Two journalists were removed from Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s final news conference on Thursday after interrupting Blinken’s remarks to heckle him about the United States’ policy toward Gaza, a day after a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel was announced. One of the reporters, independent journalist Sam Husseini, was physically carried out of the briefing room by security.
EU politics
France 24: UN calls for probe into ‘excessive’ force by French police at Yellow Vest protests
Odd that this did not come from the EU. The UN human rights chief called Wednesday for a “full investigation” into the possible excessive use of force by French police during the “yellow vest” demonstrations. […]
EU politics
The Irish Times: Ireland – Massive increase in reports of money laundering
Banks and financial institutions reported over 24,000 suspect transactions in 2017 Read here
Economics
Bill Mitchell – It is time we all moved on from the debt and deficit hysteria
The hypocrisy is ineffable. Those same journalists and politicians who care nothing about the destroyed planet our children will inherit cannot write and say enough about the debt – which need not even be debt […]
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