Author: insighter

Rafah, a looming Israeli ground “operation”, and the impact on more than a million trapped civilians are top headlines. But what is Rafah and what are the details around this announced Israeli “operation”? What is Rafah? Rafah straddles the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. On the Palestinian side, it is the name of Gaza’s southernmost governorate and its capital city, as well as of the crossing into Egypt’s Sinai. On the Egyptian side, it is a city in the North Sinai governorate. Palestinian Rafah is 64sq km (25sq miles) and, as Israel assaulted Gaza these past four months,…

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Liens Overview Yellow Cake (OTCQX:YLLXF) is an investment vehicle that owns physical uranium, with its primary listing in the UK. The stock has along with the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (OTCPK:SRUUF) been one the better performing uranium stocks over the last year. I have over the last few years covered Yellow Cake frequently and I have also owned the stock during much of the period, my prior articles on the stock can be found here. Figure 1 – Source: Koyfin Uranium has been one of the better performing commodities over the last year, trailing cocoa slightly. Yellow Cake has lagged…

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President Trump asked where’s Nikki Haley’s husband during a large rally in Conway, South Carolina Saturday, stirring up a hornet’s nest of controversy from the media as well as sharp responses from Haley and her husband. President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Conway, South Carolina, screen image via Newsmax, February 10, 2024. Trump was talking about how his lone remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley–who had been Trump’s first U.N. ambassador–had come to his Palm Beach, Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, with her husband and said she would never run against him. Trump…

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Posted: 2/10/2024 | February 10th, 2024 The largest city on New Zealand’s South Island, Christchurch is a popular stop for pretty much anyone traveling around the country. The city was severely damaged by massive earthquakes between 2010 and 2012, which killed hundreds and injured thousands, but has since been revitalized and reborn. Home to just under 400,000 people, this small city is filled with cool markets, funky bars, and lots of new and trendy restaurants. Admittedly, there aren’t a ton of things to see and do here, but that doesn’t mean the city is boring and should be skipped. There’s…

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Jakarta, Indonesia – On February 14, more than 204 million Indonesians will have the chance to vote for their new president. Incumbent Joko Widodo is in his second and final term, and is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election. Voters have a choice between three presidential candidates – Anies Baswedan, the former Governor of Jakarta, Ganjar Pranowo, the former Governor of Central Java, and Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto. Multiple polls indicate Prabowo has a comfortable lead over his competitors. Prabowo has tried twice to become Indonesia’s president – and lost both times to Widodo. Since 2019, he has served as defence…

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Opinion President Joe Biden on Thursday attempted to clean up a mess that started with the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur’s damning report regarding his handling of classified documents and his memory. It did not go well. Hur found Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” — including classified documents related to national security and “sensitive intelligence sources and methods” — in his home, garage, and office for decades. But in a classic example of the two-tiered system of justice under his administration, Biden won’t be charged because he’s a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and it would be difficult to get a jury to…

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The following segment was excerpted from this fund letter. INTERNATIONAL WORKPLACE GROUP (OTCPK:IWGFF) During the fourth quarter, we made one material new investment in London-listed IWG, a company that manages shared workspaces. IWG operates 19 different brands, the most well-known of which is Regus, that represent over 3,400 locations spread across 120 different countries serving 8 million customers ranging from freelancers looking for a desk outside of the home all the way up to multi-national companies. Most conversations about IWG begin with: how is IWG different from WeWork (OTC:WEWKQ), which is in bankruptcy? Well, unlike WeWork, IWG did not engage…

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Many of China’s nearly 380 million internal migrants only go home once a year – and the Lunar New Year, the most important festival for family reunion, is usually the time to do it. That is why the Spring Festival travel rush, known as “chunyun”, is the world’s largest annual mass migration. Authorities are expecting a record nine billion trips this time for the Year of the Dragon.

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Abolishing DEI may be the only way out of the Leftist ideological capture of American campuses, Jonathan Haidt told an audience at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, on Wednesday.

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