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RAMZY BAROUD sees Gaza abandoned while the genocide continues
War on drugs link to poverty
Charity Health Poverty Action launches its report today on the often ignored side effects of combating drugs cultivation. PAUL COLLINS reports
ANDREW MURRAY offers some troubling thoughts on pressing political issues
Tensions have once again escalated between Egypt and Ethiopia over GERD, Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, and now Trump has offered to mediate. NICHOLAS MWANGI reports
The National Education Union general secretary speaks to Ben Chacko on growing calls to protect children from a toxic online culture
While Iranians take to the streets en masse to protest sky-high inflation, Trump and Netanyahu are threatening military intervention. The Iranian population is trapped between a repressive regime, a suffocating economic war from the outside, and a history of dark alliances, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
Unison Scotland’s BRENDA AITCHISON says her union won’t tolerate further cuts to public services
Millions of people face grinding hardship, unless global development groups tackle the damage caused by the failing war on drugs.
This stark message comes today in a shock report from the British charity Health Poverty Action (HPA).
It warns the £65 billion cost for a war fuelling destitution, undermining health and marginalising communities rivals the £84bn worldwide aid budget.
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