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Latest Articles: International News
Towards Tri-Multipolarity: The Golden Billion, The Sino-Russo Entente, & The Global South
Post Date: 2023-03-14 23:30:14 by Charles_Byrd
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The global systemic transition’s impending evolution towards tri- multipolarity could see the US-led West’s Golden Billion, the Sino-Russo Entente, and the de facto Indian-led Global South becoming the most prominent poles in International Relations, below which would be rising powers and regional groups. All actors would balance one another by multi- aligning within and between their respective levels, which might result in stabilizing global affairs much more than the prior unipolar and bi- multipolar orders did. International Relations are hurtling towards tripolarity at an astounding pace as a result of the dramatic events that unfolded over the past year and especially the ...
Girl Abandoned Under China’s One-Child Policy Now Fights to Save Babies From Abortion
Post Date: 2023-03-14 01:23:32 by Charles_Byrd
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Shaohannah Faith is grateful to be alive. Born under China’s oppressive One Child Policy, she was abandoned as an infant in a box in the Guangxi region in southern China. Later, as a toddler, a loving Minnesota woman adopted her and brought her to the United States, The Epoch Times reports. Click for Full Text!
Mum offered an abortion after her unborn son was found to have a heart condition, she chose life
Post Date: 2023-03-14 01:20:41 by Charles_Byrd
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After baby Carter was found to have a serious heart defect, his mum was given three choices: abortion; allowing him to pass away after birth; or attempting complicated surgery. His mum chose the final option and he’s now a thriving little boy. Kate Parnaby found out there was a problem with her son’s heart when she was 16 weeks pregnant. Click for Full Text!
Tractors Head to The Hague for Farmers' Protest
Post Date: 2023-03-12 03:01:36 by Charles_Byrd
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Thousands of farmers and anti-establishment demonstrators protested Saturday in a park in The Hague against Dutch government plans to reduce nitrate emissions, while climate activists angry at what they call state support for the fossil fuel industry broke through police lines and blocked a major road elsewhere in the city for hours. The simultaneous demonstrations a few kilometers (miles) from each other took place days before Dutch voters go to the polls in provincial elections. The elections on Wednesday indirectly also indirectly select members of the national parliament’s upper house and could have an effect on proposals for reducing nitrate pollution. Click for Full Text!
More Protests in France Over Pension Plans
Post Date: 2023-03-12 01:51:59 by Charles_Byrd
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France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public transport and garbage collections. A coalition of French unions, maintaining a rare show of unity since the protest movement was launched at the end of January, hopes to keep up to pressure on the government to withdraw the reform, whose key measure is a two-year extension of the retirement age to 64. Click for Full Text!
BBC Crisis Mounts Over Free Speech
Post Date: 2023-03-12 01:20:26 by Charles_Byrd
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The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as the network scrambled to stem an escalating crisis over its suspension of soccer host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's new asylum policy. As a growing number of English Premier League players and BBC presenters rallied to Lineker’s support and refused to appear on the airwaves on Saturday, Britain’s national broadcaster faced allegations of political bias and suppressing free speech, as well as praise from some Conservative politicians. Click for Full Text!
Seismic Diplomacy: Erdogan and the Aftermath of the Turkish Earthquakes
Post Date: 2023-03-08 21:27:44 by Charles_Byrd
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The setting: a cosy Ossetian restaurant owned by two Ossetian ladies close to Istiklal street, a very busy central area of Istanbul. The players: a smatter of Istanbul intelligentsia – academics, media, liberal professionals, lawyers, highly educated, secular, very critical of the AKP ruling party. Click for Full Text!
China's Trade Contracts as Western Demand Weakens
Post Date: 2023-03-07 19:32:45 by Charles_Byrd
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China’s trade contracted again in January and February as U.S. and European demand weakened in the face of interest rate hikes, adding to pressure on official efforts to revive economic growth following the end of anti-virus controls. Exports sank 6.8% from a year earlier to $506.3 billion, an improvement over December’s 10.1% decline, customs data showed Tuesday. Imports fell 10.2% to $389.4 billion, deepening December’s 7.3% contraction. Click for Full Text!
Belgian women euthanised for extreme psychological suffering
Post Date: 2023-03-07 18:46:34 by Charles_Byrd
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Wherever euthanasia is debated, the clincher argument is that it will spare a patient agonising pain in a terminal illness. But as these cases from Belgium suggest, euthanasia deaths are being used as an escape route from the aftermath of crime by both victims and criminals. And women may be particularly susceptible. Sixteen years to the day when five of her children died, on February 28, 56-year-old Genevieve Lhermitte, was euthanised. Euthanasia for unbearable psychological suffering has become normalised in Belgium, but this case was different. Click for Full Text!
