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Yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the interest rate target for the ninth consecutive time (they didn’t meet in January) claiming that they had to do this to stop inflation accelerating and restoring price stability. Except inflation already peaked in the March-quarter 2022 as a result of the driving factors abating. Further, none of…

It’s hard to recall a bigger year of test cricket for Australia than what lies ahead in 2023, with the Aussies out to break not one but two hoodoos in consecutive tours against their two biggest rivals. read now...

Este artículo fue traducido por Misión Verdad Acuerdos recientes entre el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Tony Blinken, y jefes de Estado africanos prometen ganancias sorprendentes para las multinacionales mineras estadounidenses y menos protección para los obreros africanos que “trabajan arduamente en condiciones inhumanas” para impulsar la revolución digital. La Cumbre de Líderes de África llevada a cabo durante diciembre pasado en Washington proporciona una plataforma para que la administración Biden avance con su agenda oculta por todo el continente africano. Con […]

The post Más explotación y ganancias para las mineras: las promesas de EEUU a África appeared first on The Grayzone.

Far from suggesting George Pell made any real lasting contribution to society, Tony Abbott's "saint for our times" eulogy was designed to fuel the culture wars. read now...

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This piece in the Atlantic wonders why the 2024 presidential field is so slow to materialize. When Donald Trump gave his 2019 State of the Union address, several of the Democrats listening inside the House chamber had already declared their plans to run against him. But when Joe Biden delivers his speech tomorrow night, his only official competition will be Trump. My colleague Russell Berman wondered over the weekend, Does anyone want to be president? By the time a president gives the State of the Union address at the beginning of his third year in office, at least half a dozen people are typically already in the presidential race, Russell explained. But this year is different. Besides former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who is expected to announce her candidacy next week, the 2024 campaign is off to an extremely slow start. “This [is] what happens when you have a former president who lost reelection but still inspires fear in his party, along with a Democratic incumbent—the oldest to ever serve—who is not exactly itching to campaign,” Russell explained.

Opposition to the closure of a small town's last bank has prompted an open letter from Junee Shire Council calling for a parliamentary inquiry into bank service levels in rural, regional and remote Australia. read now...

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Latest denial from ‘centrist’ who posed as Hitler raises more questions Centrist Tan Smith – known as ‘Supertanskiii’ and an avid promulgator of the antisemitism smear against the left – has hit turbulent waters in recent days after the revelation that she posted images of herself in a Hitler pose next to a man wearing […]

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Is Ron DeSanctimonious going to stick? If so, I’m surprised. I assumed it would “Fat Ron”, “Nasty Ron”,”Phony Ron” or “Ron the con.” Ron DeSanctimonious seem a bit “elitist” for the MAGA crowd but what do I know? If there’s one thing Trump understands (the only thing, maybe) it’s mean nicknames.

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When caught, the Eisenhower administration lied through its teeth about it.

The post U.S. Sent “Weather” Balloons to Spy on China and the Soviet Union in the 1950s appeared first on The Intercept.

In his State of the Union speech, Biden is expected to address the U.S. gun violence crisis — but not the gun crisis it exports to foreign countries.

The post Biden Pledged to Reverse Trump’s Weak Gun Export Rules — but Instead Did Nothing appeared first on The Intercept.

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