GOP hopefuls to focus on Israel and foreign policy in third debate that also tests who can beat Trump
Foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war are expected to be prominent in Wednesday’s third Republican primary debate, as a narrowing field of candidates seeks to cut into Donald Trump’s lead without being able to challenge the former president in person. Trump will again skip the debate in Miami, instead holding...
UN repeats calls for humanitarian pause as Israel trains its guns on Gaza’s tunnel network
With the war now entering its second month, UN officials and G7 nations stepped up appeals for a humanitarian pause in the hostilities to help alleviate the suffering in Gaza, where buildings have been flattened and basic supplies are running out. Palestinian officials say more than 10,000 people have been killed, 40 per cent of them children.
Politics of pure science in Uganda: Case of how poisoned academic environment smothers critical thinking
The marketplace of ideas holds that the truth will emerge from the competition of ideas in free, transparent public discourse and concludes that ideas and ideologies will be culled according to their superiority or inferiority and widespread acceptance among the population. The concept is often applied to discussions of patent law as well as freedom of the press and the responsibilities of the media in a liberal democracy.
Abortion rights activists, Democrats notch important wins Ohio and Kentucky elections
Ohio was the latest abortion battleground, nearly a year and a half after the Supreme Court decision. Last year, abortion rights advocacy groups scored a series of victories by placing abortion-related referendums on the ballot, including in conservative states.
Israel attacks target Hamas militants’ tunnel network in Gaza as death toll crosses 10,200
Since October 7, Israeli bombardment has killed more than 10,200 Palestinians, around 40 per cent of them children, according to counts by health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
Trump turns witness stand into political platform as he lashes out at judge, NY attorney general
Tensions between Engoron and Trump – already on display in recent weeks, when the judge fined him a total of $15,000 for incendiary outside-of-court comments – were evident early on Monday when the ex-president was repeatedly scolded about the length and content of his answers.
Israel appears to be bowing to pressure to pause Gaza attacks to allow aid, hostages movement
The Israeli military on Monday released video of tanks moving through bombed-out streets and groups of troops moving on foot. It says it has surrounded Gaza City, cutting off northern parts of the narrow coastal strip from the south.
WHO increasingly looks more like a scheme for extracting private profit from the public purse
It is irrational to support corrupted institutions, but rational to support improvements in health and well-being. It is rational (and decent) to help populations who, through accidents of history such as past colonial exploitation or other misfortune, lack the means to fully address their own basic healthcare.
Israeli troops surround Gaza City, cut off northern part of besieged Hamas-ruled territory
The situation remains dire in the north. Some 800,000 people have heeded Israeli military orders to flee to southern Gaza, even though Israel had continued airstrikes in the area. Strikes in central and southern Gaza – the purported safe zone – killed at least 53 people on Sunday.
Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify as Western allies pile pressure on Tel Aviv to limit civilian casualties
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to meet Turkey’s foreign minister in Ankara, hours after hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian protest tried to storm an air base that houses US troops in southern Turkey.
