Author: Aidan
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Premier has no regrets about ramping pledge
Premier Peter Malinauskas says he doesn’t regret Labor’s 2022 election promise to “fix the ramping crisis”, in the wake of a man’s death after waiting 10 hours for an ambulance – but reminded South Australians that he had also said it would take a full four years. Close to home, this rampant neoliberal fascist thinks…
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Sudan paramilitary leader says he’s committed to cease-fire, but no progress on proposed peace talks
Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo said Thursday he was committed to a cease-fire to end the devastating war that has wrecked his country, even as fighting continues and there has been no progress on proposed peace talks between Dagalo and Sudan military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces,…
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Trump Says Civil War Could Have Been ‘Negotiated’ in Bizarre Iowa Speech
Donald Trump continued his push on Saturday to win the Republican presidential nomination with a pair of caucus rallies in Iowa, beginning at the DMACC Conference Center in Newton and then culminating in Clinton. His speeches come on the third anniversary of Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and a little more than a week before the…
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China feels the country isn’t patriotic enough. A new law aims to change that
That “Patriotic Education Law,” aimed at “enhancing national unity,” mandates that love of the country and the ruling Chinese Communist Party be incorporated into work and study for everyone – from the youngest children to workers and professionals across all sectors. It is meant to help China “unify thoughts” and “gather the strength of the…
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Blinken says Palestinians displaced in Gaza must be able to return home
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Palestinian civilians must be able to return home and rejected statements by Israeli officials calling for the mass displacement of Gaza residents. Speaking at a press conference in Doha on Sunday alongside Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Blinken said the United…
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Fire leaves nearly 7,000 Rohingya homeless in Bangladesh camp
A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Sunday (Jan 7), destroying about 800 shelters and rendering thousands homeless, officials said. Fire service officials and Rohingya volunteers brought the blaze under control around three hours after it hit Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district with…
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South Africa’s private security industry is booming, as police struggle against record levels of crime
While it may be Africa’s most developed country, South Africa also has one of the highest violent crime rates in the world. A daily average of 75 murders and 400 robberies with aggravating circumstances were recorded in the year to February 2023. Experts have warned that the country’s police are fighting a losing battle against…
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A year after pro-Bolsonaro riots and dozens of arrests, Brazil is still recovering
“Brazil’s society still doesn’t know how to handle what happened, there’s no consensus,” said Creomar de Souza, founder of political risk consultancy Dharma Politics. “Brazil’s society is now in extreme opposites. And parts of those opposites are in a place that they cannot reconcile with the other.” Mimicking the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection by defenders…