Archive du mois : mai 2018
North Korea has started dismantling its Punggye-ri nuclear test site, according to satellite pictures analysed by experts. The move comes weeks ahead of a historical meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump during which the two countries will talk about denuclearisation. A group of researchers from the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s…
Occupied East Jerusalem – Palestinians are marking 70 years since the ethnic cleansing of their homeland by Zionist militias to create the state of Israel. The event is called the Nakba, or « Catastrophe », in Palestinian history. For Palestinians, the establishment of Israel in 1948 opened a chapter of collective suffering, wars and displacement. Built as a…
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Fabio Coentrao says he asked not to be selected in Portugal’s squad for the World Cup due to being left physically exhausted by a « very tiring » season. The 30-year-old, who spent the 2017-18 season playing for Sporting CP on loan from Real Madrid, has featured for Portugal at each of the last two World Cups.…
The Associated Press by Michelle Moons14 May 2018Washington, DC0 14 May, 201814 May, 2018 President Donald Trump chose to spend time with his recovering wife instead of appearing as a guest of honor at Israel’s 70th anniversary of independence celebration in Washington, DC, on Monday night. Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer told…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s prospects for brokering the Mideast peace « deal of the century » plunged ever deeper as the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem opened amid bloodshed in Gaza. The day fueled global concern that U.S. policies are tipping the broader Middle East into deeper, intractable conflict. At the same time, Trump is winning…
Updated May 15, 2018 17:34:57 Photo: Australia’s domestic oil production has tanked, with the Federal Government saying the Bight could play a vital role in energy security. (ABC Open contributor Marian Martin) Concerns about national security and energy supply could prompt further bids to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, the Federal Resources…
New York City, United States – Chanting slogans, raising placards and singing resistance songs, about 300 people marched through Brooklyn in New York on Monday to commemorate the 70th year since the Nakba, or catastrophe, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes when Israel was created in 1948. Monday’s protest…
Aguada, Puerto Rico – In the opening of a cleared field that hugs the hillside of a family farm in Aguada, Puerto Rico, sits a cylindrical building with a dome roof. The walls of the building are made of tyres packed with earth that individually become 136kg bricks. Light shines through parts of the wall…
This is the story of four Palestinian peasants who have been dead and buried for many years, but whose legacy continues to define the collective aspirations of a whole nation. It is also the story of a village that was erased from existence 70 years ago. The peasants are my grandparents, and the village of…
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