British aid workers were bombed yesterday at the Rafah border and Israel and Egypt were refusing to open the border to allow them to leave Gaza.

Oxford Professor Nick Maynard, a surgeon, who was stuck in the midst of bombing and gunfire in Rafah.

He was finally able to evacuate to Cairo

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Irish students forced the Trinity College in Dublin to divest by permanently closing the Book of Kells.

The College has also committed to treating the encampment as an internal matter, thus ruling out the involvement of Gardaí [Irish Police] or legal action.

The encampment persists till all the demands are met but the Book of Kells is now open.

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Unacceptable violence last night at the University of Amsterdam against students and staff protesting their institution’s complicity in genocide.


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Putin has just said the US is a danger to humanity.

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President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, is seriously considering foregoing membership in the European Union and joining the BRICS group, a move that could represent a significant geopolitical shift. The prospect of the Balkans joining BRICS is really worrying diplomatic departments in Western countries.

In August 2023, China referred to BRICS as a closed block open only to certain states, but now there is increasing discussion about expanding access to BRICS' membership mechanisms. According to China's own statements, preliminary negotiations are currently underway with Nigeria, Vietnam, and Kazakhstan.

Concurrently with negotiations with Serbia, the CPC has begun to describe BRICS as an "open group," making the bloc attractive to other European countries and justifying the invitation of observer nations.

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How much money are Western governments funnelling into the Israeli Apartheid by different methods?

Funding public bodies that later on will use the money to invest in the occupation.

This is what all those students are up against.


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The US may stop funding the UN if the resolution granting membership to Palestine is adopted - Reuters citing diplomats

As the agency notes, according to American law, Washington cannot finance any of the UN agencies that have granted membership to a particular entity “whose statehood is not recognized in the international arena.”

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Russia issues military ultimatum to UK

Moscow will retaliate against British targets in Ukraine or elsewhere if Kiev uses UK-provided missiles to strike Russian territory, the Foreign Ministry told London’s ambassador on Monday.

Ambassador Nigel Casey was summoned to the ministry following remarks by British Foreign Secretary David Cameron to Reuters that Ukraine has the right to use long-range missiles sent by the UK to strike deep inside Russia.

”Casey was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russian territory could be any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following the meeting.

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NATO strikes on the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade cannot be forgotten - Xi Jinping

The Chinese value peace, but will not allow tragic history to be repeated; it must not be forgotten, the Chinese leader noted.

25 years ago – on May 7, 1999 – the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade was hit by a NATO bomb attack. Three Chinese journalists were killed and more than 20 people were injured.

In case you ever thought NATO played by the rules – it doesn’t, and never did.

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