Tag: current affairs – international

Abby Martin Infiltrated the US Military. IT’S WORSE Than You Think (AV)

Abby Martin INFILTRATED the US Military. IT’S WORSE Than You Think THE VIDEO US MILITARY WANT TO BAN Watch Abby Martin’s New Film “Earth’s Greatest Enemy” now: http://www.earthsgreatestenemy.com ++++++++ The CIA: An Imperial History The Ghosts of Kennan: Lessons From the Start of a Cold War. By Fredrik Logevall ‘Truth is one of our rights’: victims of Indonesia’s… Read More Abby Martin Infiltrated the US Military. IT’S WORSE Than You Think (AV)

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Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

Andrew Roth Global affairs correspondent Israel’s defence minister has said his country is seeking Donald Trump’s support to approve plans to expel Palestinians from the Gaza Strip in what has widely been condemned as a potential war crime. Israel Katz said there was “no real solution for Gaza in the end without thismigration” during a conference… Read More Israel ‘seeking Trump’s support for plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza’

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Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis

George Monbiot: Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: the life the radical right wants you to have Nepal’s flash floods expose something more fundamental: the problem is not the absence of a warning system – it is a climate crisis that is producing hazards that behave differently from those the systems… Read More Nepal-Tibet flood: this is the cost of not acting in the face of the climate crisis

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Thank Trump for This: He Has Exposed the Leaking Guts of the War Machine

War in the Middle East has morphed from the sterile narrative of fighting for freedom and democracy, to the more spectacular notion that US military force has been mobilized to serve Christian prophecy Phil Wilson Common Dreams Forget about Ancient Sparta, Attila the Hun, Hernán Cortés, Julius Ceasar, Alexander the Great, Adolf Hitler, and all of the conquerors that… Read More Thank Trump for This: He Has Exposed the Leaking Guts of the War Machine

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Mohan Bhagwat’s costly global gambit: From under the radar to under fire

Bharat Bhushan If criticism continues to overshadow RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s overseas visit, it will be a net negative for his stated aims, especially as more officials and civil society organisations abroad speak out against it Bharat Bhushan Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s three-nation global outreach tour comes at a difficult time for the organisation. International perception of… Read More Mohan Bhagwat’s costly global gambit: From under the radar to under fire

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How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide

US Geological Survey says massive glacial collapse caused catastrophic flash floods in the Himalayan border region of Nepal ⁠and Tibet By Mark Saunokonoko, Nick Evershed, Mike Hohnen, Paul Scruton, Harvey Symons, Glenn Swann and Lucy Swan At 8.37am on Wednesday, an enormous section ⁠of a glacier in the Himalayas sheared free and crashed on to the valley floor in Nepal’s Langtang national park,… Read More How the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guide

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Would an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not

It’s clear here in Silicon Valley that AI is advancing faster than humans’ ability to control it. That means even sober prophecies seem optimistic Timothy Garton Ash Here in Silicon Valley, the experts think that within the next couple of years we’ll see an extraordinary takeoff for artificial intelligence. “Welcome to the foothills of the… Read More Would an AI disaster on the scale of Hiroshima be enough to make humankind protect itself? I fear not

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David Cox: The planet’s prodigious poo problem / Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

NB: Western civilisation is drowning in its own potty, literally and ideologically. Even their aircraft carriers’ toilets are clogged. How will the Free World survive, at this rate? Tsk tsk. Too bad. There’s a simple solution known to us lesser mortals: use water. Remember how the Don referred to ‘shithole countries’ some years ago? Seems… Read More David Cox: The planet’s prodigious poo problem / Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada

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Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

NB: This is the last chance for any segment of Western establishments to avoid being cast forever as irredeemably racist. DS Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press… Read More Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

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Lessons from the Ultimate China Watcher: Fr László Ladány (2023)

Nicholas Welch This article was written by Anthony Edwards, a 2023 graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. NB: The appraisal of Fr Ladany is well written and very necessary. He was agreat scholar. But the article is written from the standpoint of the US-China relationship. At a time when the US polity is imploding and as it… Read More Lessons from the Ultimate China Watcher: Fr László Ladány (2023)

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