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Venezuela: eating garbage to survive
14 Oct 2016
Venezuela, once a candidate for 1st World status, has deteriorated to many citizens eating from dustbins to survive. A study found 15% of Venezuelans feed themselves exclusively with ‘food waste discarded by commercial establishments’. 75% of…
USA and Russia chill in relations
14 Oct 2016
A year after Russia stepped into the Syrian quagmire on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad, Moscow has challenged the US and NATO in virtually every arena possible. The Russians: - probably bombed a UN humanitarian aid…
Aleppo being ‘held hostage’
14 Oct 2016
UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura appealed to Jabhat al-Nusra, Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate, to leave Aleppo saying, ‘1,000 of you are deciding the destiny of the 275,000 civilians.’ Jabhat al-Nusra’s role in Aleppo is omitted from…
This month children in Syria are to meet in mass prayer, to end the ‘spiral of death’ that is killing hundreds of people in rebel-held districts of Aleppo. Christian and Muslim boys and girls in Aleppo…
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if he is elected President, the USA will recognise Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel. While Israel calls Jerusalem…
God is in the detail
07 Oct 2016
The daily struggles and snags we get caught up in are a normal part of everyday life; they are part of the imperfect world we live in. People let us down or misunderstand us. The things…