NATO Summit Set to Further Militarise Europe, Expand in Africa? — Global Issues

NATO Summit Set to Further Militarise Europe, Expand in Africa? — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Credit: NATO. by Baher Kamal (madrid) Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 28 (IPS) – The three-day North Atlantic Treaty Organisation-NATO Summit in Madrid (28,29, 30 June 2022) is expected to agree to considerably increase Europe’s military power, heavily weaponise Russia’s border, and further…

UN rights office in probe call, after Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy, show need for safer pathways — Global Issues

UN rights office in probe call, after Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy, show need for safer pathways — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The Morocco-Spain border incident took place last Friday when African migrants were reportedly “beaten with batons, kicked, shoved, and attacked with stones by Moroccan officials”, said OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani, in their attempt to scale the barbed-wire fence that separates Morocco from the North African, Spanish city of Melilla. “This…

UN rights office in probe call, after Morocco-Spain migrant deaths, Texas tragedy, show need for safer pathways — Global Issues

Decade of brutal war left nearly 307,000 civilians dead — Global Issues

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“The conflict-related casualty figures in this report are not simply a set of abstract numbers, but represent individual human beings,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said, in a press release. “The impact of the killing of each of these 306,887 civilians would have had a profound, reverberating…

Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe’s Fall
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Democrats Press the White House for a More Assertive Response to Roe’s Fall

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President Biden and the Democratic leadership had months to prepare for the fall of Roe v. Wade, and even after a draft ruling was leaked in May, they had weeks to muster concrete plans to counteract a once-unimaginable outcome that suddenly seemed inevitable. Yet as Republicans celebrated the culmination last…

Amazon release first look at Arsenal’s ‘All or Nothing’ series
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Amazon release first look at Arsenal’s ‘All or Nothing’ series

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Amazon have, on Tuesday June 28, released the first look at Arsenal’s ‘All or Nothing’ documentary series. The Gunners are the third Premier League side to take part in the series, following in the footsteps of Manchester City and Tottenham. The documentary will first air on August 4 when episodes…

Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation — Global Issues

Digital Training in Pakistani Villages Yields Bumper Participation — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Uzma of Ahmedpur Lama village, Punjab province, using her mobile phone at home. Credit: Irfan Ulhaq/IPS by Irfan Ulhaq (rahim yar khan, punjab, pakistan) Tuesday, June 28, 2022 Inter Press Service RAHIM YAR KHAN, Punjab, Pakistan, Jun 28 (IPS) – Farmer Abdul Waheed, 32, has been using his cell phone for…

Joe Burrow makes his thoughts on Roe v Wade decision abundantly clear

Joe Burrow makes his thoughts on Roe v Wade decision abundantly clear

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow shared his thoughts on the overturning of Roe v. Wade via Instagram as he advocated for abortion rights.  When Roe v. Wade was overturned, the political sphere erupted in debate over the controversial decision. Americans considered what their lives might look like without abortion as…

Goran Dragic On Playing With Luka Doncic: ‘We Can’t About It Till July 1’

Goran Dragic On Playing With Luka Doncic: ‘We Can’t About It Till July 1’

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Luka Doncic and Goran Dragic are playing together on the international stage as members of the Slovenian national team. After a practice ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Croatia on Thursday, reporters at a media call asked Doncic and Dragic if they were interested in playing together. Doncic and…