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Categories Middle East

Intel Docs Explain Timing of Ben-Gurion’s Decision to Declare Israel’s Independence, Author Says

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Haaretz contributor Meir Zamir argues that Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion decided to declare the establishment of the Jewish state in May 1948 even though he knew that the move could directly result in a war with the Arab countries. … Read More >Intel Docs Explain Timing of Ben-Gurion’s Decision to Declare Israel’s Independence, Author Says

Categories Op-ed

Secret Unit in UK Foreign Office Working With Venezuelan Coup Plotters Exposed by Indy Journalist

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The British government has openly allied with the US in backing Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s self-appointment as interim president. But newly obtained government documents by a UK-based investigative journalist reveal a much deeper relationship with members of the coup-government-in-waiting. … Read More >Secret Unit in UK Foreign Office Working With Venezuelan Coup Plotters Exposed by Indy Journalist

Categories UK

UK Police Bracing for Anti-Lockdown Protests, Ready to Respond ‘if Required’

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Late last week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that the lockdown measures had taken a major toll on the British “way of life”, but urged for a cautious lifting of the quarantine limitations in order to avoid a second spike in coronavirus cases. … Read More >UK Police Bracing for Anti-Lockdown Protests, Ready to Respond ‘if Required’

Categories UK

Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

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New research suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic is exposing the class divide in the UK with almost two-thirds of British working class households unable to do their jobs from home, compared to under 30 percent of middle classes. … Read More >Class divide: Nearly TWO-THIRDS of British working class unable to do jobs from home amid Covid-19 crisis, new data reveals

Categories UK

UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ internal review reveals

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British state-funded propagandists created “a constellation of media outlets” in Syria and produced so much content that people “no longer knew who or what to believe,” an internal review into the failed operation has revealed. … Read More >UK-funded propaganda campaign in Syria was bloated, inefficient & possibly illegal, a ‘scathing’ internal review reveals

Categories Business

British economy posts worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis & that’s before full impact of coronavirus is known

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UK gross domestic product (GDP) fell two percent in the first three month of the year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics, signaling the first direct impact of Covid-19 on the economy. … Read More >British economy posts worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis & that’s before full impact of coronavirus is known

Categories Russia

‘Example of infodemic’: Moscow slams FT & NYT reports that put Russian Covid-19 death toll 70 percent higher than official data

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Russia’s Foreign Ministry will send letters to the Financial Times and New York Times demanding they retract reports which claim the actual death toll from Covid-19 in the country is much higher than the official figures. … Read More >‘Example of infodemic’: Moscow slams FT & NYT reports that put Russian Covid-19 death toll 70 percent higher than official data

Categories Shows

Another China conflict with India, US bombers to S. China Sea

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Clashes between Chinese and Indian soldiers have been reported on the border between the two nuclear-armed countries. They fought with fists and stones, but no shots were fired. Former UK MP George Galloway joins Rick Sanchez to share his insights. They also discuss the heightened scrutiny toward China on the world stage, from the South China Sea to the US-China trade war to White House conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19. … Read More >Another China conflict with India, US bombers to S. China Sea