Sweden to prepare Ukrainians for military service
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The UK-based training program comes after Sweden renounced centuries of neutrality by applying to join NATO
Swedish instructors will train Ukrainian civilians in the UK to prepare them for service in Kievโs military, the Nordic nationโs Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. With the British hoping to prepare 10,000 Ukrainians for combat, the announcement suggests that Kievโs conventional forces are depleted.
The Swedish Armed Forces will send up to 120 instructors to the UK between August 12 and December 31, Stockholm said. The instructors will...
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The UK-based training program comes after Sweden renounced centuries of neutrality by applying to join NATO
Swedish instructors will train Ukrainian civilians in the UK to prepare them for service in Kievโs military, the Nordic nationโs Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. With the British hoping to prepare 10,000 Ukrainians for combat, the announcement suggests that Kievโs conventional forces are depleted.
The Swedish Armed Forces will send up to 120 instructors to the UK between August 12 and December 31, Stockholm said. The instructors will...
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Israel and Palestine agree on ceasefire from Sunday evening after two days of firing: Report
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Israel and Palestinian militants have reached an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza that will begin on Sunday evening, as reported by Reuters.
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Israel and Palestinian militants have reached an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza that will begin on Sunday evening, as reported by Reuters.
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China keeps up pressure as Taiwan detects 66 planes and 14 warships in latest drills
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China has been conducting military drills around Taiwan in the aftermath of the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosiรขยยs visit to the country.
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China has been conducting military drills around Taiwan in the aftermath of the United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosiรขยยs visit to the country.
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Data Map: How access to Abortion has changed globally
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Globally, access to abortion has increased during the past 25 years.
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Globally, access to abortion has increased during the past 25 years.
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Top 10 world news: China keeps up pressure on Taiwan, Israel-Palestine agree on ceasefire, and more
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The first set of drills ended on Sunday, but the Chinese media has reported that the next round will continue to take place.
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The first set of drills ended on Sunday, but the Chinese media has reported that the next round will continue to take place.
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Italian army detonates World War II bomb found in dried-up river Po
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On Sunday, August 7, the Italian army detonated a World War Two bomb that had been found in the low water after the Po, the nation's longest river,
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On Sunday, August 7, the Italian army detonated a World War Two bomb that had been found in the low water after the Po, the nation's longest river,
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โRussยญian nuยญclear terยญrorโ: Ukraine atomยญic plant atยญtacked again
Ukraineโs Presยญiยญdent Zeยญlenยญskyy calls out Rusยญsia as fears of a disยญasยญter grow afยญter Euยญropeโs biggest nuยญclear faยญcilยญiยญty hit.
Published On 7 Aug 2022
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โRussยญian nuยญclear terยญrorโ: Ukraine atomยญic plant atยญtacked again
Ukraineโs Presยญiยญdent Zeยญlenยญskyy calls out Rusยญsia as fears of a disยญasยญter grow afยญter Euยญropeโs biggest nuยญclear faยญcilยญiยญty hit.
Published On 7 Aug 2022
โPaths of Glory
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The tragedy is that the grandstanding of Pelosi and the avarice of Hunter Biden and Clown Prince Zelensky drags countless millions of Faithful Hussars into warโs abyss.
If there is any glory in war, it belongs not to Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden or their Zelensky puppet but to nobler souls like August Landmesser, Alina Lipp, รdith Piaf, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Princess Anni-Frid Reuss (Dowager Countess of Plauen aka Anni-Frid Lyngstad), Graham Greeneโs anonymous whisky priest, Hugh Thompson Jnr, Alexander Prokhorenko , Khaled al Asaad, Seymour Hersh, Julian Assange and all like them.
Who could not but love รdith Piaf, Franceโs little sparrow, whose sight was saved by her grandmotherโs prostitutes pooling their resources to accompany her on a pilgrimage honouring Saint Thรฉrรจse of Lisieux, that angel who sang for German soldiers in French brothels during the War, but who was deservedly given Parisโ largest ever funeral? And Abbaโs Anni-Frid Lyngstad, now known as Princess Anni-Frid Reuss, who had a horrific Norwegian childhood because her German father had served in Hitlerโs Wehrmacht.