The Case for Prohibition—and Its Violence—as UN Rights Breach
Post Date: 2023-03-03 02:04:18 by Charles_Byrd
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It’s well documented that banning drugs leads to violence. But a new paper, published in the International Journal of Drug Policy, argues that the predictable proliferation of this violence—and its effect on people around the globe—could be considered a violation of the fundamental right to life and safety, as defined by the United Nations. The United States’ alcohol Prohibition in the 1920s is often cited as an example of what happens when you remove regulation from a lucrative market. Groups operating outside the law are heavily incentivized to participate in the trade and to protect their market shares—by whatever means they can, in the absence of a rules-based ...
Muslim Politician With Possible Extremist Links Poised to Become Scotland’s Next Leader
Post Date: 2023-03-03 01:50:34 by Charles_Byrd
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Following Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s February 15 announcement of her resignation, the race for both the leadership of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Scotland as a country began. Although political pundits have singled out Cabinet Secretary Kate Forbes as a potential successor, Forbes’ Presbyterian beliefs and opposition to LGBTQ+ and other liberal ideologies have provoked leftist assaults on her character and ability to lead the nation. Thus, another very likely candidate to succeed Sturgeon has been Scottish Health Minister Humza Yousaf, who likely has links both to the Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups. For eight years, Nicola Sturgeon’s ...
India Brings Back Militia After Killing of Hindus in Kashmir
Post Date: 2023-03-01 17:44:43 by Charles_Byrd
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Following the killing of seven Hindus back in January amid two attacks in Dhangri village in India’s Kashmir region, the country’s authorities have brought back a government-funded militia — providing thousands of villagers, including some teenagers, arms and training. Officially known as the “Village Defense Group,” the militia was first founded in the 1990s to provide a first line of defense against anti- Indian fighters in isolated Himalayan villages where the government had difficulty sending aid rapidly. Click for Full Text!
‘Faces of MAID’ social media campaign opposes Canada’s euthanasia program
Post Date: 2023-02-28 19:20:25 by Charles_Byrd
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As the euthanasia program in Canada comes under increasing international scrutiny, Canadians living with disabilities are speaking out to show how they have been pressured into assisted suicide or euthanasia. And the hashtag they’re using is starting to go viral. A woman identifying herself as Dr. T kicked off the “I Am The Face Of MAID” campaign with a tweet arguing that the government would rather kill her than treat her illness. “I am the face of #MAID (assisted-death) in Canada. As a single, 50 yr old female with a genetic condition and a disability pension I will only cost the ‘system,’” she wrote. “I would be approved for untreatable pain if I ...
Pope nationalizes Vatican assets, property in new reform
Post Date: 2023-02-26 01:51:47 by Charles_Byrd
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Pope Francis has essentially nationalized all assets and property owned by Vatican departments and affiliated institutions, declaring them to be sovereign patrimony owned by the Holy See and not any individual or office. The action outlined in a new law published Thursday marks Francis' latest initiative to centralize Vatican assets so they can be managed properly, following years of mismanagement that led to huge losses and, prosecutors allege, criminal wrongdoing. Click for Full Text!
EU Parliament “One of the World’s Most Corrupt Organizations”
Post Date: 2023-02-24 05:16:09 by Charles_Byrd
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On February 13, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó vehemently slammed the European Parliament, claiming, among other things, that the institution lacks any credibility amid its recent corruption scandals. In an interview with Hungary’s Kossuth Rádió, Szijjártó said that “The credibility of the European Parliament is practically zero,” elaborating that “the latest corruption issues have clearly shown that we are speaking about one of the world’s most corrupt organizations,” the news portal Vadhajtsok reported. Click for Full Text!
Brickbat: Wait a Little Bit Longer
Post Date: 2023-02-24 05:03:17 by Charles_Byrd
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A production of "Waiting for Godot" at the University of Groningen, a public university in the Netherlands, has been canceled after university officials found out only men had been auditioned for the cast. All of the characters in the play are men. A university spokesperson acknowledged that author Samuel Beckett said the play should be performed only by men, a rule still enforced by Beckett's estate. Click for Full Text!
For years, Southern Baptist leaders told members of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination that setting up a database to track abusive pastors was impossible.
Post Date: 2023-02-22 19:06:41 by Charles_Byrd
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Indian tax officials raided the offices of the BBC in New Delhi and Mumbai. The raids came weeks after the Indian government declared a BBC documentary on deadly 2002 riots in the state of Gujarat to be propaganda and used emergency powers to ban it from YouTube, Twitter, and other social media. Click for Full Text!
