• Gideon Sa’ar Resigns From Netanyahu’s Government Over Not Being Appointed To War Cabinet

    Gideon Sa’ar, chair of the New Hope party, announced his resignation from the government on Monday, citing his lack of influence on the government’s prosecution of the conflict in Gaza. Sa’ar had joined the emergency government following October 7, but had not been appointed to the war cabinet. “I believed and I still believe – […]

  • ICYMI: Trump’s going broke, Boebert’s a joke, No Labels up in smoke

    Lauren Boebert joins the GOP chorus celebrating funding they voted against Nothing like obstructing progress and then taking credit for it! Trump's going broke and he's taking the whole GOP down with him Trump isn’t just playing the victim, he’s attempting to suck all those who support him dry. No Labels has no takers Not even The Rock can smell what No Labels is cooking. Cartoon: What did we learn from Covid? Let’s go with not a damn thing! Democrats get the opponent they want in Ohio...

  • U.S. government enters a partial government shutdown as Senate works to pass a deal

    WASHINGTON — The federal government entered a partial shutdown early Saturday after Congress failed to pass legislation in time to keep a swath of departments and agencies open. The shutdown is expected to be brief and have little impact, however, as Senate leaders announced they have a deal to vote on a funding package in the early hours of Saturday morning. The House voted Friday morning to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill funding the departments of State, Defense, Labor, Health and Human...

  • Civil War review – Alex Garland’s immersive yet dispassionate war film

    The writer-director’s much-anticipated look at the horrors of an America violently divided is an impressive technical feat yet an emotionally cold drama‘We know why it might happen’: Alex Garland’s explosive thriller Civil War premieresCivil War, Alex Garland’s hotly anticipated dystopian drama on an America divided by military conflict, knows what we’re looking for. The film opens with the president (Nick Offerman) in profile, practicing lines as he prepares to address the nation. His...

  • Palestinians have been denied right to their homeland, says S Jaishankar amid Israel’s war on Gaza

    The external affairs minister, however, reiterated that Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel was ‘terrorism’.

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    Whales, guava jelly: Hawaiʻi’s little known link to U.S. Civil War

    When we think of the United Civil War that took place between 1861 and 1865, we usually think of Irish men in the North being drafted as soon as they arrived fresh off the boat from Ireland or white men in the South fighting to ensure a race of people remained enslaved property with not rights.

  • By now, it’s conclusive that the U.S. Government blew up the Nord Stream pipelines and blamed Russia.

    Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) This is a succinct factual summary of the situation, as-of 21 March 2024: https://theduran.com/nord-stream-investigation-sabotaged-dmitry-polyanskiy (without ads) https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/XwxLdwo75hY (without ads) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwxLdwo75hY (with ads) [I have cleaned up the auto-generated transcript because of its many successively repeated phrases and its many fillers such as “uh”, which hindered...

  • Star Wars: The Acolyte Showrunner Says It’s Necessary to Have a Non-Star Wars Fan Writer

    The Star Wars fandom can be very protective about the IP, that’s why they want to make sure that anyone working on it is a fan, and though The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland is a self-professed fan of Star Wars, she still says it’s important that there was someone in

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    Here’s what Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants from Justin Trudeau’s government ahead of budgets

    Ontario Premier Doug Ford sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this week asking for billions of dollars worth of investments as both governments work towards their 2024 budgets. In the letter addressed to Trudeau, sent on March 14 and shared by the Premier’s Office, Ford outlines additional priorities where he is hopeful for either a financial commitment or a legislative change. Here’s what the premier is asking for: Money for infrastructure: The big ask in the...

  • Victorian government department quits Elon Musk’s X, saying it’s no longer safe or productive

    Department of Families, Fairness and Housing says ‘break up is overdue’ as more agencies expected to close accountsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Victorian government department has quit X, stating that the social media platform now owned by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk was no longer safe and productive for community engagement, with more agencies likely to follow.Earlier this week, the...

  • Bulgaria’s foreign minister appoints largest group in parliament to form country’s new government

    Bulgarian President Rumen Radev assigned the task of forming a new government to the GERB-UDF coalition, the largest group in parliament.Maria Gabriel, designated as prime minister under a power-sharing agreement, received the mandate from Radev.The agreement states that each main political party would hold the top position for nine months at a time. Bulgarian President

  • Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn

    Eutelsat OneWeb, which is in prime position to get satellite spectrum without an auction, is owned by Bharti Enterprises, UK government, SoftBank, among others.