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51+ min ago   (1133+ words) The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Uruguay’s main trade union federation PIT-CNT led a partial 12-hour strike in Uruguay on August 11, demanding the government provide more resources for social welfare,…...

42+ min ago   (327+ words) At least 68 people have been killed and more than 200 injured after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Flores before dawn on August 15. Thousands have been driven from their homes and are awaiting aid, while rescue workers continue…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (493+ words) “If you thought the president hated ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ when it was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, buckle up, people,” the comedian adds Rosie O’Donnell stepped in as host for Jimmy Kimmel Monday evening and made herself right at home by…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago   (710+ words) Deputies were called to the area of Clark Road at about 7:22 p.m. after a resident reported that an Amazon delivery vehicle had remained stationary for several hours. Patrick Miranda, who lives nearby, told local station WKMG that he became concerned after…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (711+ words) On Monday, August 10, a court in Pervomaisk, Ukraine, convicted the Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk of high treason under martial law and sentenced him to 15 years in prison for having called for the unity of Russian and Ukrainian workers against war....

1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (52+ words) A foreign policy expert warned on Monday that President Donald Trump is inching closer to making the one mistake that would end his presidency. Over the last week, reports indicate that conditions for U.S. sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which…...

2+ hour, 25+ min ago   (365+ words) The Supreme Court on Monday denied President Trump's long-shot request to reconsider his appeal of writer E. Jean Carroll's $5 million sexual abuse verdict. The president asked the justices to rehear the case after they declined to take up his argument in…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (497+ words) This year’s Salzburg Festival runs until the end of August. The world’s most important festival of classical music and the performing arts was founded over 100 years ago by theatre director Max Reinhardt and playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal and this summer…...

2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (489+ words) Over 400,000 students have returned to Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools for the 2026-27 year under sweeping new restrictions on classroom screen time, building on a cellphone and social media ban that took effect last year in the nation’s second-largest…...

2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (526+ words) Their panic only intensified when the banging shifted to the door itself. When they finally opened it, the same man was blocking the exit, demanding in a menacing tone, “Is anyone else in there?” Instead of apologizing for scaring them,…...