Month: April 2024
Prost against Google Cloud Contract with Israel
The 2021 contract, known as “Project Nimbus,” involves Google and Amazon jointly providing cloud computing infrastructure and services across branches of the Israeli government. Dozens of Google employees began occupying company offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California on Tuesday in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion dollar contract providing cloud computing services to
US to Sanction Iran
The US Treasury was working to enlist the aid of China, G7 partners and other major global suppliers to erode Iran’s ability to continue to export oil and to get the microelectronics needed for the drones it used to attack Israel and was selling to Russia. The United States is using financial sanctions to isolate
Hezbollah commander killed
The US Navy spent nearly $1 billion on munitions to counter attacks on US military and merchant ships in the Middle East over the past six months, the US Navy secretary said on Tuesday as he urged lawmakers to replenish depleted stocks. An Israeli airstrike killed a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon on Tuesday, the IDF
Gaza Strip left hanging
As Israel weighs up plans to respond to Iran’s drone and missile attack, the fate of nearly 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip sheltering in the border town of Rafah hangs in the balance. The issue of whether Palestinians can return to the north of Gaza has been a sticking point during recent negotiations
Ukraine want support from the West like Israel
A recent Russian aerial campaign targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other targets has wrought extensive damage, and Ukrainian officials have pleaded with the country’s Western allies to provide more air defense systems as the war stretches into its third year. The success of Israel and its allies in largely thwarting a massive Iranian missile and
Israel preparation for a retaliatory attack on Iran
Iran launched the assault over a suspected Israeli airstrike on its embassy compound in Syria on April 1. A U.S.-led coalition of warplanes and naval assets helped intercept the more than 300 missiles and drones, and damage was limited in Israel. Two top Israeli officials have stressed that while retaliation may not be imminent, a
Iran and Israel Nuclear Weapons
Tehran’s telegraphed attack at the weekend caused one civilian casualty and limited damage at one Israeli air base, though is thought to have cost more than $550 million in defensive munitions. The strike, though massive in scale, appears designed to avoid further escalation. Israel is now mulling a possible response, as President Joe Biden reportedly
Tesla scales down its workforce
Last month, Tesla reduced production at the Gigafactory in Shanghai and last week Tesla told employees who work on the Cybertruck that shifts will be shorter on the production line at the Austin. Tesla has begun to feel the impact of slowing demand for electric vehicles (EVs).The world’s largest auto-maker by market value had 140,473
Israel weighs retaliation response after Iran strike
Biden meets with G7 leaders to discuss a diplomatic response to Iran attack. The G7 is shorthand for Group of Seven, an organization of leaders from some of the world’s largest economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Members of the G7 meet each year for a summit to
Us commits to providing humanitarian assistance to refugees in Uganda
Uganda hosts the highest number of refugees with 1.6 million refugees, surpassing any African country. Uganda ;last year ;received more than 130,000 new refugees from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia, and Sudan. The United States (US) is committed to providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and asylum seekers with more than $25