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Joseph E Stiglitz and other Nobel laureates say former president threatens US’s standing in the world.Sixteen Nobel prize-winning economists have signed a letter warning that the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump would harm the US economy and lead to higher prices for consumers. In the letter released on Tuesday, the economists said that the Republican candidate would stoke instability and revive high inflation with his “fiscally irresponsible budgets”. “Among the most important determinants of economic success are the rule of law and economic and political certainty. For a country like the US, which is embedded in deep…

NewsFeedOne in four children have starved to death this week in Gaza, where a new UN report has revealed the extent of the forced hunger crisis imposed by Israel in its ongoing war.Published On 25 Jun 202425 Jun 2024 Source link

Aid group says Palestinians can no longer endure ‘subhuman conditions’ in Gaza as Israel continues attacks on civilians. Source link

EXPLAINERA group of children and young activists has won a constitutional case forcing a government department to curb emissions from the transport sector in Hawaii.In an historic settlement of a climate change lawsuit brought by 13 children and young activists in 2022, the Hawaiian department of transport agreed on Thursday to decarbonise its transport sector with a goal of reaching zero emissions by 2045. Hawaii was already aiming for carbon neutrality by 2045, which means balancing the carbon emitted into the atmosphere by capturing or offsetting it. But this settlement forces the department to go further by halting carbon emissions…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to be freed after plea-deal court appearance on the US territory of Saipan.WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has landed in Saipan ahead of a scheduled court appearance where he is expected to plead guilty to an espionage charge as part of a deal with the United States Justice Department that will see him set free to return to his native Australia. Assange, 52, is due to appear on Wednesday morning in the US federal court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, which is a US commonwealth territory in the Western Pacific. “Julian…

Washington, DC – Representative Jamaal Bowman, one of the newest members of the progressive “squad” in the United States Congress, is facing a fight for his political life. On Tuesday, he defends his seat in the House of Representatives by competing in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th congressional district. But while incumbents are rarely challenged, Bowman is facing one of the most expensive contests in the history of House primaries. Progressive groups and politicos say the battle is a direct result of Bowman’s vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, as groups like the American Israel Public Affairs…

Palestinian medics and rights advocates have denounced the killing of a top medical official in Gaza by the Israeli military, accusing Israel of systematically targeting the health system in the besieged enclave. Israel bombed a clinic in Gaza City late on Sunday, killing Hani al-Jaafarawi, Gaza’s director of ambulances and emergency, and four other people. The targeted clinic, which offered general health, paediatric and dental services, was also put out of commission by the Israeli attack. “The Israeli war jets bombed the clinic and destroyed its rooms completely,” said Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail Algoul, reporting from Gaza City. “The…

In the past few weeks, several media reports raised concerns about the incoming editor’s journalistic ethics.The Washington Post says newly named editor Robert Winnett has decided not to take the job and will remain in Britain instead, creating another upheaval at a news outlet where a reorganisation plan has gone disastrously wrong. The Post’s CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, announced Winnett’s decision to withdraw in a note to staff on Friday and said a recruitment firm would be hired to launch a search for a replacement immediately. The financially struggling Post had announced Winnett would take over as editor of…

An Israeli air strike has killed 10 members of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh’s family in northern Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, according to the Palestinian group and the enclave’s civil defence agency. Confirming the attack on the Haniyeh family and the number of the dead, Hamas said on Tuesday that it held the administration of US President Joe Biden responsible for the continuation of the war of “extermination” against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. It said the United States was continuing to give Israel “political and military cover and time to accomplish the task of destruction and extermination in…

Those sanctioned are involved in the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals, money that pays for weapons, proxy groups.The United States Department of the Treasury has announced economic sanctions on 50 people and firms across Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands that it claims have been acting as a “sprawling shadow banking network” for Iran’s military. On Tuesday, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the entities and individuals are involved in the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemicals, which have helped Iran’s military and government gain illicit access to the international financial system. The…