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1 month ago | 
ipa.org.au | Michael Shoebridge |Peter Jennings |Marcus Hellyer |Scott Hargreaves
Australia is facing its most challenging security environment since the Second World War. Defence planners and political leaders of both major parties agree that Australia no longer has the luxury of the once operative ten-year warning time before we need to be ready for a major conflict in our region. Yet we are unprepared for such a crisis. For at least the past decade governments of all persuasions have struggled to translate changing perceptions into decisions and action.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
© Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesTwo House Democrats have voted alongside Republican lawmakers to ban athletes born male from participating on girls' school sports teams. The Protection of Women and Girls In Sports Act, led by Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., would amend federal law to specify that student athletes must participate in school sports teams that coincide with their gender at birth. Reps.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
'Tense' Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now finalizing implementation details.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
© Mario Tama/Getty Images The US president-elect has criticized the Californian leadership's handling of the crisis and expressed concern over the rising death toll. US President-elect Donald Trump has compared the devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires to a nuclear attack, warning that the death toll may rise in the coming days. He criticized California's leadership, particularly state governor, Gavin Newsom, suggesting that mismanagement has exacerbated the crisis.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
© Lgrant PhotoCinem/Xinhua/Getty Images/KJN Peter Ford served in the UK Foreign Ministry for many years including being UK Ambassador to Bahrein (1999-2003) and then Syria (2003-2006). Following that, he was representative to the Arab world for the Commissioner General of United Nations Relief and Works Agency. He was interviewed by Rick Sterling on Jan 6, 2025. RS: Why do you think the Syrian military and government collapsed so rapidly?
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
A Texas-based US Army soldier has been arrested and charged with selling confidential phone records, including material allegedly stolen from President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Cameron John Wagenius, 20, was indicted by a Seattle grand jury earlier this month on two felony counts of unlawfully transferring confidential phone records information on an online forum and on an online communications platform.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
ipa.org.au | Michael Shoebridge |Peter Jennings |Marcus Hellyer |Scott Hargreaves
Australia is facing its most challenging security environment since the Second World War. Defence planners and political leaders of both major parties agree that Australia no longer has the luxury of the once operative ten-year warning time before we need to be ready for a major conflict in our region. Yet we are unprepared for such a crisis. For at least the past decade governments of all persuasions have struggled to translate changing perceptions into decisions and action.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
© Daniella Heminghaus / Courier Times Bowing to a mix of court rulings, consumer backlash, and rational attentiveness to self-interest, US institutions are abandoning the cult of diversity, equity and inclusion. The latest domino to fall is an American icon: McDonald's on Monday announced it is curtailing many of its diversity initiatives. The news came in an open letter to McDonald's its owner/operators, employees and suppliers.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede announced a desire to obtain independence from Denmark in the wake of President-elect Trump's comments about buying the island territory. "The Greenlandic people's opportunity for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved," Egede said in a Wednesday speech in honor of the new year. "A draft constitution for our country has also been prepared," he said.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
sott.net | Peter Jennings
Saudi Arabia's Mecca, the holiest city according to Islam, has been hit by extreme weather. Footage circulating on social media shows entire neighbourhoods partially submerged amid the heavy rainfall. Men were seen forming human chains to rescue children who had become trapped in the flooding in the Al-Awali neighbourhood, southeast of Mecca. In another video, a man was seen rushing to the aid of a delivery driver who was toppled off his bike by floodwaters and was struggling to get up.
