Category: 4. World
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Germany’s Conservatives look at potential coalition after snap election
Germany’s political crisis has ended, for now, as the main parties agreed to hold snap elections on February 23, 2025, 7 months before the scheduled general elections. The ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the main opposition party,… Continue Reading
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Australia votes in favor of Palestinian sovereignty at UN committee
At the UN committee meeting on Thursday, Australia, as well as 158 other countries, including the UK and New Zealand, voted to recognize “permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East… Continue Reading
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Trump’s team plans purge of Pentagon officers, sources say
Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.
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Israel demands strike option on Lebanon for Hezbollah ceasefire
Israeli officials are insisting on maintaining a capacity to strike Lebanon at any moment as part of conditions to secure a ceasefire with Iran-backed Hezbollah, France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking to a parliamentary… Continue Reading
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators defy ban in Amsterdam, protest again
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in central Amsterdam on Wednesday, defying a ban imposed after violence stemming from a football match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Dozens of demonstrators, some with Palestinian flags,… Continue Reading
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Houthis challenge Trump after US election
The Iranian-backed Houthis are doubling down on threats to the US in the wake of the election of US President Donald Trump. Their goal is to show they are not deterred. On November 13, the Houthi Al-Masirah media bragged about the importance… Continue Reading
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Saudi crown prince, Russia’s Putin discuss Ukraine war
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed developments in the war in Ukraine in a phone call, the Saudi state news agency reported on Wednesday. The Russian state news agency TASS reported in… Continue Reading
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Students protest Leonardo over arms sales to Israel
Around a hundred students occupied Leonardo’s LDOF.MI Turin headquarters to denounce what they say is the Italian defense group’s complicity in Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. The students, who unfurled a flag of the Palestinian… Continue Reading
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Meta faces FTC antitrust trial over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
Facebook owner Meta Platforms META.O must face trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break up over claims that it bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition in social media, a judge in Washington ruled… Continue Reading
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The Guardian leaves X platform, following Trump picking Musk
British newspaper The Guardian announced it would no longer be posting on the social media platform X/Twitter, they announced on Wednesday. In a short article, The Guardian explained, “We think that the benefits of being on X are now… Continue Reading