And Princess Alice, Queen Elizabethโs mother in law, who sheltered Jews during the Greek Occupation and who is deservedly buried in Jerusalemโs Russian Cathedral of Mary Magdalene.
And letโs not forget the warriors, heroes like Russiaโs Alexander Prohorenko who, near to where Khaled al Asaad was likewise martyred for the same holy cause, called in an air strike on himself to save the honor of his flag and his country. And Americaโs Hugh Thompson Jnr, who exposed Americaโs My Lai war crime and who was relentlessly persecuted by his compatriots as a consequence of him being human.
And then there is Seymour Hersh, one of a tiny band of journalistic brothers with a conscience. And August Landmesser, whose pure, untarnished love for his Jewish betrothed saw him die fighting in a Wehrmacht penal battalion.
And so many more, who may have pondered Hamletโs famous soliloquy of โWhether โtis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?โ
These little, all but forgotten ones, who lived, loved, suffered and died are historyโs lodestars, historyโs heroes who are remembered most by those blessed to have loved them in life, as well as in death.
Though theirs is indeed, the kingdom,...
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Strategic Culture Foundation (RSS)
The tragedy is that the grandstanding of Pelosi and the avarice of Hunter Biden and Clown Prince Zelensky drags countless millions of Faithful Hussars into warโs abyss.
If there is any glory in war, it belongs not to Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden or their Zelensky puppet but to nobler souls like August Landmesser, Alina Lipp, รdith Piaf, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Princess Anni-Frid Reuss (Dowager Countess of Plauen aka Anni-Frid Lyngstad), Graham Greeneโs anonymous whisky priest, Hugh Thompson Jnr, Alexander Prokhorenko , Khaled al Asaad, Seymour Hersh, Julian Assange and all like them.
Who could not but love รdith Piaf, Franceโs little sparrow, whose sight was saved by her grandmotherโs prostitutes pooling their resources to accompany her on a pilgrimage honouring Saint Thรฉrรจse of Lisieux, that angel who sang for German soldiers in French brothels during the War, but who was deservedly given Parisโ largest ever funeral? And Abbaโs Anni-Frid Lyngstad, now known as Princess Anni-Frid Reuss, who had a horrific Norwegian childhood because her German father had served in Hitlerโs Wehrmacht.
And Princess Alice, Queen Elizabethโs mother in law, who sheltered Jews during the Greek Occupation and who is deservedly buried in Jerusalemโs Russian Cathedral of Mary Magdalene.
And letโs not forget the warriors, heroes like Russiaโs Alexander Prohorenko who, near to where Khaled al Asaad was likewise martyred for the same holy cause, called in an air strike on himself to save the honor of his flag and his country. And Americaโs Hugh Thompson Jnr, who exposed Americaโs My Lai war crime and who was relentlessly persecuted by his compatriots as a consequence of him being human.
And then there is Seymour Hersh, one of a tiny band of journalistic brothers with a conscience. And August Landmesser, whose pure, untarnished love for his Jewish betrothed saw him die fighting in a Wehrmacht penal battalion.
And so many more, who may have pondered Hamletโs famous soliloquy of โWhether โtis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them?โ
These little, all but forgotten ones, who lived, loved, suffered and died are historyโs lodestars, historyโs heroes who are remembered most by those blessed to have loved them in life, as well as in death.
Though theirs is indeed, the kingdom,...
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โNew Media Are as Intertwined With Imperial Power as Old Media
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By Caitlin JOHNSTONE
Alan MacLeod has a new article out with Mintpress News showing how most of the supposedly independent โfact-checkingโ organizations which Facebook has partnered with to police the information people are allowed to see on the platform about the war in Ukraine are, in fact, funded by the United States government.
โMost of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED),โ MacLeod writes.
NED is indeed notorious because, as MacLeod explains, it was set up to do overtly many of the operations which the CIA used to perform covertly, like circulating propaganda in empire-targeted nations, funding foreign uprisings, and facilitating the 2014 coup in Ukraine which set in motion the events that would eventually lead to Russiaโs invasion of the nation this past February.
Macleod shows how US government money is funneled into Facebookโs โfact-checking organizationsโ through NED and other channels, the result being a US government-funded narrative management operation in a social media platform which has almost three billion active users.
