"When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only what are the facts and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted either by what you wish to believe, or by what you think would have beneficent social effects if it were believed. But look only, and solely, at what are the facts." — Bertrand Russell
Former Israeli prime minister says failure to challenge calls for killing and starving Palestinians has eroded Israel’s moral standards
Nadav Rapaport in Tel Aviv, Israel
There are "no innocent people" in Gaza and Israel should "also kill two-week-old babies" in the Palestinian enclave, Israel's former prime minister Yair Lapid has recounted young Israelis telling him.
American tax payers. Here is the American tomahawk missile, made in Tucson, Arizona and paid for by American people , right before it obliterated Christians at a church in Holy land. https://t.co/es4ggfnucm
— Irlandarra (@irlandarra2019) October 5, 2026
news desk, palestinianchronicle.com
The Massachusetts Attorney General's investigation covered the Dioceses of Worcester, Springfield and Fall River. Findings include that "more than 270 Catholic clerics abused nearly 1,000 children across the three dioceses."
by Faisal Ali, aljazeera.com
Armed groups clashed with federal troops across northern Ethiopia as fears mount of regional spillover.
“They’ve begun an offensive around southern Tigray,” Abdisalam Balema, a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) central committee, told Al Jazeera by phone from Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, on Wednesday morning.
“They’re carrying out strikes in many places. We are not sure of the extent of it or whether they will continue, but we will assess it.”
About 150 Catholic priests and nuns walked down Via della Conciliazione toward St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday afternoon, with three bishops in their ranks, carrying olive branches and a long white shroud.
Written across it in red and black ink were the names of roughly 300 Palestinian and Lebanese children who, according to the organizers, were killed by the Israeli military after ceasefires had been declared.
By Ansam Al-Kitaa, globalresearch.ca
Gaza’s Civil Defence has estimated that around 8,000 Palestinians remain under collapsed buildings, while other rights monitors have suggested the true figure, including the unrecovered and unidentified, could run considerably higher.
Elpais.com
In the United States, the Latter-day Saints have built a vast portfolio of long-term property investments, operating in many ways like a sovereign wealth fund
Just 20 minutes from Denver International Airport, plans are under way for an ambitious project on a stretch of empty land larger than Manhattan’s Central Park.
By Jude Russo, antiwar.com