A useful round-up of global news on Monday [20 October], especially focused on the situation in Gaza. From Drop Site News.
Read HERE.
Drop Site Daily – Israel resumes lower-level killing after mass violence Sunday
Economics
Unearthed: Top hedge funds made $1.9bn on grains ahead of the Ukraine war food price spike
Financial players made bumper profits on food commodities trades, analysis finds, but experts fear this contributed to spiralling food prices Read HERE
Climate Crisis
Common Dreams – ‘A Win for the Planet!’: Dutch Supreme Court Issues Landmark Ruling Mandating Climate Action
Advocates for climate action celebrated Friday after the Supreme Court of the Netherlands upheld a landmark ruling that found the Dutch government is obligated under international human rights law to more ambitiously reduce greenhouse gas […]
Geopolitics
Sky News: Trump envoy Steve Witkoff dismisses Starmer’s Ukraine plan as a ‘posture and a pose’
Donald Trump’s special envoy accused Keir Starmer of adopting the “simplistic” notion that leaders “have all got to be like Winston Churchill”. Read HERE
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