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Your Democracy Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 07:30 Source

Over the years I’ve learnt to chew and walk at the same time. It’s taken a while, but I think I’ve mastered it. Being able and willing to condemn the actions of Hamas, and criticising Iran while also condemning the callousness of Israel’s incursions into Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon is something I think most reasonable people can and should do.

 

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 06:59 Source

NATO planning new Russia strategy – PoliticoThe bloc’s current policy towards Moscow was developed in a “different era” and needs to be changed, a US official has said

NATO’s defense ministers will meet in Brussels next week to start rethinking the bloc’s decades-old strategy on relations with Russia, Politico has reported

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 06:33 Source

The Indian government on Wednesday gave long-awaited clearance for a project to build two nuclear-powered attack submarines, national media have reported, citing sources. The project cost is estimated at around 450 billion rupees ($5.4 billion).

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Your Democracy Sunday, October 13, 2024 - 05:35 Source

Biden warns Iran against going after Trump – WaPoWashington would consider an attack on the former US president an act of war, the outlet has reported

US president Joe Biden has told the White House National Security Council to warn Iran against trying to assassinate Donald Trump, the Washington Post has reported.

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The Australian Independent Media Network Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 19:37 Source

A few coming events in our planet’s future – some predicted, some certain – will see the human race wiped off the face of the earth, literally. Of course there’s also the unpredictable, such as a rogue comet sending us the way of the dinosaurs or the absurd such as the sky eventually crashing down…

The post Will we be in the future? appeared first on The AIM Network.

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 18:28 Source

Australia’s mainstream media continues to push the unfounded October 7 narrative of “babies beheaded” and “mass rapes” which gave rise to Israel’s extreme “collective punishment” in Gaza. Michael West reports.

As recently as last week, in the wake of the anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attacks, Australia’s media persisted with its narrative of “babies beheaded” and “mass rapes”. 

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 11:48 Source

On September 13, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) announced that it was appointing Victoria Nuland to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 10:42 Source

Germany's economic downturn deepens with a projected contraction in 2024, marking its second consecutive year of decline. Manufacturing struggles and global competition, especially from China, highlight structural issues. Growth is expected to return in 2025.

 

Germany's economic woes are continuing, with the country now facing the spectre of closing 2024 in recession.

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 06:34 Source

While elsewhere the China discourse in the Australian media may have been on geopolitical tensions and defence and security concerns, community leaders, students and academics from seven universities in Australia and 15 universities in China and Taiwan met in Parramatta on the campus of Western Sydney University a few days ago.

 

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 05:58 Source

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded this year’s Peace Prize to a Japanese anti-nuclear-weapons organization, citing the threat of such weapons being used in current conflicts. Japan is the only country in the world that has suffered a nuclear strike.

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 05:33 Source

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s criticism of the way CBS edited its interview with his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is a threat to free speech and democracy, the head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has stated.

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Your Democracy Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 04:44 Source

Doorstep statement by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte outside Number 10 Downing Street

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: Good to see you. I had very good talks with, of course, the trilat together with President Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Starmer, and then after that, my bilat with the Prime Minister.

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MacroBusiness Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 00:10 Source

CoreLogic released final auction results for the last weekend, with the capital city clearance rate falling below 60% for the first time in 2024. The combined capital city clearance rate fell to 59.5%, down from 60.6% over the previous week and 66.1% this time last year. Melbourne’s clearance rate held below 60% for the third

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MacroBusiness Saturday, October 12, 2024 - 00:05 Source

International Reads: Trump to propose making car loan interest fully tax-deductible – Fortune U.S. Inflation Reaches Lowest Point Since February 2021 – Huffington post Trump Delivers Historically Illiterate Lecture on Tariffs – NY Mag McDonald’s is joining the FTC in going after an alleged meat monopoly – QZ DOJ indicates it’s considering Google [GOOG] breakup

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