Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue airstrikes on Gaza for ‘as long as necessary’
NEW DELHI, April 16 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to transform India into a global factory floor has produced billions of dollars of low-cost iPhones and pharmaceuticals. Now he hopes to add missiles, helicopters and battleships to the shopping carts of foreign governments. The world’s largest importer of weapons after Ukraine is expanding…
Greetings from Tyler, They must have thought it was the end of the world when buildings collapsed by the hundreds. The death toll is somewhere north of 20,000 and rising. Every time they find someone alive in the rubble it’s a great victory. Many are still buried, some may be alive. The fear is that…
Huge rallies have been held in several Mexican cities against what protesters say are government attempts to undermine the electoral authorities. The biggest was in Mexico City, where organisers say 500,000 people marched on the city’s main plaza. The local government put the number at 90,000. Lawmakers last week voted to slash the budget of…
Hong KongCNN — More than 40 of Hong Kong’s best known pro-democracy figures have been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years on subversion charges, in the biggest single blow to the city’s already shrinking political freedoms following Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on dissent. Among those handed sentences on Tuesday was Joshua Wong, a former student…
March 17 (UPI) — More than 300 people have been arrested amid protests against French President Emmanuel Macron‘s decision to bypass the French legislature to apply changes to pension policy, including an increase to the age of eligibility from 62 to 64. Most of the arrests were in Paris, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told…
Gazan reports have indicated that the purpose of bringing in the humanitarian aid is to ‘flood’ the markets, leading to lower prices and ensuring the residents do not attack aid trucks. Humanitarian aid trucks sent from Egypt and Jordan entered the Gaza Stripon Monday as Israel’s humanitarian pause entered its second day. The Jordanian Air…