Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 15 April 2022

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, Revelations about the Shanghai lock down are just unbelievable.  People face arrest if they venture out for any reason.  Their screams from windows and balconies sound like nothing you’ve ever heard.  Twenty five million people are not … Read More

Republicans slam Biden admin for ‘deeply troubling’ possibility VA docs could go to border for expected surge

Massive migrant surge expected when Title 42 ends in late May. More than 50 House Republicans Wednesday are pressing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over the possibility it may use Veterans Affairs (VA) medical personnel to stem an expected migrant … Read More

Israel says Iran has nearly enough uranium for a bomb, as talks remain stuck

posted in: Israel, News

Negotiations for the US and Iran to return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ended weeks ago. Iran is close to having enough enriched uranium for a weapon as negotiations to return to the 2015 nuclear deal remain … Read More

Brazil’s indigenous communities fear mining threat over war in Ukraine

posted in: News, World News

Maurício Ye’kwana worries about the future. He comes from the community of Auaris, in northern Brazil, close to the border with Venezuela. The area, part of the Yanomami Indigenous Territory, is rich in gold, diamonds and minerals – and illegal … Read More

Texas claims a win after Gov. Abbott pledged to bus illegals to Washington

State says feds stopped dropping illegal immigrants off into towns following threat to bus them to DC. EXCLUSIVE: In the days since Gov. Greg Abbott said Texas would bus illegal immigrants released in his state to the U.S. Capitol in … Read More

More than 10K civilians dead in Mariupol, mayor says; European nations temper reliance on Russian gas

More than 10,000 civilians have been killed in the besieged city of Mariupol since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, the mayor said, as Western nations warned a convoy was on the move for a suspected Russian assault in … Read More

Shop sales slow as cost of living pressures build

Sales in shops have slowed as household budgets come under pressure from the rising cost of living, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said. New figures show sales growth for March rose at its slowest rate so far this year, … Read More

EU must introduce oil sanctions to cut off Russia’s financial support – Coveney

Ireland’s foreign minister is in Luxembourg for a meeting of the EU foreign affairs council, where further sanctions against Moscow will be discussed. The European Union needs to cut off financing for the Russian war in Ukraine by introducing sanctions … Read More

Many migrants at higher risk of homelessness than Irish-born – report

Housing needs to be considered as an important part of integration policy, according to the Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman. His comments mark the publication of findings by the Economic and Social Research Institute, which used 2016 Census microdata to … Read More

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