Systematic Destruction of Gaza: Israel's Genocide Unfolding in Real Time

As the world’s attention wavers, Israel’s military continues its relentless assault on Gaza, turning the besieged enclave into a graveyard for tens of thousands of Palestinians. With 22,000 aid trucks deliberately blocked at the border, starvation has become another weapon of war. The international community watches-some in complicity, others in horror-as what legal scholars and human rights organisations describe as a genocide plays out in broad daylight. The Human Toll: A Massacre of Civilians Since October 2023, Israel’s military campaign has killed
| Palestine | Palestine, Gaza, Genocide, Starvation

US Implements Sweeping New Tariff Regime Effective 1st August 2025

In a bold move set to reshape global trade dynamics, the United States has announced comprehensive modifications to its reciprocal tariff rates, effective from 1st August 2025. The new measures, signed into effect by President Donald J. Trump through Executive Order 14257, represent the most significant overhaul of US trade policy in decades. The revised tariff structure follows months of intense negotiations with trading partners and is designed to address what the administration describes as "persistent imbalances" in international trade relationships.
| United States | Trade, Economy, Tariff

World War Tariff: Trump’s Trade Offensive Engulfs EU and India – Who’s Next?

The world is witnessing an unprecedented escalation in trade hostilities as US President Donald Trump entrenches his aggressive tariff policies, targeting key economic partners. Fresh from imposing a 15% blanket tariff on most EU exports, the Trump administration has now turned its sights on India, slapping a 25% levy on its goods. With the EU reluctantly acquiescing to a lopsided trade deal and India facing punitive measures, the question looms: who will be next in Trump’s tariff crosshairs? This unfolding economic
| India | Economy, Business, Trade

Token Lockdown: Why AI Tools Are Getting More Expensive - And Worse

The landscape of generative AI has undergone a dramatic transformation since its early days, when platforms like ChatGPT and Claude offered near-unrestricted access to their capabilities. Users could experiment freely, pushing the boundaries of what these models could do without worrying about strict usage limits or prohibitive costs. This period of openness was crucial in driving adoption, fostering innovation, and demonstrating the potential of large language models to a global audience. However, as the technology has matured and its applications
| United Kingdom | AI, Technology, ML

AI Model Pricing Deep Dive: A Technical Analysis of OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, and DeepSeek

The rapid evolution of large language models has created a competitive landscape where pricing structures vary significantly across providers. This analysis examines the cost architectures of leading AI platforms, focusing on token-based pricing, performance trade-offs, and optimal use cases. OpenAI's Pricing Structure and Technical Considerations OpenAI maintains a tiered pricing model that reflects computational intensity. The GPT-4o architecture demonstrates this clearly, with input processing at 2.50 per million tokens and output generation at 10.00 per million tokens. This 4:1 input-output cost ratio
| United Kingdom | Technology, AI, LLM, ML

Israel's Starvation Policy Claims 122 Lives in Gaza, Mostly Children

At least 122 Palestinians, including more than 80 children, have died from starvation in Gaza as Israel's blockade and military offensive continue, according to Al Jazeera reports. Two infants were among the latest victims of the deepening humanitarian crisis. The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached alarming new levels, with malnutrition claiming the lives of two more babies on Saturday. This brings the total starvation death toll to 122 since Israel intensified its blockade and military operations in the territory. Medical sources
| Palestine | Palestine, Genocide, UN, US, EU

AI Coding Assistants Cause Catastrophic Data Loss in Twin Failures

In July 2025, two major incidents involving AI coding assistants made headlines when Google's Gemini CLI and Replit's AI coding service experienced catastrophic failures resulting in significant data loss. These cases reveal fundamental flaws in how current AI systems verify operations and maintain system state accuracy. The Gemini CLI Disaster A product manager testing Google's Gemini CLI (powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro) witnessed what they called "one of the most unsettling AI failures" during a simple file reorganisation task: 1. Requested folder rename
| United States | AI, Vibe Coding, Data Loss

Israel's Deliberate Starvation of Palestinians: A Weapon of War and International Complicity

The humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with mounting evidence that Israel is systematically starving Palestinian civilians as a deliberate strategy of war. Over 111 deaths from starvation - including 80 children - have been reported, while international powers including the EU (particularly Germany), Britain, and the United States continue enabling this atrocity through diplomatic protection and military support. The Starvation Crisis in Gaza According to Al Jazeera's latest reports: - 10 Palestinians died from starvation in just the past
| Palestine | Palestine, Genocide, UN

The Open-Source Powerhouse Rivaling Proprietary Giants: Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct

In the rapidly evolving landscape of AI-powered coding assistants, Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct emerges as a groundbreaking open-source model that challenges proprietary giants like Claude 4 and OpenAI CodeX. Developed by the Qwen team, this model is not only free to use but also offers performance on par with its expensive counterparts, making it a game-changer for developers and businesses alike. Key Features 1. Performance Comparable to Claude Sonnet Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct delivers exceptional performance on agentic coding tasks, matching the capabilities of Claude Sonnet. This makes it
| China | Technology, AI, LLM, China, QWEN

Israel-Gaza Conflict Escalates: 60 Killed as Hamas Seeks Truce to Avert Famine

According to reports from Al Jazeera on July 22, 2025, Israeli strikes have killed at least 60 Palestinians in Gaza within a 24-hour period. This marks one of the deadliest days in recent weeks of the ongoing conflict. Hamas officials have stated they are actively working to negotiate a truce agreement, citing the urgent need to prevent widespread famine in the besieged territory Humanitarian Crisis Deepens The Gaza Health Ministry reports that the latest casualties include women and children, with many victims
| Palestine | Palestine, Gazza, Israel, Genocide

England Reach Euro 2025 Final After Dramatic Extra-Time Win Over Italy

In a night of high drama at the Stade de Genève, England's Lionesses produced another remarkable comeback to defeat Italy 2-1 after extra time and book their place in the Euro 2025 final. The match, played before a crowd of 26,539, saw England recover from a first-half deficit to secure victory with virtually the last kick of the game. Teenage substitute Michelle Agyemang equalised in the 96th minute before Chloe Kelly struck the winner in the 119th minute of extra time. Chloe
| United Kingdom | Football,Euro 2025

Meta and Lavender

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a suspected militant [2]. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it? Lavender is Israel's system of "pre-crime" [3] - they use AI to guess who to kill in Gaza, and then bomb them when they're at home, along with their entire family. (Obscenely, they call this program "Where's Daddy"). One input to the AI is
| Israel | War, AI, Meta, Genocide, Israel

US and UK Unprovoked Strikes Escalate Yemen Crisis, Defying International Law

On January 11, after weeks of procrastination, US and UK forces launched a series of more than sixty air strikes against positions of the Ansar Allah movement, known as the Houthis, in Yemen. Officially intended to deter the Houthis from continuing their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, these and subsequent US strikes are a significant escalation in the current Middle East crisis, centered on Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza and its population. Initially described as “one-off,” the strikes have
| Yemen | Yemen, Palestine, Red Sea, Genocide, War, Law

Israel War on Palestinian Bedouin Communities in West Bank

Abu Najeh al-Omari is an 80-year-old Palestinian man. He spends most of his time crying and bemoaning that he and his family were forced to leave their Bedouin community east of Ramallah. “We dream about it day and night,” he told The Palestine Chronicle. Several months ago, a group of illegal Jewish settlers, protected by the Israeli army and police, forced him and his family to leave their house and their land. Al-Omari has lived in the Ain Samia area since the 1960s.
| Palestine | palestine,genocide,bedouin,israel

The Forde Report Lays Bare the Lie at the Heart of the Media’s War on Corbyn

For all the nuanced language of the long-awaited Forde report, there is one key finding that lays bare a carefully constructed lie. It was a lie that implicated not just the right of the Labour party but a great swathe of Britain’s political and media class. And it was a lie that underpinned much of the dominant narrative leading up to, during and since Labour’s disastrous performance in the 2019 general election. This lie was not that Labour under Jeremy Corbyn
| United Kingdom | Political,Media,Labour party

In Ukraine, Rival Worldviews Have Led to Unnecessary War

Whatever way one looks at it, Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has backfired. Geopolitically, the invasion unified and empowered Nato while increasing public support for the alliance across Europe. Militarily, the faltering attempt to seize Kyiv proved that regime change will require a permanent, large-scale Russian presence, which the Kremlin will struggle to sustain. Economically, the barrage of Western sanctions sent the ruble into free fall, creating a financial crisis that will be compounded by a costly war effort,
| Russia | News,Politics,War

