Israel’s three day attack on the Gaza Strip, earlier this month, coupled with their ongoing crackdowns in the West Bank are aimed at beating down the spirit of young Palestinians who are starting a new uprising in the occupied territories. Despite Tel Aviv’s brutality, however, this strategy is destined to dramatically fail and the fallout Read More...
Last week France announced that it had signed a strategic agreement with the United Arab Emirates to cooperate in the energy sector. Whilst this could well aid the European country during winter, with energy shortages in Europe leading to higher prices, blackouts, and potential loss of heat, Yemen may end up becoming the newest victim Read More...
A group of Kenyan activists filed a case against the UK to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday. Lawyers representing peoples forced off their land in Kenya’s Rift Valley argue the UK has violated the European Convention of Human Rights, to which it is a signatory, by consistently ignoring complaints lodged by the victims of colonial rule.[Read More...]
Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes against Syrian territory and affirmed Moscow’s commitment to respecting the integrity of Syria’s sovereignty. In the Israeli media, this is being interpreted as the latest part of the ongoing feud between Tel Aviv and Moscow. “We strongly condemned the dangerous practice of Israeli strikes on Read More...
The short answer: No, not even close! Nations of the world are only too aware that fossil fuels need to be phased out for two reasons. First, oil is a finite commodity. It’ll run out in time. Secondly, fossil fuel emissions such as CO2 are destroying the planet’s climate system. However, a recent study puts a damper on the[Read More...]
Ayman al-Zawahiri is dead – or so we are told. Al-Qaida’s chief and successor to the slain Osama bin Laden, he was deemed the chief ideologue and mastermind behind the audacious September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. On July 31, he was supposedly killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, while standing on his balcony. Terrorism[Read More...]
The ‘West’ is not just a term, but also a concept that acquires new meanings with time. To its advocates, it can be analogous to civilization and benevolent power; to its detractors, mostly in the ‘East’ and ‘South’, it is associated with colonialism, unhinged violence, and underserved wealth. The current, seismic shifts in world affairs, however – namely, the Russia-Ukraine[Read More...]
Americans are divided dangerously, said a report by The Daily Beast (Americans Are Dangerously Divided (And Not Just Over Trump) citing a poll.
In March 2022, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a “hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system” in the wake of the crisis in Ukraine. Guterres said food, fuel and fertiliser prices were skyrocketing with supply chains being disrupted and added this is hitting the poorest the hardest and planting the seeds for political instability and unrest around the globe.[Read More...]
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/20/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth Read More...