Nicola Sturgeon’s woke authoritarianism
Post Date: 2023-02-21 02:45:47 by Charles_Byrd
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Gradually, then suddenly. That is how the political career of Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon – a regrettably towering figure of modern British politics – seems to have crumbled. She announced her resignation earlier today, saying at Bute House that she will step down as soon as her successor is chosen. Her humiliating climbdown over her gender reforms, sparked by the sickening ‘Isla Bryson’ revelations, was undoubtedly the immediate cause for her downfall. But in truth her political project has been on a collision course with political reality and common sense for some time. Click for Full Text!
Poor People in Developing Countries Find Alternatives to Commercial Banking
Post Date: 2023-02-21 02:31:52 by Charles_Byrd
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Banking is a complicated process for working-class people who fail to comply with anti–money laundering regulations. Know your customer (KYC) requirements mandate prospective clients to provide their source of funding and possible employment history. Such policies make it difficult for working-class entrepreneurs to formalize and access funding. By restricting poorer people to informality, KYC requirements sap the growth potential of small businesses. However, the ingenuity of working-class entrepreneurs has allowed them to compete by creating an alternative to the financial system. Due to the success of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCA), informal entrepreneurs have ...
INHUMAN: NYT Props Up Mass Elderly Suicide Idea to Solve Japan’s Aging Population
Post Date: 2023-02-14 21:23:31 by Charles_Byrd
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The New York Times showcased an apparent disregard for human life when it chose to legitimize the idea of mass suicide as one “drastic” method to deal with Japan’s aging population. The Times pushed the extremism of Yale University Assistant Professor of Economics Yusuke Narita, who apparently doesn’t mince words. “‘I feel like the only solution is pretty clear,’” Narita reportedly stated during a 2021 online news program. “‘In the end, isn’t it mass suicide and mass ‘seppuku’ of the elderly?’ Seppuku is an act of ritual disembowelment that was a code among dishonored samurai in the 19th century.’” The Times ...
Canada Likely to Delay Expansion of Assisted Suicide to Mentally Ill
Post Date: 2023-02-14 19:39:53 by Charles_Byrd
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After intense public criticism, the Canadian government is seeking to delay for one year its extension of assisted suicide to the mentally ill. “It is clear more time is needed to get this right,” Justice Minister David Lametti said February 2. “The proposed one-year expansion is necessary to ensure that we move forward on this sensitive and complex issue in a prudent and measured way.” Click for Full Text!
Capitalism Has Improved Life in India, but the Spirit of Collectivism Still Dominates
Post Date: 2023-02-14 19:19:00 by Charles_Byrd
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India is currently the seventh-largest country in the world with the largest youth population. There are many elements that make this country unique, the foremost being diversity—diversity of culture, race, ethnicity, and linguistics. India faced an era of colonialism under the British, who would take raw material from India at cheaper rates and import the finished products. India and Nigeria are both countries that gained independence from Britain in the same period, but India is now rising much more effectively than Nigeria. Indians saved their culture and their religion but adopted the technologies of the West, whereas Nigeria adopted Western culture and religion but failed to ...
The earthquake ought to loosen US policy on Syria
Post Date: 2023-02-13 17:04:22 by Charles_Byrd
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Lifeless bodies pulled from ruins, roads and bridges ripped apart, entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble — these are the classic earthquake images. The latest come from Turkey and Syria, which were devastated by a fierce quake on Monday. Turkey, with a thriving economy, a well-organized state, and rich Western friends, is well equipped to rush relief to victims. In Syria the situation is quite the opposite. Syria has been under crushing economic sanctions for more than a decade. War has destroyed its cities and forced millions from their homes. Foreign forces occupy its most productive land. The economy has collapsed. Cholera is spreading. Hunger looms. Yet any person or group that ...
East Germany's Last Communist Leader Dies at 95
Post Date: 2023-02-12 01:10:22 by Charles_Byrd
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Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany's last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country's first and only free election, has died. He was 95. Modrow died early Saturday, the Left party parliamentary group tweeted. Click for Full Text!
Amsterdam Investigating Antisemitic 'Projection' on Anne Frank Museum
Post Date: 2023-02-12 01:06:53 by Charles_Byrd
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Authorities in Amsterdam are investigating an antisemitic "projection" on the house Anne Frank hid in during World War II, now a museum that honors her. According to the museum's website, the projection saying "Ann Frank [sic], inventor of the ballpoint pen" was displayed on its building for a few minutes Monday night, with footage of the incident broadcast in a private Telegram group in the U.S. Click for Full Text!
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