The U.S.’s decision to oppose the UN General Assembly’s vote last week for a ceasefire resolution in Gaza gives the hardline Israeli government carte blanche to continue its onslaught against Palestinians in the coastal enclave and the West Bank, according to an article in WSWS.
The New York Times published a story last week to describe the living conditions that many Ukrainians find themselves living in nearly two years since the Russian invasion.
John Kirby, the spokesman for the White House National Security Council, did his best last week to play down President Joe Biden’s comment that Israel has been conducting “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.
Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), said last week that the conditions on the ground in Gaza are so poor that the coastal enclave is “not really a habitable place anymore.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his lengthy news conference last week that no sensible person can compare the conflict in Gaza with Russia’s approach to Ukraine.
The Israel Defense Forces, or IDF, have been forced to acknowledge publicly some troubling ruthlessness by its troops in Gaza ranging from chanting racist slogans to intentionally destroying a toy store with no military significance.
Pictet Group, Switzerland’s oldest and most prestigious private bank for the wealthy, agreed to pay $122.9 million to the U.S. Justice Department after admitting it helped American account holders conceal their foreign assets so they could evade their tax obligations.
For the third successive meeting of its governing council, the Bank of Canada (BoC) left its key interest rate at 5 percent, saying that neither the economy nor the labor market are running at too fast a pace.
Luxury brands such as Coach, LVMH, and Richemont piled up profits during the COVID War as consumers locked down at home took comfort in treating themselves. Sales in the sector grew by 15 percent in 2022, Bain & Co. reported.
Speculation that the Bank of Japan is about to scrap its policy of negative interest rates, which has held the central bank’s key rate at -.10 percent since 2016, roiled the country’s markets last week.