Defeat for western powers.
Anglican pastor and daughter among the wounded.
The White House said Joe Biden “expressed his support for a ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas on a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US president Joe Biden has indicated his support for a ceasefire in the Middle East after weeks of uncertainty about the US administration’s policy towards the latest outbreak of […]
Today, an email somehow found its way into my inbox with some revealing numbers which go some way towards explaining the enormous cost required to ensure the United Nations remains the toothless organisation it has become. The missive came from a Director of Personnel at the UN’s headquarters in New York – the behemoth also operates three additional […]
“No one is allowed to steal my home!” al-Kurd responds.
A group of UN human rights experts have expressed alarm at what they call a “growing trend” to enact legislation allowing for Assisted Suicide “based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age”. These provisions could institutionalise “ableism” and would “directly violate” the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the […]
A bit of twitter bait here from the Brazilian Foreign Minister: The pandemic must not lead to totalitarian social control or the abrogation of fundamental freedoms. Freedom is foundational to the UN and essential to human dignity. Brazil🇧🇷 stands for freedom. No to the “Great Reset” My speech at UN session on Covid:https://t.co/mrxDVKXCSa pic.twitter.com/nxrEagxeEq — […]
The Irish government is set to give “significant” funds to a new Migration and Media Academy being established in Ireland, and those funds will be of “enormous impact” for the initiative. Ireland was chosen as the location for the new global academy because the university system was “particularly interested”, the media was “open and excellent”, and “in particular, the government […]
United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and admit the Communist People’s Republic of China #gript Photo: Chinese deputy foreign minister Qiao Guanhua (L) and Huang Hua (R), laugh at the news that the UN General Assembly had passed Resolution 2758, recognising Chinese mainland as the only Chinese representative in the UN, […]
For the first time in 30 years the number of people in extreme poverty globally, is rising. Extreme poverty, as defined by the World Bank, entails surviving on less than $1.90 a day. The consequences of the global shutdown on global poverty are causing problems that will result in many deaths. We should be […]
Last Friday 26th June marked the 75th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, the document which established that organisation. To grasp the significance and character of the Charter, it is necessary to look at some of its key provisions, to discover the principles it lays down and the future of […]
The global community united in side-splitting gales of laughter As I got older,” Ed West writes in his recent book Small Men on the Wrong Side of History: The Decline, Fall and Unlikely Return of Conservatism, “I came to accept all my political stances are effectively based on irrational feelings of annoyance about smugness and sanctimony.” […]