Tag: current affairs – international

Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation

This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day Simon Tisdall Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bible’s Book of Revelation speaks of “end times”, a period of tribulation, war, famine, plague, floods… Read More Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation

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In three years, Israel’s war on Gaza hasn’t just changed the Middle East, it’s changed the world

A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once had Steve Bloomfield There was a world before 7 October, 2023, and now there is a world after. For Gaza, for Israel, for the wider Middle East, and for everyone else too. Not all… Read More In three years, Israel’s war on Gaza hasn’t just changed the Middle East, it’s changed the world

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‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

The genocide continues… in full view of the world People tell of lives changed beyond recognition after the 7 October attacks by Hamas three years ago and the subsequent Israeli offensive By Seham Tantesh in Gaza and Jason Burke Ahmed Ishtaiwi has six chairs. They are cheap and plastic and battered, but they are among… Read More ‘Neither war nor peace’: Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

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Riot police fire teargas as 250,000 take part in schools protests across France

Jon Henley in Paris Police have fired teargas at ⁠protesters as more than 250,000 pupils, teachers and parents demonstrated across France on the biggest day yet of a campaign for better high school conditions that has been marred by often violent clashes with police. The French prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, said at least 215 teenagers… Read More Riot police fire teargas as 250,000 take part in schools protests across France

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Second-Class Citizens

How the persistence of American Islamophobia makes it painfully clear that we are still living with the War on Terror Rozina Ali – Interviewed by Jonathan Shainin  Twenty-five years after 11 September, it is hard to separate Islamophobia in America from the shock of that morning, as if everything since was caused by its impact.… Read More Second-Class Citizens

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What Has America Lost?

The Real Costs of the War on Iran and the Continuities of American History Kabir Rao – Navigating the Nuclear Age The involvement of the United States across the Global South or, in older parlance, the Third World, has a long and tragic history. Its encounters with Third World Countries have generally involved the practice… Read More What Has America Lost?

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Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation’

Tom Durante Former Special Counsel Jack Smith slammed President Donald Trump in his opening statement before a Senate panel on Tuesday, saying his investigation uncovered “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that the commander in chief “engaged in serious crimes against our nation.” Smith, who was tasked with investigating Trump in 2022, spoke out as he… Read More Jack Smith Eviscerates Trump in Opening Statement: ‘President Trump Engaged in Serious Crimes Against Our Nation’

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Comparing Israel’s Leaders to Genghis Khan Insults the Mongols

Genghis Khan conquered brutally, but strategically. Israel’s leaders wage endless war without clear goals or the means to achieve them. The Mongols, at least, eventually made peace with their enemies Reuven Amitai In his thought-provoking article on the eve of Sukkot, Haaretz military analyst Amos Harel quoted at length some sharp and troubling remarks by… Read More Comparing Israel’s Leaders to Genghis Khan Insults the Mongols

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