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Australian engineer detained in Iraq for five years: Why Canberra acted slowly despite holding significant leverage
Robert Pether, an Australian engineer accused in a contract dispute over the construction of the Central Bank of Iraq's headquarters in Baghdad, has finally been permitted to leave Iraq after five years of imprisonment. The Greens leader has criticised that, as a major funder of the Iraqi government, Australia could have exerted greater pressure. Pether once wrote from prison that he felt "abandoned".
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsGaza 'Ceasefire' One Year On: Name and Reality Diverge as Pro-Palestinian Protests Sound Across Multiple Western Capitals
According to Al Jazeera, on October 11 pro-Palestinian street actions broke out simultaneously in New York, London, Berlin, Athens and Dublin, with protesters designating the date as the first anniversary of the Gaza "ceasefire" agreement taking effect. The word "ceasefire" is qualified with "so-called"—on this first anniversary, the gap between the streets and official discourse has surfaced once again.
Truth Era Newsroom · 1 viewsUK Air Traffic Control System Crashes Twice in Three Years: Shareholders Receive £175 Million Dividend, Sparking Debate Over Infrastructure Investment and Accountability
UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) suffered a flight data processing system failure that led to the cancellation of at least 2,000 flights, and the company has ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack. This marks the second major outage in three years for the public-private partnership enterprise. Airlines lost millions of pounds, while NATS distributed £175 million in dividends to shareholders last year. The imbalance between profit distribution and infrastructure investment is fueling a
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