Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
- UN Security Council holds urgent meeting on US-Venezuela tensions, UN says dialog is only path to peace;
- National Weather Service issues storm warnings for Pacific coast over holidays;
- SF lights back on after blackout left thousands in dark, leaving questions about accountability and aging power grid;
- Report calls US global supplier in exotic pet trade, threatening endangered animals;
- Activist Greta Thunberg arrested in London under UK’s “Terrorism Act” for carrying sign reading “I support the Palestine Action Prisoners, I Oppose Genocide”;
- Venezuela approves measure criminalizing “piracy, blockades”, including seizure of oil tankers;
- US quietly striking agreements to deploy troops in Latin America, Caribbean, critics blast “gunboat diplomacy”