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Disarmament Grows More Distant as US Plans Another "Upgrade" to Nuclear Bomb

Disarmament Grows More Distant as US Plans Another "Upgrade" to Nuclear Bomb

Disarmament proponents have called the B61 bomb upgrade “an irresponsible escalation of the new nuclear arms …

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Australia's support to Pacific surges as China focuses on 'friendly' states, aid map shows

Australia's support to Pacific surges as China focuses on 'friendly' states, aid map shows

Lowy Institute report finds Canberra has become leading source of loans to region while Beijing's financing i…

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Back to Bikini

Lessons from Marshallese canoe culture on navigating beyond colonization, nuclear weapons, and climate change.

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ICAN's new leader stresses the humanitarian and environmental costs of nuclear weapons

ICAN's new leader stresses the humanitarian and environmental costs of nuclear weapons

A conversation with Melissa Parke, the newly appointed executive director of the International Campaign to Ab…

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Cook Islands PM 'proceeds with caution' on deep-sea mining as critics warn over risks

Cook Islands PM 'proceeds with caution' on deep-sea mining as critics warn over risks

Deadline tied to the regulation of controversial plans to extract seabed minerals looms amid division over th…

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How Japanese Civilians Are Supporting Ukraine

How Japanese Civilians Are Supporting Ukraine

As the need for humanitarian aid grew, Japanese citizens continued to send Bogdan Parkhomenko - a Ukrainian w…

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As Hawaii Hosts International War Games, Residents Question Costs of Militarism

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By Jon Letman Verified, Negin Owliaei Verified
| Truthout Verified
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. This summer, military forces from 30 nations are gathering in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026, the world’s largest maritime exercise.
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The Story Behind the Ukraine War’s Defining Atrocity

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By Jon Letman Verified
| Ink Stick Media
An interview with James Verini about the Mariupol theater bombing and his new book, The Theater: Courage and Survival in the Defining Atrocity of the Ukraine War.
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The US-Israeli War on Iran Is Incentivizing Nuclear Proliferation

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By Jon Letman Verified, Zack Kligler
| Truthout Verified
Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. Speaking before a Friends of Ireland luncheon while wearing a lucky green tie for St. Patrick’s Day, President Donald Trump announced, “the war is proceeding very, very strongly. We’re doing very, very well in Iran, knocking the hell out of ‘em and you have to do that. We can’t let them have a nuclear weapon.
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