Libya’s new PM to unveil transitional government

Libya’s Prime Minister-designate Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is set to name a transitional government on Thursday tasked with unifying the war-torn nation and leading it to elections in December. Dbeibah, himself selected earlier this month in a UN-sponsored process, will deliver his lineup to Libya’s presidential council, before it is submitted to Parliament for approval at a venue and date that have yet to be agreed, a member of his office said late on Wednesday. Libya last week marked 10 years since the
| Libya | News,Libya,Politics

Indian state demands damages, threatens to confiscate property over protests

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state is demanding millions of rupees from over 200 people and threatening to confiscate their property as a penalty for damage done to public property during protests against the country’s new citizenship law. Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, has suffered some of the most violent protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act, which gives minorities who have migrated from three neighboring countries a path to citizenship but doesn’t make the same concessions
| India | India,Politics,Religion,Ani-Muslim,Islamophobia

Thousands protest in southern Iraq, demand independent PM

Thousands of protesters have blocked roads and public buildings in southern Iraq, demanding the appointment of an independent prime minister as the latest deadline for choosing a new leader looms. Anti-government rallies have rocked Baghdad and the Shia-majority south since October 1, with demonstrators calling for a complete overhaul of a regime they deem corrupt and inefficient. "The revolution continues," shouted one demonstrator at a protest encampment in central Diwaniyah on Sunday. Protesters blocked off public buildings one by one in the southern
| Iraq | Iraq, Middle East, Politics

Security forces break up Hong Kong rally for China's ethnic Uighurs

Hong Kong riot police broke up a solidarity rally for China's Uighurs on Sunday – with one officer drawing a pistol – as the city's pro-democracy movement likened their plight to that of the oppressed Muslim minority. More than 1,000 people rallied peacefully in support of China's ethnic Uighurs, waving Uighur flags and posters in the city's financial district, marking the latest demonstration in over six months of anti-government unrest. A small group of protesters removed a Chinese flag from a
| Hong Kong | China, Hong Kong, Uighurs, Xinjiang

Opinion: East African Community unity hangs in the balance

The regional passport is a key element of the EAC's vision of free movement and free trade across the region. It will be used by citizens of the six EAC member countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda) where it will replace national passports. This flagship project to promote unity and trade between EAC members is already overdue, and compared to more ambitious plans, such as a common currency, it should be a relatively simple policy to roll
| Africa | News,Africa,E-Passport

Occupied Palestine: Israel reduces Gaza fishing zone in reprisal for protests

Tel Aviv: Israel’s defense minister on Saturday ordered a reduction of the fishing zone along the Gaza Strip’s coastline, in retaliation for clashes along the border fence with the Palestinian enclave. The fishing zone will be reduced to six nautical miles (11 kilometers) from nine nautical miles, a statement by Avigdor Lieberman’s office said. Restrictions on the extent of fishing zones along the Gaza shoreline form part of Israel’s economic blockade of the Strip, which has been in place for more than
| Palestine | News,Palestine,Israel,Occupation

Istanbul to host over 1K businesspeople from 49 African countries at Turkish-African forum

Turkey is set to welcome over 30 ministers and more than 1,000 businesspeople from 49 African countries at the 2nd Turkey-Africa Economy and Business Forum in Istanbul. During the event, which will be held on Oct. 10-11, about 3,000 bilateral business meetings are expected, as well as the signing of new cooperation agreements. Organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) and Turkey-Africa business councils under the auspices of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in cooperation with the Trade Ministry and the African
| Turkey | Business,News,Africa,Turkey

Different Reasons To Get Sent to a Chinese Concentration Camp

There is a crisis in Xinjiang. The details are murky. The Communist Party of China has little incentive to reveal the inner workings of the vast system of surveillance and terror it has built to control the 12 million Uighur and Kazakh citizens of China’s westernmost region. From the party’s perspective, the further away the global spotlight is from its activities the better. But we now have a rough outline of what is happening to the people of the region. In
| China | China,Muslim,Uighurs