Governor Abbott of Texas has declared that he can disobey the federal government in the name of Texas. He has also clearly echoed the manifestos of the secessionists of 1861. The wrecker’s supporters have been preparing for rebellion for over three years. They used violence on 6 Jan 2021, followed shortly thereafter by threats of […]
* António Guterres says loss of funding from US and [other countries], [for humanitarian aid for Gaza], means aid into Gaza for whole of this month cannot be guaranteed.*
*Famine in Gaza is being made ‘inevitable’ says UN rapporteur. Countries defunding UNRWA, the main aid distributor in Gaza, are accused of collectively punishing more than 2.2 million Palestinians.*
Israel accused 12 members of the UNRWA staff of fighting for HAMAS or other terrorist groups. This is being used as an excuse to cut off the aid to the Palestinians. Israel kept the information secret for months until a time when it badly needed to distract public opinion from the war crimes court’s judgment […]
Congress was considering a deal which would trade military aid for Ukraine for restoring the wrecker’s border wall and cruel treatment if people crossing the border. The articles I’ve seen do not explicitly say, but I think that the aid for Ukraine would be temporary and the border repression would be permanent. That alone makes […]
*We must start urgently talking about the dangers of a second [insurrectionist bullshit] presidency.*
Biden has ordered a reconsideration of the criteria for approving fossil gas export terminals. As a consequence, several proposals are now on hold. If this leads to stricter criteria, and to less construction of new export terminals, that could be a significant step towards avoiding climate disaster. (Although nowhere near enough by itself.)
* UN court’s ruling is devastating for Israel and awkward for [its] allies such as the UK and US, which belittled South Africa’s case.* The court did not label the crimes Israel has already committed as “genocide”, but pointed out properly that they head in a direction which, if continued, would amount to genocide. And […]
A Houthi attack set an oil tanker on fire, just south of Yemen.
Moscow now requires clinics to record the audio of every meeting with a patient.
Published in 1910, the young sisters, Barbara and Mollie Thurston, are being invited by their skilled friend, Ruth Stuart, to go on a real-life adventure in a motor car, for Ruth is a girl who actually can drive a motor car, to Newport with a chaperone, Aunt Sallie, and friend Grace Carter. Horse shenanigans come […]
It comes after a licensing rights row between the platform and the artists’ record label, Universal.
Yangon – Fedeli cattolici del Myanmar trascorrono l’anniversario del colpo di stato operato il 1° febbraio 2021 dalla giunta militare dedicandosi all’Adorazione eucaristica silenziosa, recitando il Rosario, rimettendo la situazione tribolazione e precarietà sotto la protezione della Vergine Maria e invocando “un tempo di pace, giustizia e libertà per la nazione”: lo raccontano cattolici che, insieme […]
Città del Vaticano – Il Santo Padre ha nominato in data odierna il Dott. Benjamín Estévez de Cominges,finora Delegato per l’Amministrazione del Dicastero per l’Evangelizzazione nella Sezione per la prima evangelizzazione e le nuove Chiese particolari, Segretario Generale della Segreteria per l’Economia.Il Dott. Benjamín Estévez de Cominges è nato a Vigo il 15 aprile 1974. […]
About 350 of the 2,000 items which were stolen from museum have so far been recovered.
Kinshasa – Almeno 32 civili morti in una serie di attacchi a dei villaggi nel Nord Kivu nell’est della Repubblica Democratica del Congo iniziati il 27 gennaio e continuati fino a ieri, 31 gennaio. Secondo le fonti locali sono almeno tre i villaggi assaliti da gruppi armati che si presume siano affiliati alle Allied Democratic […]
Masaka – Nell’anno del 25º anniversario della presenza dei Camilliani in Uganda , l’Ordine dei Ministri degli Infermi continua a crescere e ad ampliare la presenza nel Paese africano, sempre radicati nel carisma del patrono San Camillo. E’ recente la benedizione ed inaugurazione di una nuova casa a Masaka. Si tratta di un’altra pietra miliare […]
Crowsmill Craft Centre in Shropshire celebrates10 years of supporting people.
Northern Ireland lags behind the rest of the UK in offering education to young asylum seekers.
Munawar Faruqui, jailed in 2021 for a joke he didn’t crack, has won the popular reality show Bigg Boss.
The musician sold more than 120 of his guitars and amps, with 25% of the proceeds going to charity.
The military rulers of Burma have suffered major defeats; large units have surrendered.
Apple has announced a plan for allowing other app stores for the iMonsters, and it seems likely to exclude free (libre) software. The problem is that users will have to pay a fee, and it sounds like the redistributor will have to collect that fee — but there is no way to do that without […]
A UK court ruled that victims of trafficking and slavery should be allowed to stay in the UK while their asylum claims were heard. Tory ministers secretly decided to disregard that ruling. To me it seems unjust to make asylum seekers leave the country they are asking for asylum in while their cases are decided. […]
The local toxic air pollution released by tar sands oil extraction has been underestimated by a large factor because of a flaw in the system used to measure it. The article misuses the concept of percent; as a result, I can’t tell for sure what the factor might be. As best I can tell, the […]
In 2008, Israel and Palestine came very close to agreeing on peace and mutual recognition. The deal they almost accepted then could be modified into a deal for today.
Jamie Webster is playing a 40,000-capacity gig in Liverpool this summer and is aiming for number one.
Lord Sugar says his team help ensure fame-seekers are not cast in the business competition series.
The actor is charged with the involuntary manslaughter of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set.
The Barbie star had a sunny view of the movie’s nominations, except when it came to Greta Gerwig.
Fans are shown swear words and racial slurs in dozens of songs even when explicit content is blocked.