Monthly Archives: December 2022

2022 in review: a hinge of history?

Future historians may come to regard 2022 as a hinge in history, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. Major war returned to Europe, with the attendant threats of nuclear strikes, the door closed firmly shut on the U.S. policy of strategic engagement with China, and …

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European stocks end worst year since 2018

Leading indices have sold off on high inflation, geopolitical tensions, and tightening monetary policy Major European stock indices struggled in 2022, with most showing their worst performance since before the Covid-19 pandemic, CNBC reported on Friday. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index began the last trading day of the year down …

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Indonesia lifts all coronavirus-related restrictions

Almost three years after officials announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Indonesia, the country’s leader said Friday they are lifting all coronavirus-related restrictions nationwide. President Joko Widodo said Indonesia’s COVID-19 situation is under control after observing improvements over the past 10 months, allowing the country to abandon the …

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Netanyahu cabinet facing opposition even from hawkish Zionists: Analyst

Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet, the most right-wing in the Israeli regime’s history, is facing opposition even from regime officials in the occupied Palestinian territories who hold fascist views, according to a political commentator. Sa’d Nimr, professor of political science at Birzeit University, made these remarks in an interview aired on Thursday. …

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Five ISIS fighters killed in aerial bombardment in Nineveh

Iraqi warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS sites in Nineveh’s district of Tal Afar, spokesperson to the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi armed forces, Major-General Yehya Rasool, said on Wednesday. Rasoul said that the airstrikes struck sites on Mount Sheikh Ebrahim, killing five members of the Islamic State …

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