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Which Countries Have Universal Health Coverage?
14.06.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Which Countries Have Universal Health Coverage? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means that everyone has access to a full range of health services - from emergency interventions to palliative care - without financial difficulty. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist's Julia Wendling uses data from CEOWorld...
Blinken Says Haggling Must Stop After Hamas Requests Changes To Gaza Ceasefire Framework
13.06.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Says Haggling Must Stop After Hamas Requests Changes To Gaza Ceasefire Framework Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shared his frustration on Wednesday over changes Hamas has requested to a new ceasefire proposal to bring the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip to a close. Mr. Blinken, along with other...
Blinken Says If Gaza Truce Deal Fails Only Hamas Is To Blame: "It's On Them"
12.06.2024, 21:07 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Blinken Says If Gaza Truce Deal Fails Only Hamas Is To Blame: "It's On Them" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken while in the Middle East has said that if the ceasefire deal which is currently being pushed hard by the White House doesn't go through then there will only be Hamas to blame. He said this week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
UN Security Council Backs Biden's Gaza Ceasefire Plan, Russia Abstains
11.06.2024, 03:27 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - UN Security Council Backs Biden's Gaza Ceasefire Plan, Russia Abstains The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has finally agreed on something related to Gaza. On Monday it adopted a US-proposed resolution which gives formal backing to an Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan. Fourteen council members voted in favor, Russia abstained, and there were no votes...
Look Who's Spreading Disinformation On Ukraine
06.06.2024, 23:47 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Look Who's Spreading Disinformation On Ukraine Authored by Dave Lindorff via Counterpunch.org, ‘Black kettle’ Tony Blinken’ accused Russia of spreading propaganda to mislead the Americans and Europeans, while hiding US decision to escalate the confrontation in Ukraine Last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a set of whirlwind...
Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation As Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected
04.06.2024, 08:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation As Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected Authored by Conor Gallagher via Naked Capitalism, A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File) An opaque legal ruling...
America's Dictator In Egypt Faces Dangerous Dilemma Over Rafah
01.06.2024, 13:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - America's Dictator In Egypt Faces Dangerous Dilemma Over Rafah The Egyptian populace's anger could soon boil over if the Abdel Fattah Al Sisi government doesn't form a tougher response to Israel's offensive in Rafah. Israeli forces now have direct control of the about nine-mile Gaza-Egypt border, and this led to a flare-up in tensions as on Monday...
'Time For This War To End': Biden's Gaza Speech Aimed At Israeli Hardliners
31.05.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - 'Time For This War To End': Biden's Gaza Speech Aimed At Israeli Hardliners President Joe Biden's Friday afternoon speech was all about pressuring Israel to end the war. He unveiled and endorsed the terms of an Israeli-led proposal that features a three-part roadmap which would result in release of all the hostages and a cessation of hostilities. "After...
Gain-of-Function May Explain Bird Flu Jump To Cows And Humans
31.05.2024, 21:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Gain-of-Function May Explain Bird Flu Jump To Cows And Humans Authored by Yuhong Dong, M.D., Ph.D. and Xiaoxu Sean Lin, M.D., Ph.D. via The Epoch Times, (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Shutterstock) In the past six months, bird flu has surprised scientists at least twice. Bird flu viruses have circulated mainly in birds for a long time. However...
Is The World Lurching Back Toward A Gold Standard?
28.05.2024, 22:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Is The World Lurching Back Toward A Gold Standard? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Could the world be creeping closer to a monetary gold standard? Steve Forbes sees signs that it is. In a recent article published by Forbes Magazine, Steve Forbes wrote that it may seem hard to believe, but the world is “beginning to lurch toward a gold-based...
IDF Tanks Reach Center Of Rafah As Hamas Claims 'Indiscriminate Bombing' Of Population
28.05.2024, 20:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IDF Tanks Reach Center Of Rafah As Hamas Claims 'Indiscriminate Bombing' Of Population Israeli tanks have reached the heart of Rafah overnight amid continual heavy bombardment and shelling. Local eyewitnesses say they've reached a roundabout in the center of the city which forms a key landmark. Images and footages to emerge Tuesday have confirmed the...
Israeli & Egyptian Troops Clash At Rafah Border, Leaving One Dead
28.05.2024, 04:23 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israeli & Egyptian Troops Clash At Rafah Border, Leaving One Dead In a significant escalation, an Egyptian soldier has been shot dead at the Rafah border crossing after a rare exchange of gunfire erupted between the two sides. Israel's Channel 14 described that Egyptian security forces "fired on an Israeli truck at the Rafah crossing" and that immediately...
