16 November 2017 A New Peace Initiative For Palestine And Israel Surprisingly viable, surprisingly ominous. By Neil Tidmarsh So the White House is preparing a plan for peace between Israel and Palestine. That’s a good thing, isn’t it, whatever we might think about the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC? But it’s bound… Continue reading Issue 129:2017 11 16:A New Peace Plan For Palestine And Israel(Neil Tidmarsh)
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Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International
29 June 2017 Week In Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe EU: The European Commission fined Google €2.42 billion for taking advantage of its dominant position in promoting shopping options. GERMANY: Martin Schultz, leader of Social Democrats and Ms Merkel’s main rival for Chancellor in this September’s elections, has pledged to push for the creation of a… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29: Week in Brief International
Issue 108:201 7 06 08:Meltdown in Qatar (R.D.Shackleton)
o8 June 2017 Meltdown in Qatar Why this matters for the UK by R.D.Shackleton It’s no coincidence that the diplomatic crisis isolating Qatar from its neighbours in the Gulf should have escalated so markedly after Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia. The House of Saud, along with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, has long been… Continue reading Issue 108:201 7 06 08:Meltdown in Qatar (R.D.Shackleton)
Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
11 August 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government News CHILD SEX ABUSE INQUIRY: The chairman of the inquiry into child sex abuse, Dame Lowell Goddard, resigned after being criticized for the amount of time she spent abroad during her first year in charge, but could get £90,000 in severance pay and continue to live in a… Continue reading Issue 66: 2016 08 11: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
27 August 2015 Week in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS BANGLADESH: Counter-terrorism police have arrested three supreme court lawyers accused of financing a militant Islamic group. BRAZIL: Eduardo Cunha, the Speaker of the Lower House of Congress, has been charged with receiving bribes of £3 million in the scandal engulfing Petrobas, the state-owned oil company. Scientific tests in… Continue reading Issue 17:20015 08 27: International News
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
20 August 2015 News in Brief:INTERNATIONAL NEWS AUSTRALIA: Surfers’ beaches at Ballina, Lennox Head and Bondi Beach have been abandoned following shark attacks and sightings off the New South Wales coast. BAHRAIN: Ibrahim Sharif, the former head of the opposition National Democratic Action Society, is facing new charges of urging the overthrow of the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: International News
Issue 16:2015 08 20:TOURISM v. TERRORISM
20 August 2015 Tourism v. Terrorism by Neil Tidmarsh Summer holidays, August 2015. The sun is hot, the swimming pool is invitingly cool and fresh, the sunlight glitters and sparkles on the warm waters of the Mediterranean which meets a cloudless blue sky on a shimmering horizon. Sicily… the South of France… the Balearics… Gaza… … Continue reading Issue 16:2015 08 20:TOURISM v. TERRORISM
Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
23 July 2015 Week in Brief: INTERNATIONAL NEWS BAHRAIN: A man accidentally blew himself up during a failed bomb attack on police in a Shia village. CAMEROON: The wearing of burkas and veils has been banned in the Far North region, following a suicide attack by women bombers which killed 14 people. CHINA: The state… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
