On 2 December last year, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Crossing on a visit that was supposed to last for a few days. He was to hold extensive discussions with Egyptian intelligence officials on the situation in Gaza; ways to stop the Israeli attacks against the Palestinians; the holding of Palestinian elections; and reconciliation with Fatah. It was a surprise [...]
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Qatar Fund for Development has covered treatment costs for 3,020 eye patients in the Gaza Strip, a statement issued by the Qatari Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza Strip said yesterday. The statement, a copy of which sent to MEMO, said that the payments were part of a $2 million grant paid to the Saint John Gaza Eye Hospital to maintain the sustainability of its services. [...]
The United Kingdom’s trade negotiators want to influence global blockchain regulation in its upcoming free trade talks with the United States, according to the negotiating objectives released by the U.K.’s Department for International Trade (DIT). The plan is straightforward and the “opportunity,” as DIT called it, is clear. In its 184-page action plan released March 2, U.K.’s post-Brexit trade broker said it will “seek to deliver” [...]
The rollercoaster market is back. After yesterday’s torrid surge, which saw the Dow Jones soar by nearly 1,200 points for the second day in three, US equity futures tumbled alongside European stocks on Thursday as cases of the coronavirus surged in the US, California announced a state of emergency, Switzerland reported its first covid-19 death, and fears about the pandemic re-emerged front and center as traders [...]
A Palestinian boy who was shot in the face by an Israeli police officer has lost his left eye. Eight-year-old Malik Issa was on his way home along with his three sisters after school in the neighbourhood of Issawiya, in occupied East Jerusalem, when he was shot in the face with a rubber-coated steel bullet fired by an Israeli occupation officer last week. His father told [...]
Politicians, including former Conservative PM Margaret Thatcher, police and prosecutors “turned a blind eye” to allegations of child sexual abuse connected to Westminster and ignored victims, an independent inquiry has found. The 173-page report compiled by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse dismissed claims of a conspiracy involving an “organised Westminster pedophile network,” but did reveal serious cover-ups by British institutions. The review was published [...]
Dan Peña, known as The 50 Billion Dollar Man, has never been one to pulls punches. As Dan Lok noted previously, Peña is quick to tell people to stop blaming family, economics, and circumstances; the opportunity for success has never been greater than it is now but our snowflake generation seems incapable of being accountable. In this brief and barbaric clip, the billionaire rages at the [...]
Authored by Nikolai Kuznetsov via CoinTelegraph.com, The world has arguably been teetering on the brink of a recession for months now. But recent events could be pushing the global economy even closer to the precipice. The coronavirus outbreak has choked China’s output, leading to predictions that it will trigger a global slowdown. Europe is facing its own challenges amid ongoing Brexit uncertainty, economic contraction in Germany, and the continuing strikes [...]