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New Zealand: Former businessman Christopher Luxon to lead new government

11:26 16.10.2023

New Zealand: Former businessman Christopher Luxon to lead new government

Christopher Luxon, the former businessman set to become New Zealand’s 42nd prime minister, may have achieved his biggest turnaround yet. The one-time Unilever Plc high flyer and Air New Zealand chief executive led his center-right National Party to 39% of the vote in Saturday’s election, up from 25.6% at the …

‘Diskgazete’: Hamas could purchase American weapons from Ukraine

11:17 15.10.2023

‘Diskgazete’: Hamas could purchase American weapons from Ukraine

Hamas militants are fighting with American weapons previously sent to Ukraine (photo), Turkish newspaper ‘Diskgazete’ points. The violent conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip continues. The number of victims of conflicts and prisoners is constantly growing. However, what is worthy note that Palestinian Islamists attacked Israeli territory using weapons …

Sweden: A State on the brink of implosion

11:17 15.10.2023

Sweden: A State on the brink of implosion

Mr. Ulf Kristersson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, gave an extraordinary speech to the nation. He opened with references to a recent series of bombings and shootings that have claimed many lives around the country. He exemplified with the execution-style killings of three young teenagers: “My thoughts are also with …

Pirates wreak havoc on San Francisco Bay with vessels ‘stolen and ransacked’

11:16 15.10.2023

Pirates wreak havoc on San Francisco Bay with vessels ‘stolen and ransacked’

Houseboat and yacht residents in the San Francisco Bay have sounded off about incidents of piracy skyrocketing by marauders pillaging and plundering from their watercrafts — and even stealing entire boats as The Golden City faces a crime crisis, informs ‘The New York Post’. “The open shoreline of the [Oakland-Alameda] …

View from Delhi: “An extended occupation of Gaza by Israel will be an extremely dangerous outcome fraught with great risks”

11:15 15.10.2023

View from Delhi: “An extended occupation of Gaza by Israel will be an extremely dangerous outcome fraught with great risks”

Israel needs to come terms with the new reality that they are no longer invincible or the dominant power in the West Asian region, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s press conference concluding his visit to Israel conveyed three things. …

A senior U.S. intelligence official told members of Congress that there was no direct link between Iran and the Hamas attack

10:23 14.10.2023

A senior U.S. intelligence official told members of Congress that there was no direct link between Iran and the Hamas attack

The information has fueled doubts in the United States that Iran, a longtime supporter of the Palestinian militant group, played a direct role in planning the assault in Israel. The United States has collected multiple pieces of intelligence that show that key Iranian leaders were surprised by the Hamas attack …

With the Olympic Games approaching Paris authorities strike at drug addicts and migrants

10:20 14.10.2023

With the Olympic Games approaching Paris authorities strike at drug addicts and migrants

The Paris Police Prefecture (PP) has issued an order banning food distributions for one month in an area of northern Paris where migrant and homeless camps are concentrated, sparking the ire of associations. The bans will deprive 200 to 500 people of food every day. The facility is one of …

Poland’s ‘bitter election’ could bring more trouble for the European Union

10:17 14.10.2023

Poland’s ‘bitter election’ could bring more trouble for the European Union

Poland. The nationalist Law and Justice party is pulling economic levers to keep power, and another term could spell more trouble for the European Union, notes Bloomberg. In Biala Piska, nestled among lakes and farms in northeast Poland, pensioner Bozena Szczekocka knows exactly what she wants to see change after …

“Israel’s 9/11” is a slogan to rationalize open-ended killing of Palestinian civilians

10:16 14.10.2023

“Israel’s 9/11” is a slogan to rationalize open-ended killing of Palestinian civilians

Israel’s collective punishment of 2.3 million people in Gaza is an intensification of what Israel has been doing to Palestinians for decades, stresses Norman Solomon, the national director of ‘RootsAction.org’ and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. When Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security …

View from USA: 2024 will make 2023 look like ‘a walk in the park’ but we can make it through ‘the storm’

11:09 13.10.2023

View from USA: 2024 will make 2023 look like ‘a walk in the park’ but we can make it through ‘the storm’

The convergence of multiple red-alert warnings is staring us in the face, all pointing to a major “event” of some type in the upcoming weeks or months. Whatever it is, this new catastrophe will hasten the collapse of the old world system, a collapse of economies and political structures that …

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