September, 2021

• 29 September

  Uncertain start to post-Merkel era after close German vote

  

  The party that narrowly beat outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s bloc pushed Monday for a quick agreement on a coalition government, but Europe’s biggest economy could still be in for weeks of uncertainty after an election that failed to set a clear direction. Olaf Scholz, the candidate of the center-left …

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• 29 September

  Alemania, ante una larga interinidad

  Los resultados de las elecciones celebradas ayer en Alemania –de creer a los habitualmente certeros sondeos a pie de urna– no han deparado grandes sorpresas, al menos, en lo que se refiere a lo que preveían tozudamente las encuestas. La CDU, imbatible desde 2005 de la mano de Angela Merkel, …

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• 29 September

  Taliban Urge Foreign Airlines o Resume Commercial Flights To Kabulc

  Afghanistan’s Taliban government Sunday asked foreign airlines to resume commercial flights to and from Kabul, saying problems at the capital city’s airport had been resolved and the facility “is fully operational.” The Islamist group regained control of the war-torn country in mid-August following the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government …

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• 29 September

  Egypt Stresses Need For Binding Deal On Renaissance Dam

  During a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reiterated the need to reach a binding legal agreement on the operation and filling of Ethiopia’s Renaissance Dam in a manner that takes into account the interests of all parties. Egypt describes the dam …

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• 29 September

  Afghans Deserve Better Than Misery And Injustice – OpEd

  Following the withdrawal of the US and NATO from Afghanistan, and the chaos left behind because of the Biden administration’s shockingly bad planning, the Islamist militants who ruled from 1996 until 2001 have returned to power. Before we ask what the future may hold for the people of the new …

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• 29 September

  The Movement To ‘De-Westernize And De-Colonize Knowledge’ In Universities – OpEd

  A brief Facebook exchange with a proponent and activist of a new theoretical fad to “totally re-Islamize” knowledge. I had a very interesting and engaging Facebook conversation with an academic person, Syed Farid AlAtas, in Malaysia, perhaps a university teacher of Social Studies he was, on his belief that we …

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• 29 September

  Tunisie : des manifestants se mobilisent contre “le coup d’État” du président Saïed

  Environ 2 000 manifestants, selon des observateurs, ont dénoncé dimanche à Tunis “le pouvoir aux mains d’un seul homme”, disant redouter “un retour à la dictature de Ben Ali”, après l’adoption cette semaine par le président Kaïs Saïed de mesures exceptionnelles. “La légitimité passe par le vote.” Les manifestants présents …

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• 29 September

  Problems With Capitalism

  One of the problems with capitalism is that it is driving us towards disaster. Greed is good? Adam Smith (1723-1790) maintained that individual self-interest can and should be the principle guiding our economic behavior . He told the readers of his book “The Wealth of Nations”, that, as if guided …

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• 28 September

  Hezbollah ‘locked and loaded’ if Israel attacks – Nasrallah deputy

  

  Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem warned on Friday evening that any attack by Israel on Lebanon will be met with a response, and that its weapons are ‘locked and loaded.’ Any attack by Israel on Lebanon will be met with a response from Hezbollah, Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said …

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• 28 September

  Hundreds of Iraqi notables call to join Abraham Accords, make peace with Israel

  

  At Erbil conference, participants also urge rebuilding ties with the country’s dispossessed Jewish diaspora; normalization remains a crime under Iraqi law In an unprecedented plea for regional reconciliation, over 300 prominent Iraqis called for their country to normalize ties with Israel on Friday night. “We demand full diplomatic relations with …

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