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Jewish groups lead Capitol protest calling for Gaza ceasefire

9:42 22.10.2023

Jewish groups lead Capitol protest calling for Gaza ceasefire

The Capitol Police have arrested at least 100 people as demonstrators entered the Cannon House Office Building. A group of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza entered the Cannon House Office Building, a congressional office just across the street from the US Capitol Building. The demonstration was organized by …

Bloomberg is nervous: “Putin sends jets with hypersonic missiles to patrol Black Sea”

9:41 22.10.2023

Bloomberg is nervous: “Putin sends jets with hypersonic missiles to patrol Black Sea”

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on October 18 that he had ordered MiG-31K/I strike fighters armed with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles to carry out regular patrols over neutral airspace in the Black Sea. MiG-31 planes are armed with Kinzhal missile systems, deployment of two US aircraft carrier strike groups …

English lifestyle: Alcohol a ‘frequent factor’ in rule-breaching behavior in Westminster

9:40 22.10.2023

English lifestyle: Alcohol a ‘frequent factor’ in rule-breaching behavior in Westminster

Alcohol in Westminster has long been a feature of the culture, but a string of drunken incidents have made headlines of late, writes POLITICO. The drinking culture in Westminster has come under attack in a report from a parliamentary watchdog. In its fifth annual report summarizing the last year, the …

State Department official resigns over Biden’s support of Israel’s war against Hamas

9:38 22.10.2023

State Department official resigns over Biden’s support of Israel’s war against Hamas

A longtime State Department official resigned over President Biden’s decision to provide lethal arms to Israel as it wages war on Hamas terrorists, informs ‘The New York Post’. Josh Paul, a senior official in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, publicly announced his resignation in a letter posted on …

View from Delhi: Why Biden lied on Gaza hospital attack

9:37 22.10.2023

View from Delhi: Why Biden lied on Gaza hospital attack

White lies are often uttered to protect someone or deflect the upsetting truths. The US President Joseph Biden’s white lie obfuscated the horrific truth about the Israeli missile attack on the Baptist church in Gaza, which took the lives of over 500 people, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent …

View from Israel: When has the Israel-Palestine conflict ever responded to Cartesian logic?

8:37 21.10.2023

View from Israel: When has the Israel-Palestine conflict ever responded to Cartesian logic?

Sooner or later, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s destructive political magic, which has kept him in power for 15 years, was bound to usher in a major tragedy. A year ago, he formed the most radical and incompetent government in Israel’s history. Don’t worry, he assured his critics, I have …

View from Palestine: It is not a Hamas-Israeli conflict

8:36 21.10.2023

View from Palestine: It is not a Hamas-Israeli conflict

At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over the course of many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict’, writes Ramzy Baroud, the editor of ‘The Palestine Chronicle’. But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful. The …

French financial prosecutors raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters

8:34 21.10.2023

French financial prosecutors raid Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Thursday their headquarters had been raided Wednesday by the country's national financial prosecutor and a judicial source said the raid, which also targeted event management firms, were part of an ongoing probe into alleged favoritism, France 24 informs. "Paris 2024 confirms that …

British charity is over: Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets

8:33 21.10.2023

British charity is over: Homes for Ukraine funding halt could put thousands on streets

Sponsorship arrangements for more than 130,000 Ukrainians who fled to UK are due to end next March 2024, reveals ‘The Guardian’. Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are at risk of homelessness if ministers go ahead with plans to end funding for a scheme …

‘The American Conservative’: No more malarkey on Ukraine!

11:57 20.10.2023

‘The American Conservative’: No more malarkey on Ukraine!

Biden must tell the American people what we’re doing here, and why. America needs to hear from its own president, not Volodymyr Zelensky, about what is going on in Ukraine, stresses ‘The American Conservative’. America just can’t get enough of Endless War it seems; otherwise why would it keep getting …

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