This article is just the latest installment in a series of pieces MacLeod has been putting out with Mintpress over the past few months documenting the many strings you can see between major Silicon Valley platforms and the US-centralized empire, which are becoming clearer and more numerous by the year.
Last month MacLeod released a report on the many veterans of the CIA and other branches of the US intelligence cartel who are being hired to high-level positions within Facebookโs parent company Meta which help determine what kinds of information get visibility on the companyโs social media platforms. Metaโs โsenior product policy manager for misinformationโ was hired straight out of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2019 and now helps Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp sort out information from misinformation.
Last month MacLeod also put out an article on the many CIA veterans who have been hired to help Google decide what information gets seen in its searches and on Google-owned platforms like YouTube. Google is easily the single most influential corporation on earth when it comes to public access to information.
In June MacLeod penned an article titled โThe Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents,โ reporting that โthe social media giant has, in recent years, recruited dozens of individuals from the national security state to work in the fields of security, trust, safety and content.โ
Even Ti...
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By Caitlin JOHNSTONE
Alan MacLeod has a new article out with Mintpress News showing how most of the supposedly independent โfact-checkingโ organizations which Facebook has partnered with to police the information people are allowed to see on the platform about the war in Ukraine are, in fact, funded by the United States government.
โMost of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED),โ MacLeod writes.
NED is indeed notorious because, as MacLeod explains, it was set up to do overtly many of the operations which the CIA used to perform covertly, like circulating propaganda in empire-targeted nations, funding foreign uprisings, and facilitating the 2014 coup in Ukraine which set in motion the events that would eventually lead to Russiaโs invasion of the nation this past February.
Macleod shows how US government money is funneled into Facebookโs โfact-checking organizationsโ through NED and other channels, the result being a US government-funded narrative management operation in a social media platform which has almost three billion active users.
This article is just the latest installment in a series of pieces MacLeod has been putting out with Mintpress over the past few months documenting the many strings you can see between major Silicon Valley platforms and the US-centralized empire, which are becoming clearer and more numerous by the year.
Last month MacLeod released a report on the many veterans of the CIA and other branches of the US intelligence cartel who are being hired to high-level positions within Facebookโs parent company Meta which help determine what kinds of information get visibility on the companyโs social media platforms. Metaโs โsenior product policy manager for misinformationโ was hired straight out of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2019 and now helps Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp sort out information from misinformation.
Last month MacLeod also put out an article on the many CIA veterans who have been hired to help Google decide what information gets seen in its searches and on Google-owned platforms like YouTube. Google is easily the single most influential corporation on earth when it comes to public access to information.
In June MacLeod penned an article titled โThe Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents,โ reporting that โthe social media giant has, in recent years, recruited dozens of individuals from the national security state to work in the fields of security, trust, safety and content.โ
Even Ti...
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Most of the โFact-Checkingโ Organizations Facebook Uses in Ukraine Are Directly Funded by Washington
In light of Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Facebook announced it had partnered with nine organizations to help it sort fact from fiction
โApologizing for the Gospel
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Liberals demand not only that Christians apologize for individual evils, but the very message of Christianity itself.
By Casey CHALK
For many Canadians, Pope Francisโs recent apology for the treatment of some indigenous persons by those representing the Catholic Church was not enough. Murray Sinclair, the lawyer who chaired Canadaโs Truth and Reconciliation Commission declared: โIt was more than the work of a few bad actors โ this was a concerted institutional effort to remove children from their families and cultures, all in the name of Christian supremacy,โ reported the Washington Post.
That opinion appears to be the default of the entire commission. The American Conservativeโs Declan Leary observed in an article at The Lamp earlier this year that โthe commission seems to oppose evangelism as a matter of principle.โ
Would that this opinion were limited to government bureaucrats of our northern neighbor. Yet this is an era of reappraising everything about our Western civilizational inheritance. The Bureau of Indian Affairsโ May 2022 โFederal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report,โ which Helen Andrews cites in her recent TAC article on Indian boarding schools, speaks disparagingly of missionary activities among American Indians, including encouraging them to abandon their tribal religious beliefs in favor of Christianity. The Australian government has issued similar reports criticizing missions down under as being โdesigned to erase peoplesโ cultural identity.โ
Similar charges are leveled at Christian missionaries wherever they performed their work. โTo send missionaries to Africa and Asia to convert the native people to Christianity is religious colonialism,โ say even many Christians. Academics and journalists for years have discussed the resurgence of paganism among Europeans and people of European ancestry, often framed as a repudiation of the imperialist imposition of Christianity upon pagan peoples.