These Are The World’s Wettest (And Driest) Countries
27.05.2024, 14:56 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Based on the most recent World Bank data, the world’s wettest and driest countries are Colombia and Egypt, respectively. The world’s wettest and driest countries are a study in opposites, ranging from countries with tropical rainforests to those with sand deserts in North Africa and the Middle East. Based on the most recent World Bank […]...
These Are The World's Wettest (And Driest) Countries
26.05.2024, 03:35 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - These Are The World's Wettest (And Driest) Countries From tropical rainforest nations to the sandy deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, the world’s wettest and driest countries are a study in contrasts. In the chart below, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao maps and ranks the countries that receive the highest and lowest average annual precipitation...
Palestinians Stranded In Gaza After Paying Egypt $5,000 Each To Flee
25.05.2024, 04:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Palestinians Stranded In Gaza After Paying Egypt $5,000 Each To Flee Via Middle East Eye The Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has been closed indefinitely since the Israeli military seized the crossing on 7 May, a closure which has left thousands of Palestinians in limbo. Since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in October, and the...
War Cabinet Approves Resumption Of Truce Talks As Israeli Forces Plunge Deeper Into Rafah
23.05.2024, 20:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - War Cabinet Approves Resumption Of Truce Talks As Israeli Forces Plunge Deeper Into Rafah Facing immense pressure at home and internationally, the Netanyahu government said Thursday that Israel's war cabinet has approved the resumption of indirect truce and prisoner talks with Hamas. Israel media says that the country's negotiating team has been issued...
Nearly 70% Of Gaza Aid From US-Built Pier Stolen
22.05.2024, 18:49 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Nearly 70% Of Gaza Aid From US-Built Pier Stolen Authored by Joshua Marks via The Gatestone Institute, Close to three-fourths of the humanitarian aid transported from a new $320 million floating pier built by the U.S. military off the Gaza coast was stolen on Saturday en route to a U.N. warehouse, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Eleven trucks "were cleaned...
US Focused On Hunting Down Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar, In Bid To End War
18.05.2024, 21:10 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Focused On Hunting Down Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar, In Bid To End War Via Middle East Eye The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas's Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war in Gaza, US officials have told Middle East Eye. Current and former...
Why The Dollar Will Lose Its Status As Global Reserve Currency
18.05.2024, 01:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Why The Dollar Will Lose Its Status As Global Reserve Currency Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, By the early 400s, the Roman Empire was coming apart at the seams and in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. In theory, Honorius should have been the right man for the job. Born into the royal household in Constantinople, Honorius...
10 Countries Most In Debt To The IMF
17.05.2024, 10:22 Uhr. GreatGameIndia - https: - Using data from the International Monetary Fund on Total IMF Credit Outstanding, the 10 countries most in debt to the IMF are listed here, with Argentina and Egypt topping the list. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was founded in 1944, offers financial assistance and policy recommendations to nations to promote stability, productivity, and...
US Wars Are Making Türkiye's Relationship With The West Politically Untenable
17.05.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Wars Are Making Türkiye's Relationship With The West Politically Untenable Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, Turkish public opinion of the West dropped due to the Iraq War and has not recovered. There have been almost constant issues since, with both sides fanning the flames – the US with its arrogance and Turkish President...
Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza 'Day After'
17.05.2024, 04:00 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Netanyahu Could Fire Defense Chief As Public Spat Erupts Over Gaza 'Day After' Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at odds with his own defense minister Yoav Gallant after Gallant said in a Wednesday televised address that the Israeli leader must take "tough decisions" on Gaza's 'day after' the war ends. Gallant came out very strongly against any...
Where Wealth Is Concentrated In Africa
15.05.2024, 08:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Where Wealth Is Concentrated In Africa 56 percent of Africa’s millionaires and over 90 percent of its billionaires lived in just five countries in 2023 - South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco, according to The Africa Wealth Report 2024 published by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. There were 135,200 people who owned wealth of 1...
Elections And Devaluations
15.05.2024, 04:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Elections And Devaluations Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, Yves here. It’s revealing that Serious Economist Jeffrey Frankel limits himself to third-world examples in his case studies below on post-election devaluations. Perhaps it would be unseemly to look at, say, the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, or even Australia (admittedly the latter...
Israeli Tanks Plunge Deeper Into Rafah As 500,000 Palestinians Flee
14.05.2024, 18:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israeli Tanks Plunge Deeper Into Rafah As 500,000 Palestinians Flee Israeli tanks have been seen plunging deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah amid reports that some 500,000 people have fled amid the escalating ground offensive. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have initially focused their operation on the eastern section of the city, having seized...
