Day: July 9, 2021

Categories Shows

Richard Medhurst on US aggression toward Syria, and Exxon lobbyists boast of stopping climate action

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Lee Camp interviews independent journalist Richard Medhurst on US foreign policy. Medhurst is from Syria and has an intimate understanding of the conflict in the region. Thanks to US intervention, the situation over there is still volatile and dangerous. Camp and Medhurst discuss the continued violence from religious extremist groups, the US’s crippling sanctions impacting the Syrian people … Read More >Richard Medhurst on US aggression toward Syria, and Exxon lobbyists boast of stopping climate action

Categories Asia & Pacific

Vatican working with South Korea to organise papal trip to Pyongyang, Seoul’s intelligence chief says

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The head of South Korea’s intelligence service, Park Jie-won, has revealed at a mass held at Sanjeong-dong Catholic Church that the country is working with the Vatican to arrange a visit by Pope Francis to North Korea. … Read More >Vatican working with South Korea to organise papal trip to Pyongyang, Seoul’s intelligence chief says

Categories EU

Ireland in Covid-19 vaccination ‘race’ amid potential Delta variant surge – health chief

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Health chiefs in Ireland are in a “real race” to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 amid the threat of an increasing number of cases of the Delta variant of the virus, the country’s Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. … Read More >Ireland in Covid-19 vaccination ‘race’ amid potential Delta variant surge – health chief

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Saigon in Afghanistan

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Alas, the end appears to be near. Washington’s 20-year effort at nation-building in Afghanistan was always going to end this way – a complete and total failure. It is doubtful the corrupt Kabul government will last long after America’s withdrawal. Afghanistan remains broken and the American people poor. And no one is held to account … Read More >Saigon in Afghanistan

Categories Op-ed

The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work

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Hungary’s controversial law banning the promotion of homosexuality to minors is none of the EU’s business, and Brussels’ attempts to interfere in its internal affairs with a sense of moral superiority is akin to neo-colonialism. … Read More >The EU-Hungary row over an anti-LGBTQ law is a clash of cultures that underpins why European integration will never work