Officials confirm that US president will break with decades of diplomacy in a move many warn will trigger unrest in the region Julian Borger in Washington and Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem Wednesday 6 December 2017 07.14 GMT Donald Trump will declare formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel […]
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The GITMO Affair is to America’s enduring and permanent historic shame. As if Vietnam were not enough. As if the use of; Atomic, Biological, and Chemical Weapons were not enough. As if Genocides were not enough! America has Secret Prisons in Afghanistan, Egypt, Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Italy, and Israel. Why? […]
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New Zealand’s first refugee MP, Golriz Ghahraman, has come under scrutiny for her role in the in trials of war criminals following the Rwandan genocide. On the Green Party website, Ms Ghahraman is described as having put on trial world leaders for abusing their power, and restoring communities after […]
Gratitude for a Country that Once Deserved Thanks Lament for a Society of Shame The celebration of Thanksgiving has lost its purpose over the centuries. Consider the meaning of George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to […]
A newly seated government stalling on election promises? Hardly news really, is it? The butt of political jokes for decades. But it’s not so funny when lost lives and family closure and justice are involved, as is the case with the Pike River tragedy. A promise of re-entry to the […]
President Robert Mugabe is under intense pressure to resign. But nothing has been heard from the 93-year-old since he appeared at a university graduation on Friday. “We want to tell President Mugabe, it is time to rest,” Chipo tells us as she continues celebrating with her friends near Freedom Square. […]
He’s 93. She’s 52. And they’ve both been put under house arrest by Zimbabwe’s army. At the centre of the crisis currently gripping Zimbabwe is President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace. Her rise from political obscurity to become the front-runner to succeed her ageing husband appears to have prompted the country’s […]
WHAT WE NEED IS A CREDIBLE PROSECUTOR. Republicans, whether in the White House or on Capitol Hill, do not seem to appreciate how much they may be undermining what they say they want — a serious investigation of the Clinton Foundation and such related matters as the Uranium One transaction, […]
https://youtu.be/9hofQ3iwZ1E President Donald Trump delivers an unforgettable speech in South Korea, extending what may be the final olive branch to Kim Jung Un’s North Korea regime 🇺🇸🇰🇷 National Assembly, Seoul, South Korea Article from Washington Post: The U.S. president directly addressed his 33-year-old nemesis in a speech to South Korea’s […]