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US presidential candidate Cornel West: ‘Biden is a war criminal’ | US Election 2024
Philosopher and independent presidential candidate Cornel West says Israel and the US are ‘intertwined in genocide’. American voters feel “impotent and hopeless” as they approach an election where the main choices are a “neo-fascist Pied Piper” (Donald Trump) or “the war criminals of the Democratic Party”, argues independent presidential candidate Cornel West. West, one of the United States’s pre-eminent philosophers…
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Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 121 | Israel War on Gaza News
Health officials say at least 92 people have been killed overnight by Israeli attacks, including on a kindergarten in Rafah. Here’s how things stand on Sunday, February 4, 2024: Humanitarian crisis in Gaza At least 92 people were killed overnight in the besieged strip’s southern city of Rafah, where displaced Palestinians have been sheltering, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. At least…
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Turkey appoints Fatih Karahan as new central bank chief after Erkan resigns | Business and Economy News
The appointment comes a few hours after the resignation of Hafize Gaye Erkan citing a media scandal. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named the central bank’s Deputy Governor Fatih Karahan as its new head following the resignation of the chief, Hafize Gaye Erkan. The appointment of the former senior economist at the US online retail giant Amazon was announced in…
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Iraq says 16 people, including civilians, killed in ‘new US aggression’ | Israel War on Gaza News
At least 16 people have been killed in US strikes in Iraq, the government said, as it condemned the “new aggression against” its sovereignty and warned of dire consequences in the region. Civilians were among those killed and 25 people were wounded in the bombings that targeted both civilian and security areas, a government spokesperson said on Saturday. The United…
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Gaza and the dilemmas of genocide scholars | Opinions
It is interesting that it was Israeli leaders and their allies in Washington who first brought the term “genocide” into the Gaza conflict. In the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on October 7, they repeatedly brought up references to the Holocaust. A number of Holocaust and genocide scholars and centres followed suit in condemning Hamas. This included a group of more…
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies aged 82 | Politics News
The African leader announced last month that he had begun treatment for cancer. Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has announced, less than a month after it was announced he would undergo treatment for cancer. Geingob died on Sunday at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek with his wife and his children…
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‘Strategic error’: Iran condemns US attacks on Iraq, Syria | Israel War on Gaza News
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says overnight US strikes are ‘violations of the sovereignty and territorial integrity’ of the two countries. Iran says the attacks by the United States inside Iraq and Syria are a “strategic error” that will only add to tensions and instability in the Middle East heightened by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The US forces launched a wave…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 710 | Russia-Ukraine war News
As the war enters its 710th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, February 3, 2024. Politics and diplomacy The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that parts of Ukraine’s case against Russia, arguing that Moscow baselessly accused Kyiv of genocide to justify the 2022 invasion, can move forward. Two French volunteer aid workers were…
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Sri Lanka signs free trade deal with Thailand to revive economy | International Trade News
Sri Lanka seeks to foster growth after its economy contracted 3.8 percent last year, according to World Bank estimates. Thailand and Sri Lanka have signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), a move Sri Lanka hopes will help it emerge from its worst financial crisis in decades. “This move aims to enhance market opportunities, with negotiations covering various aspects such as…
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At least 150,000 protest in Berlin against Germany’s far right | Protests News
Mass demonstrations are taking place in Germany in the fourth week of protests against the far right. Approximately 150,000 people took to the streets of the capital Berlin on Saturday, police said. Similar protests were also taking place in cities including Dresden and Hanover, in a sign of growing opposition to the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. On Saturday,…
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