Every anti-Christian, pro-pagan example offered employs the same general talking points: narrow-minded Christian missionaries since the Dark Ages have upended traditional beliefs and practices, coercing indigenous peoples to abandon their pluralist worldview in favor of the coercive monolith that is institutionalized, doctrinally intolerant and constrained Christianity. โPagan beliefs differ, but many uphold the pluralistic view that there are many valid religious paths,โ explains the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. It continues: โToday, many people are drawn to Paganism for its affirmation of female, LGBT, and queer people.โ
Such comments are telling. For the language of pluralism and tolerance, especially those in supposedly oppressed victim categories, cou...
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Liberals demand not only that Christians apologize for individual evils, but the very message of Christianity itself.
By Casey CHALK
For many Canadians, Pope Francisโs recent apology for the treatment of some indigenous persons by those representing the Catholic Church was not enough. Murray Sinclair, the lawyer who chaired Canadaโs Truth and Reconciliation Commission declared: โIt was more than the work of a few bad actors โ this was a concerted institutional effort to remove children from their families and cultures, all in the name of Christian supremacy,โ reported the Washington Post.
That opinion appears to be the default of the entire commission. The American Conservativeโs Declan Leary observed in an article at The Lamp earlier this year that โthe commission seems to oppose evangelism as a matter of principle.โ
Would that this opinion were limited to government bureaucrats of our northern neighbor. Yet this is an era of reappraising everything about our Western civilizational inheritance. The Bureau of Indian Affairsโ May 2022 โFederal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report,โ which Helen Andrews cites in her recent TAC article on Indian boarding schools, speaks disparagingly of missionary activities among American Indians, including encouraging them to abandon their tribal religious beliefs in favor of Christianity. The Australian government has issued similar reports criticizing missions down under as being โdesigned to erase peoplesโ cultural identity.โ
Similar charges are leveled at Christian missionaries wherever they performed their work. โTo send missionaries to Africa and Asia to convert the native people to Christianity is religious colonialism,โ say even many Christians. Academics and journalists for years have discussed the resurgence of paganism among Europeans and people of European ancestry, often framed as a repudiation of the imperialist imposition of Christianity upon pagan peoples.
Every anti-Christian, pro-pagan example offered employs the same general talking points: narrow-minded Christian missionaries since the Dark Ages have upended traditional beliefs and practices, coercing indigenous peoples to abandon their pluralist worldview in favor of the coercive monolith that is institutionalized, doctrinally intolerant and constrained Christianity. โPagan beliefs differ, but many uphold the pluralistic view that there are many valid religious paths,โ explains the Pluralism Project at Harvard University. It continues: โToday, many people are drawn to Paganism for its affirmation of female, LGBT, and queer people.โ
Such comments are telling. For the language of pluralism and tolerance, especially those in supposedly oppressed victim categories, cou...
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Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada - Reconciliation. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) provided those directly or indirectly affected by the legacy of the Indian Residential Schools system with an opportunity to share theirโฆ
Museum to return ownership of looted items as โmoralโ thing to do
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The items were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.
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The items were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.
Haaland scores twice to get Manchester City up and running at West Ham
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The ยฃ51million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund scored what are likely to be the first of many goals for the champions.
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The ยฃ51million summer signing from Borussia Dortmund scored what are likely to be the first of many goals for the champions.
Late Kilkenny goal seals victory over Cork in gripping Camogie final
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Overall, the sides were tied seven times, but in the end, the winning point fell to Denise Gaule who converted from a placed ball in the 62nd minute
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Overall, the sides were tied seven times, but in the end, the winning point fell to Denise Gaule who converted from a placed ball in the 62nd minute
Shift in warโs front seen as grain leaves Ukraine
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Three of the carriers cleared to leave Ukraine on Sunday were transporting more than 171,000 tons of corn.