Egypt Building A Militia Force To Handle Rafah Refugee Influx
11.05.2024, 10:17 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Egypt Building A Militia Force To Handle Rafah Refugee Influx Via Middle East Eye In a grand procession last week, Sinai militia leader Ibrahim al-Organi arrived at a ceremony to inaugurate the Arab Tribes Union, a new paramilitary entity that brings together five tribal groups from across Egypt. The celebration named President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
"The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening"
10.05.2024, 16:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "The US Economic Picture Appears To Be Softening" By Rabobank The Bank of England left the Bank Rate unchanged at 5.25% yesterday, but the clear signal from the record of votes, and Governor Bailey, is that cuts aren’t far away. This time around the vote split 7-2 in favour of holding (previously 8-1), with arch-dove Dhingra being joined by former...
Jewish Businessman Gunned Down In Egypt In Suspected Terror Killing
09.05.2024, 21:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jewish Businessman Gunned Down In Egypt In Suspected Terror Killing Earlier this week, on Tuesday, a Canadian Jewish businessman was murdered in the city of Alexandria, Egypt when an unknown gunman approached his car and shot him at point-blank range. A shadowy terrorist organization has claimed responsibility as 'retaliation' for Israel's military...
Private US Firm With Special Forces Veterans To Take Control Of Rafah Border Crossing
08.05.2024, 18:25 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Private US Firm With Special Forces Veterans To Take Control Of Rafah Border Crossing Despite the Biden administration repeatedly warning Israeli leadership in public against a full-scale Rafah invasion, President Biden actually greenlighted the IDF's takeover of the Rafah border crossing, Axios has revealed. The report comes amid questions over whether...
Saudi Arabia Is on the Way to Becoming the Next Egypt
08.05.2024, 12:19 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - Washington is brokering a diplomatic deal that could deeply distort its relationship with Riyadh....
"Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts"
07.05.2024, 17:46 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" By Michael Every of Rabobank "Oooh! Rate Cuts!" vs. "Oh! Not Rate Cuts" Markets are their own happy story this morning as “Oooh! Rate cuts!” is again the meme du jour. But back in the real world it’s “Oh! Not rate cuts.” Yemen’s Houthis say they can now hit the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the...
Israeli Ground Forces Enter Rafah, Tank Unit Shuts Down Vital Border Crossing
07.05.2024, 16:48 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israeli Ground Forces Enter Rafah, Tank Unit Shuts Down Vital Border Crossing Overnight it's been confirmed that Israeli ground forces have begun moving into Rafah, with IDF tanks having seized Gaza's vital Rafah border crossing in the last hours. The IDF plans to monitor all aid going into the Gaza Strip, but international aid organizations warn this...
Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather
07.05.2024, 14:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Futures Flat As Post-FOMC Rally Takes A Breather US stock futures are flat after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 both closed 1% higher on Monday, helped by growing optimism among investors that the economy is finally slowing greenlighting earlier rate cuts by the Fed. As of 8:00am ET S&P futures were unchanged at 5,206, trading about 1% above its 50DMA,...
US Demands Qatar Expel Hamas If Group Rejects Israeli Truce Deal
04.05.2024, 23:36 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Demands Qatar Expel Hamas If Group Rejects Israeli Truce Deal Via The Cradle US officials have told Qatar to expel Hamas’ political leadership if the Palestinian militant group rejects the latest proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, The Washington Post reports Saturday. A US official speaking on the condition of anonymity with The Post said...
"Islamic Resistance In Bahrain" Claims First Ever Attack On Israel
03.05.2024, 12:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "Islamic Resistance In Bahrain" Claims First Ever Attack On Israel Previously we detailed the ongoing Saudi crackdown on the potential for an 'Islamist uprising' in response to Arab Gulf countries normalizing relations with Israel. So far, the UAE has normalized, and Bahrain too, and now Saudi Arabia is said to be on the cusp. On Thursday...
COVID-19 Linked To 'Alarming Rise' Of Rare And Highly Lethal Fungal Infection
02.05.2024, 19:37 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - COVID-19 Linked To 'Alarming Rise' Of Rare And Highly Lethal Fungal Infection Authored by Megan Redshaw, J.D. via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Freepik/Shutterstock) The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an alarming rise of an aggressive and highly fatal secondary fungal infection among those with active or recovered COVID-19. Research suggests that...
Israel Won't End War On Hamas As Part Of Hostage Deal, Bibi Tells Blinken
01.05.2024, 18:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Won't End War On Hamas As Part Of Hostage Deal, Bibi Tells Blinken It seems like once again that the Biden White House has almost zero sway, and that Israel is going to do whatever it is going to do, despite continued Washington pressure to halt and avoid the planned Rafah ground assault, with over a million refugees in harm's way. A deal is...
