I was on the road to the camp when Israel launched its raid — and saw the aftermath in a nearby hospital.
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The saddest consequence of Donald Trump’s conviction is that it changes little. It may seem inconceivable that a convicted felon can run for President of the United States with a good chance of winning, but he would not be the first person to be elected after spending time in prison. Trump will appeal his conviction Continue reading »
“I was muttering to myself, ‘I hope I die,” As Amal Nassar lay in pain on a bed at the Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza, the echoes of explosions and artillery fire could be heard all around her. It was mid-January and she had made her way to the embattled Continue reading »
According to the dominant Western narrative, the history of the entire modern world has been prodigiously shaped by Western historical turning points beginning with the Renaissance and running through the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the science-driven, first Industrial Revolution. A recent, US-published book, “China’s Age of Abundance: Origins Ascendence and Aftermath” by Professor Wang Feng, Continue reading »
The world economy is experiencing a deep process of economic convergence, according to which regions that once lagged the West in industrialisation are now making up for lost time. The World Bank’s release on May 30 of its latest estimates of national output (up to the year 2022) offers an occasion to reflect on the new Continue reading »
The U.S. has trained 15 coup leaders in recent decades — and U.S. counterterrorism policies in the region have failed.
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In her work, ‘On Death and Dying’ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote of the stages one goes through on being told one is dying. She called these ‘Five Stages of Grief,’ of adjusting to reality: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Such is descriptive of the attitude of much of the West to the rapidly changing world Continue reading »
Activists suing the Biden administration over Gaza policy are demanding the judge recuse himself over the sponsored trip.
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The board had proposed appending a statement that would have undermined a Palestinian scholar’s article. The students rejected it.
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Since my last report, the All-Ords share price index rose by 3.2% from Friday 3rd May to Thursday 16th May, but then fell by 2.2% to Friday 31st May. But for a 0.9% uptick last Friday there would have been no gain in the last four weeks. Market trends My technical models show: On short-to-medium-term Continue reading »