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[ad_1] Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report. During the last week of July, I traveled to the front lines of Somalia’s unresolved border conflict with Somaliland. The Somali secessionist state is now recognized by Israel but not by any of the UNs’ other 192 sovereign members. The Northeast State militia were holding the line. Several weeks ago, in early July 2026, I told friends and family that I’d be traveling to the first annual Las Anod Forum 2026. My family said, “Oh My God. Somalia? What the hell are you gonna do next??? Terrorists! Al Shabaab! Warlords! Drone bombing! Kidnapping! Oil!” US…

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[ad_1] The Paul Krugman faux apology tour continues. A few weeks ago, we highlighted Krugman’s acknowledgment on Wall Street Week that, “I am really reluctant to be where I am right now, but I do think that conditional tariffs on Chinese cars are probably going to be necessary. … I’ve been shocked not only by my own change of mind, but by some of my colleagues’ … It’s not 20 years ago anymore. We really do need to rethink.” Now he has a new article on “Geoeconomics” that opens:Read Full Article ⟶ [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee—who last year admitted Gazans were starving—was among those noting a new global hunger report by the UN agency that reported the 2025 famine as it unfolded. Brett Wilkins Common Dreams For nearly three years, Israeli officials and their US backers have denounced United Nations agencies reporting the facts of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza as lies, but now many of them are citing the latest global hunger study by the United Nations Children’s Fund as proof that last year’s famine that killed at least hundreds of Palestinians in the coastal exclave was a “hoax.” The UNICEF-led State of Palestine Nutrition Cluster Coordination…

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