Hundreds of people were killed in Ethiopia’s Oromia region last week in what was seen as the latest flash of ethnic violence. The Trends Journal has long documented the ongoing conflict in Tigray. (See “ETHIOPIA UPDATE: TIGRAY FORCES RETAKE CAPITAL CITY,” “ETHIOPIA’S WAR: DEATHS OF AT LEAST 2000 TIGRAY CHILDREN NOT ‘NEWS’…ONLY UKRAINE VICTIMS COUNT,” and “ETHIOPIA...
While day after day the western media heavily covers the Ukraine War and condemns Russia for its invasion while continuing to negate the reasons for doing so, not a peep from the Presstitutes about the massive death and destruction wracking Libya as a result of Washington and its NATO allies. Rioters took to the streets...
The socioeconomic and political crisis wracking Sri Lanka has worsened after the country defaulted on its loans for the first time in May and sent representatives to Russia and Qatar in hopes to secure cheap fuel, according to a report. “Two ministers are going to Russia and I will go to Qatar tomorrow to see...
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday said in a virtual meeting with fellow BRICS members that the “Cold War” mentality should be rejected by the international community in what was clearly a shot at the U.S. Xi addressed leaders from the group, which was founded in 2009 and includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South...
Guillermo Lasso, the president of Ecuador, announced Saturday that his government will end the state of emergency that was put in place across the country in response to violent protests over costs of essential goods, including fuel. The protests have been predominantly attended by the country’s Indigenous population and have been ongoing in the capital...
As the global economies sink into recession, as world hunger escalates, as inflation spikes and people pay much more to buy a lot less, as world poverty levels increase and the middle class shrinks…countries around the world have increased their military budgets and built up their defenses since the Ukraine War began in February. Prime...
The House Armed Services Committee approved a $839 billion defense budget for 2023 on Thursday, which includes an amendment that sought $37 billion more than President Joe Biden initially requested. The vote passed easily, 57-1. The next stop is a full House vote. Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, told CommonDreams.org that the committee “put...
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that its agents made a record amount of arrests at the southern border, which represented a 10 percent jump from April. The department said agents arrested 22,656 individuals and about 25 percent were repeat offenders. The Wall Street Journal said these agents have been dealing with record numbers of...
The U.S. and Israel maintain a closer relationship than previously known when it comes to Israeli attacks on Syria positions, according to a new report. Washington is informed by Jerusalem prior to these airstrikes and at times coordinates with Israel. Israel claims the main goal of these strikes is to counter Iran’s reach in Syria....
Russia carried out airstrikes against the U.S.-led coalition earlier this month near the al-Tanf garrison, which is located near Syria’s border with Jordan, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. military officials, reported that there is concern that these military actions by Russia could “escalate into an unintended conflict” between the U.S....