Biden Considering Bringing Some Refugees From Gaza To The US
01.05.2024, 05:20 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Considering Bringing Some Refugees From Gaza To The US With scenes like this spreading across the country, as standoffs at various liberal campuses turn increasingly more violent... PANDEMONIUM IN NYC pic.twitter.com/6E6na2r14k — The_Real_Fly ( The_Real_Fly) May 1, 2024 ... the Biden administration appears to have gotten its Soros marching orders...
Biden Rejects World Court Investigation Of Israel As Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms
29.04.2024, 22:40 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Biden Rejects World Court Investigation Of Israel As Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms The Biden administration is reportedly in the midst of a diplomatic full court press in efforts to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ICC is also expected...
IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive
26.04.2024, 19:52 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - IDF Shelling Hammers Rafah As Egypt Sends Top Intel Official To Avert Ground Offensive Egypt is attempting a last ditch effort to reach a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a moment IDF shelling of Rafah has intensified, in what are seen as 'softening' operations ahead of an imminent ground offensive, despite international calls to cancel the operation...
Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests'
25.04.2024, 00:30 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Popular Iranian Rapper Sentenced To Death For Supporting 'Anti-Hijab Protests' A 33-year old Iranian activist and rapper who has recently been involved in anti-government demonstrations has been handed a shockingly draconian sentence by an Iranian court. Toomaj Salehi was first arrested in Oct. 2022 for publicly backing the so-called 'anti-hijab' protests...
Israel Prepares Rafah Evacuation With Help From US, Egypt - New Tent City Erected
23.04.2024, 17:51 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Israel Prepares Rafah Evacuation With Help From US, Egypt - New Tent City Erected Via The Cradle The Israeli army is closing in on completing its plans for an assault on the Gaza Strip’s southern city of Rafah, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday. WSJ cites Egyptian officials as saying that Israel’s plan to evacuate civilians from...
A Tale of Two Megalopolises
20.04.2024, 12:00 Uhr. Foreign Policy - https: - What new cities in Saudi Arabia and Egypt tell us about their autocrats....
BRICS - The Project Of The Century
19.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - BRICS - The Project Of The Century Authored by Peter Hanseler via VoiceOfRussia.com, The Western media are prioritizing the Ukraine conflict, the green revolution and the woke revolution. In the shadow of this media coverage, BRICS is changing the world. We bring you the latest figures and place them in the current geopolitical environment. – An analysis...
Iran Blames UN Security Council 'Inaction' For What Comes Next
11.04.2024, 18:22 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Blames UN Security Council 'Inaction' For What Comes Next We previously reported that Iran now considers Israel's embassies and diplomatic sites abroad as essentially fair game in the wake of Israel's April 1st airstrikes on Iran's embassy in Damascus, which killed two high-ranking IRGC generals and at least five others. An analyst from the Middle...
"I Am Going To Lecture You On Climate Change": BBC Reporter Gets Schooled For Hypocrisy
11.04.2024, 08:01 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - "I Am Going To Lecture You On Climate Change": BBC Reporter Gets Schooled For Hypocrisy Authored by Tilak K. Doshi via RealClear Politics, On March 28, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of the South American country of Guyana became an instant hero to many as he refused to take lectures on climate change from a BBC reporter during an interview. In a two-minute...
Jordan Believes Hamas Behind Huge Gaza Protests Which Seek To Sever Ties With Israel
10.04.2024, 03:41 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Jordan Believes Hamas Behind Huge Gaza Protests Which Seek To Sever Ties With Israel Via Middle East Eye Jordanian authorities have clamped down on participants in the daily protests against the Israeli war on Gaza, amid accusations that Hamas has a role in igniting them. Thousands have been protesting daily in Ramadan in front of the Israeli embassy...
Iran Threatens Israel's Embassies: "No Longer Safe"
07.04.2024, 21:45 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - Iran Threatens Israel's Embassies: "No Longer Safe" The Iranian government is apparently seeking to capitalize on the Israeli public and leadership being on edge due to continuing fears that an Iranian retaliation attack is imminent after last week's Israeli airstrike on Iran's embassy complex in Damascus. An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday...
US Intelligence Is 'Convinced' Major Iranian Response Against Israel Imminent
06.04.2024, 00:44 Uhr. ZeroHedge News - https: - US Intelligence Is 'Convinced' Major Iranian Response Against Israel Imminent US intelligence is 'convinced' that Iran is readying a retaliation response against Israel for the Monday attack on the Iranian embassy complex in Syria, US officials have told CBS News, and that an attack could be imminent. The officials say that the US "has picked up intelligence...