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Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Tuesday, October 31, 2023 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Oct 31 (IPS) – For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint. That pretense is lethal nonsense as …

Washington, DC – In a stunning moment during the 2016 United States presidential race, Senator Bernie Sanders called out his then-rival Hillary Clinton for failing to mention Palestinian rights in a speech she delivered to a pro-Israel lobby group. Standing on stage in a nationally televised primary debate, Sanders highlighted …

Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, gave the advice in a statement on Monday in Abuja while reacting to a news conference addressed by Atiku earlier in the day. Morka said, “Still bemoaning his electoral loss, Atiku Abubakar, PDP’s presidential candidate, earlier today, staged a press conference at which …

Wanda Poltawska, a Polish psychiatrist and author who after World War II sought spiritual help to cope with the horrors she had experienced in a Nazi concentration camp and became a lifelong friend of her counselor, a priest who would one day be Pope John Paul II, died on Oct. …

A farmer tends to his tomatoes. Because of the risks in the agricultural sector, including climate change, many farmers were not able to get finance. Now several non-profits have come into the market to assist. Credit: Geoffrey Kamadi/IPS by Geoffrey Kamadi (nairobi) Monday, October 30, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct …

The chairman added that the association patiently awaited progress on the govt promises and gave a 21-day ultimatum to address their concerns but no action was taken. Members of the Sokoto State Chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Monday joined their counterparts nationwide as they embarked …

Gaza City – Dozens of shrouded bodies lie on the ground outside al-Shifa Hospital as a crowd gathers, ready to take them to their final resting place. “We must honour the dead by burying them,” a man’s voice rings out on Sunday. That day was different from the similar scene …

Campus police at Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., were guarding the university’s Center for Jewish Living on Sunday after online posts threatened violence against Jewish students, according to a statement by the Cornell president, Martha E. Pollack. The posts, which appeared on an online discussion forum about fraternities, included threats …

Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that 2,197kg of skunk were recovered in four interdictions in parts of Ondo State within four days. He explained that 1,165.5kg of skunk were seized in Uso, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Wednesday, while 691kgs of the drugs …

Gaza Strip – After a day and a half of zero communication with their families in Gaza, many Palestinians took to X, the social media site formally known as Twitter, to express their joy at finally being able to get in touch with their relatives. “My family is alive!” Hanan Abunasser, …