The Canadian arms embargo on Israel that was not | Israel War on Gaza

The Canadian arms embargo on Israel that was not | Israel War on Gaza

Alex Cosh is an editor with the status-quo-allergic independent Canadian news upstart, The Maple. Cosh is a young reporter with an old-style muckraker’s temperament. His bunkum antennae are tuned to detect and expose the state-sanctioned flimflam that much of Canada’s establishment media hand-deliver like obedient couriers. So, while the big,…

Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by land, UN chief Guterres says | Israel War on Gaza News

Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by land, UN chief Guterres says | Israel War on Gaza News

During a visit to Egypt, Antonio Guterres warns of the impact Israel’s months-long war on Gaza is having around the globe. The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza’s humanitarian needs is by road and includes an exponential increase in commercial deliveries, says the United…

Pro-West candidate beats Slovakia PM’s ally to set up presidential run-off | Elections News

Pro-West candidate beats Slovakia PM’s ally to set up presidential run-off | Elections News

Ex-Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini to face off in April’s vote dominated by the Ukraine war. Slovakia’s former pro-West Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini will face off in April’s presidential election run-off, according to the final results. The liberal Korcok…

Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Does Israel need to be forced by the US to end the war in Gaza? | Israel War on Gaza

Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti and US professor Ian Lustick dissect Biden’s refusal to end the war in Gaza. All of Israel’s modern wars have ended with US intervention, but the current war in Gaza has gone on for half a year because “Biden is a slow learner”, argues University of…

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

The kidnapping in Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over security. More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials….

Austria’s Baumgartner scores fastest-ever international goal | Football News

Austria’s Baumgartner scores fastest-ever international goal | Football News

Baumgartner unleashed a 25-metre shot past the goalkeeper after six seconds to break the record for the fastest goal. Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner has broken the record for the fastest-ever international goal by slotting home against Slovakia inside seven seconds. Baumgartner, 24, went into the record books during a friendly match…

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after Verstappen retires | Motorsports News

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after Verstappen retires | Motorsports News

Sainz finished ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc after Red Bull’s Verstappen retired on the fourth lap with engine fire. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak by winning the Australian Grand Prix in a triumphant return to the circuit two weeks after appendicitis surgery, which kept…

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

Senegal’s women voters could make a miracle happen in presidential election | Elections News

Popenguine-Ndayane is home to me. This small fishing village on the Atlantic coast some 100km (62 miles) from Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is a site of pilgrimage for the country’s Christian minority. For the past 135 years, pilgrims – including the pope – have travelled here to pray at a site where…