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Three of the carriers cleared to leave Ukraine on Sunday were transporting more than 171,000 tons of corn.
Culprit for possible iPhone 14 rollout delay named โ media
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Nancy Pelosiโs Taiwan trip may have helped scupper Appleโs plans for new smartphone release
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโs (D-California) controversial visit to Taiwan may have negative ramifications for Americaโs most valuable company, as new labeling restrictions imposed by Beijing could delay the introduction of Appleโs latest smartphone, the iPhone 14. The possible delay was first reported by the website GSMArena.
It turns out that iPhones are made with chips supplied by Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC, and many of the handsets are assembled in China by another Taiwanese partner, Pegatron. In the wake of...
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Nancy Pelosiโs Taiwan trip may have helped scupper Appleโs plans for new smartphone release
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโs (D-California) controversial visit to Taiwan may have negative ramifications for Americaโs most valuable company, as new labeling restrictions imposed by Beijing could delay the introduction of Appleโs latest smartphone, the iPhone 14. The possible delay was first reported by the website GSMArena.
It turns out that iPhones are made with chips supplied by Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC, and many of the handsets are assembled in China by another Taiwanese partner, Pegatron. In the wake of...
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Colombiaโs first leftist president will bring historic change, if the US lets him
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Colombia is the latest Latin American country to turn from the right, and possibly stand up to Washington, with the inauguration of Gustavo Petro
Itโs a historic day in Colombia, as the country inaugurates former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as its first leftist president, and Francia Marquez as its first vice president of African descent. This was unthinkable not long ago, and before this unlikely team now lie the combined challenges of standing up to US domination and fixing decades of social injustice.
The last time it appeared Colombia would have a leftist president was in 1948 with the candidacy...
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Colombia is the latest Latin American country to turn from the right, and possibly stand up to Washington, with the inauguration of Gustavo Petro
Itโs a historic day in Colombia, as the country inaugurates former guerrilla Gustavo Petro as its first leftist president, and Francia Marquez as its first vice president of African descent. This was unthinkable not long ago, and before this unlikely team now lie the combined challenges of standing up to US domination and fixing decades of social injustice.
The last time it appeared Colombia would have a leftist president was in 1948 with the candidacy...
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Palestinian militants confirm truce โ media
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Rockets continued to fly as news of an imminent ceasefire circulated
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) confirmed on Sunday that it had reached a ceasefire deal with Israel, the Times of Israel reported. Israel reportedly agreed to the Egyptian-brokered deal earlier in the afternoon, after three days of airstrikes on Gaza.
The militant group said that the ceasefire would come into effect at 11:30pm local time. Egyptian sources told Reuters earlier in the afternoon that the Israeli side had agreed to a truce, but neither the Israeli government or military has confirmed this.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lap...
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Rockets continued to fly as news of an imminent ceasefire circulated
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) confirmed on Sunday that it had reached a ceasefire deal with Israel, the Times of Israel reported. Israel reportedly agreed to the Egyptian-brokered deal earlier in the afternoon, after three days of airstrikes on Gaza.
The militant group said that the ceasefire would come into effect at 11:30pm local time. Egyptian sources told Reuters earlier in the afternoon that the Israeli side had agreed to a truce, but neither the Israeli government or military has confirmed this.
Earlier on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lap...
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Americans see bleak economic outlook โ poll
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A survey has shown that nearly seven in 10 US adults believe the economy is getting worse, contrary to President Bidenโs claims
Americans are more pessimistic about the US economy than at any time since the global financial crisis of 2008, suggesting that President Joe Biden has failed to convince voters that conditions are improving under his leadership, a new poll has revealed.
Just 12% of Americans believe the nationโs economy is โgetting betterโ, compared with 69% who see it โgetting worseโ, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll...
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A survey has shown that nearly seven in 10 US adults believe the economy is getting worse, contrary to President Bidenโs claims
Americans are more pessimistic about the US economy than at any time since the global financial crisis of 2008, suggesting that President Joe Biden has failed to convince voters that conditions are improving under his leadership, a new poll has revealed.
Just 12% of Americans believe the nationโs economy is โgetting betterโ, compared with 69% who see it โgetting worseโ, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll...
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