2023 Articles

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Tens of thousands protest in Hungary against Viktor Orbán’s government

 

Former ruling party insider Péter Magyar leads march to parliament building in Budapest

 

Reuters in Budapest

Sat 6 Apr 2024 17.26 CEST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/protest-march-budapest-hungary-peter-magyar-viktor-orban-government

Good....Let's hope
 

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Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu as Gaza war reaches six month mark

 

Organisers said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads and were later joined by families of Gaza hostages

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 7 Apr 2024 02.42 CEST







Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/07/tens-of-thousands-of-israelis-rally-against-netanyahu-as-gaza-war-reaches-six-month-mark
 

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The Observer view on Israel: only a ceasefire in Gaza can save it from its worst-ever crisis

 

The nation must oust its disastrous prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and embrace unpalatable truths

 

Sun 7 Apr 2024 08.30 CEST

Observer editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/07/observer-view-only-ceasefire-save-israel-from-crisis

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Outcry after Michigan university announces plan to restrict protest rights

 

University of Michigan president Santa J Ono proposes ‘disruptive activity policy’ after pro-Palestinian group cuts his speech short

 

Ava Sasani

Sat 6 Apr 2024 13.00 CEST








https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/06/university-michigan-restrict-campus-protests
 

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Powerball player wins $1.3 billion jackpot

 

By Reuters

April 7, 20241:24 PM GMT+2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/powerball-draws-numbers-around-13-billion-jackpot-2024-04-07/

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Israel: Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of Basic Law: Israel – Nation State of the Jewish People

 

The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed the Basic Law on July 19, 2018. The Basic Law recognizes that “the right to national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish People.” (Basic Law § 1(c).) It enshrines principles already recognized in regular legislation that reflect the Jewish character of the state. These include the state symbols and emblem, the national anthem, Jerusalem as the state capital, Jewish immigration, holidays such as Memorial Day for the Fallen in Israel’s Wars, and the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2021-07-27/israel-supreme-court-affirms-constitutionality-of-basic-law-israel-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people/

 

 

Not so democratic if you ask me..........

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Palestinians return to destroyed homes in Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal

 

People find landscape in southern Gaza city marked by shattered buildings and stench of death from under the rubble

 

Peter Beaumont

Mon 8 Apr 2024 19.02 CEST










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/08/palestinians-return-khan-younis-israeli-withdrawal-southern-gaza
 

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Father of killed World Central Kitchen worker tells Blinken US should suspend aid to Israel

 

‘If the United States threatened to suspend aid, maybe my son would be alive today,’ John Flickinger told the US secretary of state

 

Associated Press

Mon 8 Apr 2024 13.49 CEST








https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/08/world-central-kitchen-father-us-suspend-aid-israel
 

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Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds

 

Study of 13,000 Americans finds particular risk among certain types of gun owners, including those who carry weapons in public

 

Ed Pilkington

Tue 9 Apr 2024 17.00 CEST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/09/guns-political-violence-study

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Elon Musk predicts superhuman AI will be smarter than people next year

 

His claims come with a caveat that shortages of training chips and growing demand for power could limit plans in the near term

 

Alex Hern UK technology editor

Tue 9 Apr 2024 13.38 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/09/elon-musk-predicts-superhuman-ai-will-be-smarter-than-people-next-year
 

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Food aid to Gaza ‘three times more likely’ to be blocked by Israel than other aid, says UN – as it happened

 

 Updated 2h ago

Yohannes Lowe (now) and Kevin Rawlinson (earlier)

Tue 9 Apr 2024 15.57 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/09/middle-east-crisis-live-hamas-israel-ceasefire-talks-gaza-rafah-latest
 

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100,000 in Israel demand ceasefire, tell Netanyahu to resign

 

TEL AVIV—Opponents of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held giant demonstrations this weekend on the six-month mark of the war in Gaza to demand his resignation and an immediate ceasefire. Organizers estimated some 100,000 people were in attendance at the main rally in Tel Aviv

 

April 8, 2024 10:00 AM CDT

By Zo HaDerekh

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/100000-in-israel-demand-ceasefire-tell-netanyahu-to-resign/

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‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses

 

Respondents tell us about personal levels of borrowing, with most saying they were now struggling to repay their debts

 

