Politics & environs 2023

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Some 783 million face chronic hunger but the world wastes around 19% of food, says UN

 

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/some-783-million-face-chronic-hunger-world-wastes-around-19-cent-food-says-un

 

 

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Israeli soldiers play with Gaza women's underwear in online posts

 

By Estelle Shirbon and Pola Grzanka

March 28, 202411:47 AM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-soldiers-play-with-gaza-womens-underwear-online-posts-2024-03-28/

 

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Netanyahu faces huge challenge after court ruling on military exemption

 

Strain on coalition grows after Israeli supreme court orders end to subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men who avoid conscription

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Fri 29 Mar 2024 17.08 CET











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/netanyahu-faces-huge-challenge-after-israeli-court-ruling-in-military-exemption-row
 

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Lula dismays relatives of dictatorship’s victims by ignoring coup anniversary

 

Brazil’s president has nixed commemorations of the 1964 coup, possibly to avoid irking the military as senior officers facing jail for allegedly conspiring to stop Lula taking power after 2022 election

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 29 Mar 2024 11.30 CET















https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/lula-brazil-coup-anniversary-dictatorship

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‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Hiroshima survivors react to Oppenheimer

 

Film about ‘father of the atomic bomb’ finally opens in Japan after being delayed by outrage at ‘Barbenheimer’ memes

 

Justin McCurry in Hiroshima

Fri 29 Mar 2024 12.00 CET











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/oppenheimer-finally-opens-japan-mixed-reviews
 

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Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit

 

Photos of French president’s three-day trip to Brazil to reaffirm countries’ partnership delight internet observers

 

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 29 Mar 2024 06.54 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/macron-lula-photos-memes-brazil
 

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Advance of Islamic State affiliates ‘could lay ground for new wave of terrorism’

 

IS has stalled in Iraq and Syria but officials believe it has been planning new attacks on west for years

 

Jason Burke International security correspondent

Thu 28 Mar 2024 17.27 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/28/islamic-state-progress-gives-platform-for-new-wave-of-terror-attacks-analysts-say
 

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Protesters Disrupt Record $25 Million Biden Fundraiser in NYC as Thousands March Against Gaza War

 

March 29, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/29/gaza_protests_nyc

 

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“Like Lying in a Coffin”: UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza’s Children

 

March 29, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/29/gaza_unicef

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Corporate greed, worker safety top list of concerns surrounding bridge collapse

 

BALTIMORE—Destruction of the vital Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, when a city-block-long container cargo ship weighing almost 100,000 tons lost power and crashed into a central pier on March 26, will have wide ramifications for jobs, trade, and infrastructure

 

March 29, 2024 9:27 AM CDT

By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/corporate-greed-worker-safety-top-list-of-concerns-surrounding-bridge-collapse/

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‘Israel alone’? Ongoing weapons shipments suggest otherwise

 

March 21 was Mother’s Day in most Arab countries. Over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. Mothers have been the largest share of Israeli killings, at an average of 37 mothers per day since October 7

 

March 29, 2024 9:41 AM CDT

By Ramzy Baroud

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israel-alone-ongoing-weapons-shipments-suggest-otherwise/

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EU bypasses oversight and safeguards to fast track aid money to Egypt – including funds for ‘migration management’

 

Friday, March 29, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/eu-bypasses-oversight-and-safeguards-fast-track-aid-money-egypt-including-funds

 

 

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Why Are Israelis So Threatened by a Cease-Fire?

 

An end to the war in Gaza would force the country to face some fundamental truths

 

March 29, 2024

Meron Rapoport

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-ceasefire-threat-netanyahu/

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Want to Cut the National Budget? Start With Military Spending

 

The biggest driver of overspending is an unrealistic, self-indulgent, and militaristic national defense strategy

 

March 28, 2024

Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/military-spending-ukraine-israel/

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There Is No Substitute for the Welfare State

 

By  Matt Bruenig

03.26.2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/tim-wu-biden-predistribution-welfare-state-bbb-antitrust

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World Court orders Israel to halt Gaza famine; Hamas says ceasefire needed

 

By Stephanie van den Berg and Nidal Al-Mughrabi

March 29, 20247:01 AM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-fighters-battle-israeli-forces-around-gazas-al-shifa-hospital-2024-03-28/

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US reportedly approves transfer to Israel of bombs and jets worth billions

 

Sources say weapons package authorized even as Washington expresses public concern over anticipated offensive in Rafah

 

Reuters

Sat 30 Mar 2024 01.27 CET














https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/us-approves-weapons-bombs-israel
 

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Isolated abroad, torn apart at home, Israel must face the future it dreads: a Palestinian state

 

Enabled by weak and incompetent US and UK foreign policy, Benjamin Netanyahu is using war for his political survival

 

Sat 30 Mar 2024 17.00 CET

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/30/isolated-abroad-torn-apart-at-home-israel-must-face-the-future-it-dreads-a-palestinian-state

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The Nuclear Explosion That Makes US Aid to Israel Illegal

 

Israel’s nuclear program has been in violation of international law for decades, rendering it ineligible for American assistance

 

March 29, 2024

James Bamford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israel-nuclear-weapons/

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Senegal top court confirms Faye's election victory

 

By Reuters

March 29, 20249:23 PM GMT+1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/senegal-top-court-confirms-fayes-election-victory-2024-03-29/

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Thousands of Israeli protesters call for Netanyahu’s removal

 

Demonstrators join families of hostages in cities across country and vow to persist until he is ousted as PM

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Sun 31 Mar 2024 13.38 CEST
















https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/31/israeli-protesters-call-benjamin-netanyahu-removal
 

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Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

 

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

 

Julian Borger in Washington, Toby Helm, Lorenzo Tondo and Quique Kierszenbaum in Jerusalem

Sun 31 Mar 2024 07.00 CEST

















https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/31/israel-alone-allies-fears-grow-over-conduct-and-legality-of-war-in-gaza
 

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The Palestine Laboratory

 

Published 17 Jul 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/news-item/the-palestine-laboratory/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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‘I was so angry’: the man who inspired Oscar-nominated film recalls epic journey from Ivory Coast to Italy

 

Io Capitano brings to life the traumatic experience of tens of thousands of people who flee across the Mediterranean each year

 

Shanti Das, Home affairs correspondent

Sun 31 Mar 2024 12.00 CEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/31/i-was-so-angry-the-man-who-inspired-oscar-nominated-film-recalls-epic-journey-from-ivory-coast-to-italy

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Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency

 

Exclusive: Aid officials warn that transferring Unrwa’s functions to other bodies with famine looming would be disastrous

 

Julian Borger in Washington and Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul

Sun 31 Mar 2024 18.52 CEST














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/31/israel-plan-un-dismantle-palestinian-relief-agency-unwra