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Let’s pretend for a moment that, in the course of waging war against the state of Israel, Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip had taken to posing for social media posts with lingerie belonging to Israeli women who had been forced to flee their homes and/or killed in the war. Imagine the moral outrage that would swiftly ensue, inevitably entailing racist and self-righteous allegations of Arab perverseness, the barbaric sexism of Islam, and the violent tendencies of sexually repressed Muslims. The Fox Newses of the world would have had a field day. As it turns out, a version of this hypothetical…

NewsFeedA spectator attacked Al Ittihad player Abderrazak Hamdallah with a whip during a confrontation after the team’s Saudi Super Cup final defeat to Al Hilal. Video shows the striker being assaulted after throwing water at the fan.Published On 12 Apr 202412 Apr 2024 Source link

Hanoi, Vietnam – In the Vietnamese capital’s Thanh Xuan district, where labyrinthine alleys bustle with residential life and the energy of nearby universities, memories of last year’s deadly apartment fire linger. Late on the night of September 12, 2023, a blaze ripped through an apartment building on Khuong Ha Street in Khuong Dinh ward, killing 56 people, including four children. Police determined the fire started from a short circuit in the electrical wiring of a scooter parked on the first floor, before quickly spreading to the building’s upper floors – added by the building’s owner to create tiny subdivided apartments…

Sons and grandchildren of Hamas political leader killed in latest Israeli air attack in Gaza.Three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh were assassinated in Gaza on Wednesday. Their names added to a long list of people killed by Israeli targeted operations worldwide. So, why does Israel pursue such policy? And what is its impact? Presenter: Sohail Rahman Guests: Ilan Pappe – Professor of history at Exeter University in the UK Rami Khouri – Distinguished public policy fellow, Issam Fares Institute at the American University of Beirut Colin Clarke – Director of research at The Soufan Group…

Bankman-Fried faces steep odds in bid to overturn conviction stemming from the collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange.FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence for stealing billions of dollars from customers of his defunct cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried was convicted in November on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in what US authorities described as one of the biggest financial frauds in US history. The 32-year-old former billionaire was the poster boy for cryptocurrency,  gracing magazine covers and enjoying audiences with lawmakers, before the speculator collapse of FTX in 2022 amid a deluge of customer withdrawals. Bankman-Fried’s…

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Wednesday’s “disappointing” inflation data in the United States showed a jump from February, dampening expectations of an interest rate cut and raising concerns that inflation could remain stubbornly high. The data has implications not just for the US Federal Reserve, which sets interest rates, but also for the candidates in the upcoming presidential election. The core consumer price index (CPI), which excludes volatile food and energy costs, increased 0.4 percent in March from the previous month, according to government data released on Wednesday. The year-over-year rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent. With food and fuel included, inflation is at 3.5…

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese explains how Israel justifies its killing and mass destruction in Gaza.To the United Nations official tasked with reporting on Palestinian human rights, international law is clear: Israel should withdraw from the territories it occupied in 1967. Instead, Israel aims for the “impossibility to continue civil life in Gaza,” as UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese tells host Steve Clemons. Israel doesn’t deny the killings and mass destruction, but instead justifies its behaviour as “compliance with international humanitarian law”, Albanese says. And the failure of governments around the world to force Israel…

NewsFeedUNICEF says one of its vehicles came under fire during an attempted aid delivery to northern Gaza. Spokeswoman Tess Ingram told Al Jazeera what happened.Published On 11 Apr 202411 Apr 2024 Source link

An Israeli attack in northern Gaza on Wednesday killed three sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh as Israel continued its bombardment during Eid.Here’s how things stand on Thursday, April 11, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis An Israeli attack in northern Gaza on Wednesday killed three sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh as Israel continued its bombardment of the besieged enclave on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Israel said they were Hamas operatives, while Haniyeh accused Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder”. Separately, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel is planning to “flood” Gaza with aid…