Jedidajah Otte

Tue 9 Apr 2024 22.00 CEST





https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/09/us-credit-card-debt
 

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Middle East crisis live: Israel threatens to strike Iran directly

 

Israel’s foreign minister says Israel will attack Iran directly if Tehran launches an attack from its territory

 

LIVE Updated now

Amy Sedghi (now); Sammy Gecsoyler (earlier)

Wed 10 Apr 2024 15.55 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/10/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-and-us-say-number-of-aid-trucks-into-gaza-increasing
 

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Europe’s Gaza betrayal has broken the trust of millions of people in the global south

 

By seemingly giving carte blanche to Israel, the EU has sacrificed hard-won credibility with civil society in Africa, Asia and the Middle East

 

Wed 10 Apr 2024 08.00 CEST

Shada Islam

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/10/europe-gaza-betrayal-broken-trust-global-south-israel

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US imposes first-ever limits on levels of toxic PFAS in drinking water

 

EPA takes action for first time in 27 years against ‘forever chemicals’ feared to be contaminating water for over 200 million

 

Tom Perkins

Wed 10 Apr 2024 13.41 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/pfas-forever-chemicals-limits-drinking-water
 

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New rule mandates 200 US plants to reduce toxic emissions linked to cancer

 

Environmental Protection Agency finalizes rule to strengthen protections for communities living near industrial sites

 

Aliya Uteuova and Oliver Laughland

Tue 9 Apr 2024 18.40 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/epa-chemical-plants-rules
 

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Turkey seizes 608kg of cocaine as ‘drug corridor’ fears grow

 

Groups monitoring organised crime warn that Turkey is becoming entry point for drugs reaching Europe

 

Associated Press in Istanbul

Thu 11 Apr 2024 11.10 CEST







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/11/turkey-seizes-third-largest-haul-cocaine-interior-minister
 

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Israeli Real Estate Firm Used Genocidal Rhetoric — Then Politico’s Parent Company Put Them in a Trade Fair

 

The confab put on by real estate site Yad2, a subsidiary of publishing giant Axel Springer, includes numerous companies doing business in the West Bank

 

Hanno Hauenstein

April 6 2024, 10:17 a.m.

 

 

 

 

https://theintercept.com/2024/04/06/axel-springer-yad2-israel-genocide-settlement/

 

 

The nerve....Disgusting in the least

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US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales

 

‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration’s fight against gun violence

 

Richard Luscombe

Thu 11 Apr 2024 11.00 CEST







https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/gun-show-internet-sale-mandatory-background-check
 

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She repeatedly reported a prison guard’s sexual abuse. It took years for officials to believe her

 

Exclusive: Nilda Palacios fought to prove a California sergeant had assaulted and stalked her – by the time her claims were ‘sustained’, he’d quietly resigned

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles with photographs by Andrea Arevalo

Thu 11 Apr 2024 13.00 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/apr/11/california-prison-sergeant-sexual-abuse-nilda-palacios
 

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OJ Simpson, ex-NFL star who was acquitted of murder, dies aged 76

 

Former American football player who was acquitted of murder in 1995 died of cancer, according to a statement by his family

 

Richard Luscombe and agencies

Thu 11 Apr 2024 19.41 CEST







https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/oj-simpson-dies-cancer
 

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Banquet room with preserved frescoes unearthed among Pompeii ruins

 

‘Black room’ with frescoes inspired by Trojan war described as one of most striking discoveries ever made at site in southern Italy

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Thu 11 Apr 2024 17.10 CEST








https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/11/banquet-room-with-preserved-frescoes-unearthed-among-pompeii-ruins



 

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The Americans retiring to Mexico for a more affordable life: ‘We are immigrants’

 

There’s been much ado about northbound migration across the Mexico-US border – but some are moving in the other direction

 

 

Alexandra Villarreal

Thu 11 Apr 2024 19.00 CEST






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/11/americans-retire-mexico-affordability-peace

 

 

Same are doing many Italians moving to Portugal, Albania, Romania, Moldova etc
 

Edited April 11 by umbertino

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Rate of sterilizations in US jumped after overturning of Roe v Wade, study shows

 

Number of people seeking permanent contraception increased after 2022 decision, in particular among women, research reveals

 

Jessica Glenza

Fri 12 Apr 2024 17.44 CEST





https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/12/sterilizations-roe-v-wade