WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISRAELI-LED ‘WAR ON TERROR’, FOLLOW THE MONEY

  Israeli soldiers fire during an operation in a location given as Gaza in this image released November 16. via Israel Defense Forces. (Reuters) Mon 20 October 2023: Israel is embarking on a ‘war on terror’ that will benefit its military industrial complex, but will have devastating consequences. It is easy to get distracted by […]

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1% OF THE WORLD’S WEALTHY EMIT AS MUCH CARBON AS THE POOREST TWO-THIRDS- REPORT

Mon 20 October 2023: A study conducted by the charity Oxfam International has shown a shocking inequality in carbon emissions: five billion people, or the richest 1% of the world’s population, contribute twice as much to carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds. In order to address these discrepancies in the fight against climate change, the […]

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ARGENTINA ELECTS FAR-RIGHT JAVIER MILEI ON PLATFORM OF RADICAL REFORM

Mon 20 October 2023: Argentina has elected libertarian outsider Javier Milei as its next president, taking a chance on the eccentric economist’s programme of radical economic reform after decades of stagnation. Milei’s win heralds a dramatic shake-up of the Latin American country’s economy and institutions amid public anger over high inflation and record poverty rates […]

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QATAR PM SAYS ONLY ‘MINOR’ CHALLENGES TO ISRAEL-HAMAS CAPTIVE DEAL

Mon 20 October 2023: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that only “minor” challenges remain to a deal to release some of the more than 200 people taken captive into Gaza after Hamas’s attack on Israel last month. Sheikh Mohammed, a former foreign minister, gave few additional details or a timeline. “The […]

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‘NO ISRAELIS ON SHIP’ SEIZED BY YEMEN’S HOUTHI REBELS: NETANYAHU

  The Bahaman-flagged GALAXY LEADER ship purportedly hijacked by the Yemen-based Houthis on November 19, 2023. Sun 19 October 2023: Israel says the Houthis seized a British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship in the Red Sea. There was no immediate comment from the rebel group in based in Yemen. The Houthis, an ally of Iran, have […]

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DIRTY SECRET OF ISRAEL’S WEAPONS EXPORTS: THEY’RE TESTED ON PALESTINIANS

  Abdel Rahim Moussa, 62, was injured by an Israeli army tank shell approximately a kilometre from the Gaza border with Israel, during the 2012 conflict [Paddy Dowling/Al Jazeera] Sun 19 October 2023: Weapons tested in each war Israel wages see a spike in global demand. The current Gaza war is the latest laboratory for […]

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UK GOVERNMENT KEEPS SECRET FILES ON CRITICS, MONITORING THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA– OBSERVER

Sun 19 October 2023: Fifteen government agencies have been keeping an eye on possible critics’ social media activity and gathering “secret files” to prevent them from speaking at public gatherings, a new Observer report has claimed. According to the report, several government departments, including the departments of health, culture, media and sport, and environment, food […]

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THOUSANDS PROTESTS AGAINST CATALAN AMNESTY DEAL IN MADRID AFTER PM SWORN IN

Sun 19 October 2023: Tens of thousands of protesters have marched through Madrid in opposition to a controversial Catalan amnesty law that enabled Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to form a government for a second term. Sanchez’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) secured the backing of the Catalan separatist Junts party by offering amnesty to those linked […]

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