by OverviewFX | Dec 4, 2023 | Economy
THE GAZA STRIP is a risky place for an invading army: its cities provide cover for Hamas fighters, who know the terrain; it is heavily populated, with civilians often in harm’s way; fighting in built-up areas is likely to be at close quarters and consequently bloody....
by OverviewFX | Dec 1, 2023 | Economy
SINCE HAMAS’S terrorist attack on Israel on October 7th, and the outbreak of war in Gaza, there has been a sharp increase around the world in reports of antisemitic incidents. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an NGO based in New York City, says that in the two weeks...
by OverviewFX | Nov 29, 2023 | Economy
GEORGE SANTOS burned bright and briefly. Shortly after his election to Congress in November 2022, the lies he told to win the seat began to be revealed. The Republican had claimed, falsely, that his grandparents had fled the Holocaust and that his mother was at the...
by OverviewFX | Nov 29, 2023 | Economy
ASYLUM CLAIMS in Western countries are surging. EU members are on track to receive 1m applications this year, more than at any time since the migrant crisis of 2015-16. More than 800,000 have been lodged in America in the past year, an annual jump of nearly...
by OverviewFX | Nov 28, 2023 | Economy
Hamas hopes to swap more for Israeli hostages Your browser does not support this video. Released Palestinian prisoners are greeted in the West Bank Image: Getty Images Over the past four days, as part of a truce, Israel has released 117 Palestinian prisoners in...
by OverviewFX | Nov 24, 2023 | Economy
ON NOVEMBER 22ND Geert Wilders’s anti-immigrant Party for Freedom (PVV) finished first in the Dutch general election, winning 37 of the 150 seats in parliament, or 23.6% of the vote. His victory was a huge surprise. But the beneficiary of this sudden turn to the hard...
