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The Gaza “Ceasefire” is a Total Fraud – Home ❧ Current Affairs
- The Gaza “Ceasefire” is a Total Fraud Home ❧ Current Affairs
- Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says The Guardian
- Israel/OPT: Post-ceasefire: Israel’s genocide in the occupied Gaza strip continues Amnesty International
- No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza Al Jazeera
- Amnesty warns ‘genocide not over’ as Israel strikes across Gaza Al Jazeera
PSV trounce Liverpool as Arsenal topple Bayern while PSG and Real also win
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Trump yanks G20 invitation from South Africa over false genocide claims
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Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missing
Three arrests made after huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday
The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.
A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats, which house about 4,800 people.
Continue reading...Death toll in Hong Kong tower block fire rises to 44 with hundreds still missing
Three arrests made after huge blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po district on Wednesday
The death toll from a huge fire that engulfed several residential tower blocks in Hong Kong has risen to 44, with 45 in critical condition and hundreds reported missing.
A taskforce has been set up to investigate the cause of the fire, which broke out on Wednesday afternoon at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po, in the northern New Territories. The complex is made up of eight 31-storey towers containing about 2,000 flats, which house about 4,800 people.
Continue reading...‘I am devastated’: Hong Kong residents in disbelief after fire destroys blocks of flats
Efforts to control the blaze are continuing as locals wait for news of missing loved ones.
US transportation secretary wants more civility in air travel. Not everyone is on board
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Is there any peace deal that Putin would accept? – vox.com
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- The wrong sort of peace leads to the next war The Economist
- What Russia wants from the peace deal with Ukraine NPR
Washington DC shooting live: 2 National Guard troops hurt, suspect detained
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UK judge reviews Terrorism Act ban on Palestine Action
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Properties worth more than £2m in England face new tax – BBC
- Properties worth more than £2m in England face new tax BBC
- ‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise The Guardian
- Chancellor swoops on landlords and wealthy homeowners Financial Times
- Reeves Hits UK Property With Annual Tax on £2 Million Homes Bloomberg.com
- UK Mansion Tax—The Beginning Of A British Wealth Tax Regime? Forbes
Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget
Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds
Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills.
On a chaotic day that involved key details of her budget accidentally being released early by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the chancellor defended the measures, saying she was “asking everyone to make a contribution to repair the public finances”, but that she wanted the wealthiest to pay the most.
Continue reading...Georgia judge dismisses 2020 election interference case against Trump
The state charges were the last remaining criminal case against the US president stemming from the 2020 election.
Two National Guard members reportedly shot in Washington DC
Two National Guard members have been shot near the White House in Washington, DC. Police said a suspect is in custody.