throughout Germany on December 5 against the reintroduction of conscription. The struggle against conscription therefore demands a struggle against war and militarism and against their root cause: capitalism. We call on everyone participating in the strike to read and circulate this appeal and to take an active part in building an international, socialist anti-war movement. We say no to conscription, in whatever form and at whatever time it is planned. We refuse to serve as cannon fodder for the profits of the rich! In preparation for this, schools and universities are already being militarised. Youth officers appear in classrooms to present killing for the fatherland as "service to democracy." Universities and colleges are being turned into militarist research and training centres, while protests against war and genocide on campus are brutally attacked…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago (636+ words) Gore and the Democratic Party refused to challenge this judicial coup, despite opposition mounting from working-class people in the United States. Indeed, the Democrats feared rousing popular opposition far more than they did losing the White House." On December 9, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act (H.R. 10481), authorizing federal loans of up to $2.3 billion for the bankrupt city. This act came just weeks after Ford's notorious declaration that he would veto any aid measures aimed at bailing out New York. The bankruptcy was not the fault of the working class, despite claims to the contrary by capitalist politicians from both major parties. New York City was hit hard by the global economic crisis of the 1970s, which brought a sharp decline in the industries that had sustained a moderate standard of living for millions of workers as well…...