Israel’s crackdown on any reporting from inside Gaza has made it impossible for Western journalists to tell the complete story of the horrors unfolding inside the enclave—resorting instead to social media posts, reporters who live there, and telephone calls, according to a critical report in Haaretz.
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ISRAEL DOWNPLAYS NUMBER OF ISRAELIS DISPLACED IN NORTH
Israel is dramatically downplaying the number of Israelis displaced amid the worsening conflict in the north with Hezbollah, according to a report last week.
AS FORECAST: EUROPEANS TURN TO POPULISTS AS THEIR COUNTRIES GO TO SHIT
Countries like France and Germany have seen a recent rise in populist political parties that were once written off as archaic extremists but have been picking up seats in governments because of a growing public frustration with the political establishment.
TURKEY’S ECONOMIC SLOWS MOST IN FOUR YEARS
In this year’s second quarter, Turkey’s economy grew by 2.5 percent, the slowest since the same quarter in 2020, the country’s statistical institute reported.
BANK OF CANADA CUTS INTEREST RATE A THIRD TIME
The Bank of Canada has cut its key interest rate for a third time in as many meetings, dropping it by a quarter point to 4.25 percent.
POST-COVID TRAVEL SPLURGE HAS ENDED, INDUSTRY FIGURES SHOW
As the COVID War ended, people vented their pent-up wanderlust, spending their savings and even going into debt to criss-cross the globe.
VW MULLING ITS FIRST-EVER CLOSURE OF A GERMAN AUTO FACTORY
Volkswagen, one of Germany’s iconic car makers, is thinking about doing something it never has: shutting down one of its German factories.
GERMAN EXPORTERS FACE A RECESSION, TRADE GROUP WARNS
Germany’s economic model is under “massive pressure” as manufacturers making goods for export face a recession, the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA) warned on 4 September after new data showed foreign trade continuing to decay.
EUROZONE INFLATION SLOWS TO 2.2 PERCENT IN AUGUST
After peaking at 10.6 percent in October 2022, inflation in the 20-country Eurozone slowed to 2.2 percent in August, moving down from 2.6 percent in July and nearly reaching the European Central Bank’s 2-percent target.
COVID WAR HITS PLANTATION WORKERS OF SLAVELANDIA
Workers’ share of the world’s economic output fell following the COVID War and still has not recovered, according to a new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO).