Category: History

History: The first ETF launched 30 years ago, revolutionizing investing
22. 1. 2023 No Responses

History: The first ETF launched 30 years ago, revolutionizing investing

30 years ago, the launch of the first exchange-traded fund ushered in a new era of investing. Now, the industry is bringing exotic trading strategies to the masses. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which tracks the benchmark U.S. stock...
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Guantanamo’s Oldest Detainee Freed After 20 Years With No Charges
29. 10. 2022 No Responses

Guantanamo’s Oldest Detainee Freed After 20 Years With No Charges

The United States on Saturday released the oldest prisoner who was held for two decades at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – after his arrest in Thailand in 2003 soon after the so-called “Global War on Terror” was launched. 75-year old Saifullah...
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Poland formally demands $1.2 trillion in damages from Germany
2. 10. 2022 No Responses

Poland formally demands $1.2 trillion in damages from Germany

Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau signed a diplomatic note to Germany on Monday that finalizes demands for compensation for the damages from the Nazi invasion and occupation during World War II. Warsaw is seeking $1.2 trillion, but the claim has...
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Syria Demands Compensation For Oil Losses In UN Speech
27. 9. 2022 No Responses

Syria Demands Compensation For Oil Losses In UN Speech

In a rare plea before the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Syria’s top diplomat demanded compensation for oil and gas stolen by the United States, as well as its monumental energy losses over the course of the 11-year long war....
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John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs – How Propaganda Works
12. 9. 2022 No Responses

John Pilger: Silencing the Lambs – How Propaganda Works

By John Pilger In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having...
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Covert US drone strike leading to civilian deaths in Nigeria declassified
5. 8. 2022 No Responses

Covert US drone strike leading to civilian deaths in Nigeria declassified

Drone attacks represent a perennial strand in the history of conflicts the US has undertaken far from its borders, but the details of how the US has used its drone program to assassinate suspected terrorists overseas, and the true gravity...
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SDF Commander Says His Forces Will Fight Beside Syrian Army All Over Northern Syria
15. 7. 2022 No Responses

SDF Commander Says His Forces Will Fight Beside Syrian Army All Over Northern Syria

The Commander-in-Chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Ferhat Abdi Sahin has threatened Turkey with a full blown battle all over northern Syria if it launches a new military operation in the region. Speaking at a press conference on...
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Afghans still waiting for justice over 2008 US bombing of wedding
6. 7. 2022 No Responses

Afghans still waiting for justice over 2008 US bombing of wedding

On July 6, 2008, a US airstrike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province turned a wedding into carnage. These people were walking the bride to the groom’s house when there were hit by the US missiles. The attack left 47 Afghan civilians...
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Declassified Doc Shows UK Knew In Real-Time It Was Helping Terror Groups
3. 7. 2022 No Responses

Declassified Doc Shows UK Knew In Real-Time It Was Helping Terror Groups

Britain’s military knew that fighters from an Al Qaeda-linked terrorist organization were benefiting from the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, but continued to support illegal NATO airstrikes in Libya for another two months. The revelation raise...
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U.S. sending Switchblade “Kamikadze” drones to Ukraine
17. 3. 2022 No Responses

U.S. sending Switchblade “Kamikadze” drones to Ukraine

Ukrainian forces will be armed with Switchblade “kamikaze” loitering drones that target enemy positions from 25 miles away as part of an $800 million US defence aid package. The American-made Switchblade devices are launched like mortar shells and glide th...
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NLAW, Javelin, Starstreak: 2,000 pieces of weaponry sent to Ukraine
15. 3. 2022 No Responses

NLAW, Javelin, Starstreak: 2,000 pieces of weaponry sent to Ukraine

Western countries have sent more than 200,000 pieces of weaponry to Ukraine. From anti-tank missiles to rifles and ammunition, thousands of pieces of equipment have been pledged and sent to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian forces. The UK...
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Germany Ends Bundeswehr Illegal Mission In Syria
12. 1. 2022 No Responses

Germany Ends Bundeswehr Illegal Mission In Syria

Germany Ends Bundeswehr Illegal Mission In Syria, Extend Operations In Iraq. On January 12, the German Cabinet ended Syria’s status as a site of illegal military operations of the German Armed Forces – the Bundeswehr. The German Air Force, the...
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Water is already boiling for Soleimani’s assassins
7. 1. 2022 No Responses

Water is already boiling for Soleimani’s assassins

Top Iran Commander Vows To Strike “From Within US” To Avenge General Soleimani assassination. During a speech on the occasion of Friday prayers in the Iranian city of Mashhad which commemorated this week’s second anniversary of the US assassi...
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US Launches Preemptive Strike On “Rocket Sites” Near Occupied Syrian Oil Fields
5. 1. 2022 No Responses

US Launches Preemptive Strike On “Rocket Sites” Near Occupied Syrian Oil Fields

The US military carried out what’s being described as a “preemptive strike” against rocket sites in eastern Syria that “posed a threat” – according to a US coalition official statement. “The official, speaking on condi...
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Iran Links 125 to Soleimani Murder
3. 1. 2022 No Responses

Iran Links 125 to Soleimani Murder

Iranians marked the second anniversary of the death of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani on Monday. Soleimani and Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed in a US drone strike at ...
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