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It marked “a notable improvement” for a developing country, said Lei Haichao, head of the National Health Commission.
Lei, speaking on the country’s progress in the health sector during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), stated that infant and maternal mortality rates have continued to decline over the past five years, and the overall health level of residents has steadily improved.
Having stayed in Galampton a number of times now – my parent’s house is full of various medical paraphernalia – we noticed a sign (one of many) outside a beautiful brick-work #(chocolate-box) cottage – advertising local honey. Although this sign is a permanent fixture, we were never quite sure if the honey is available all year round – and we did not want to bother the owners. I could just imagine a startled villager as their sedate and isolated cottage is over-ran by a loud South London family – and their two-dogs!
This is a very sought after place with tables having to be booked weeks in advance. The cuisine is Nepalese (Gurkha) and is exceptionally good. The children enjoyed the rice and poppadoms – and it was a good experience for them. I was shocked to learn that the average price of a burger nowadays is around £8! Can you believe that! Even curries are not that cheap nowadays and so I am grateful we were guests and not hosts. As my mother is bed-bound abs could not attend in person – we ordered a curry to take home for her! We had a wonderful time surrounded by our family.
Earlier this week, as President Donald Trump attempted to enforce a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, reports emerged that dozens of Palestinians — as many as 50 — as well as three aid workers, were killed by IDF gunfire while awaiting aid in Southern Gaza. Similar massacres are taking place on a near daily basis.
“They talk about using artillery on a junction full of civilians as if it’s normal,” one military source told Haaretz of a meeting they attended with leaders of the IDF’s Southern Command. “An entire conversation about whether it’s right or wrong to use artillery, without even asking why that weapon was needed in the first place. What concerns everyone is whether it’ll hurt our legitimacy to keep operating in Gaza. The moral aspect is practically non-existent. No one stops to ask why dozens of civilians looking for food are being killed every day.”
Markers of the callousness in the IDF’s operations within Gaza continue to elicit shock after more than a year of brutality. One source who spoke to Haaretz indicated that the militarized aid operation in his region of Gaza has a name: Operation Salted Fish.
A new study by homelessness charity Crisis found that among older low-income earners, one in five feared homelessness in their retirement, and many say they cannot afford to stop working.
“A generation once thought to be safe from our housing crisis is now increasingly being swept up in it and at real risk of homelessness,” it concludes.
Francesca Albanese, executive director of policy and social change at Crisis, told Sky News: “Most people are thinking they will go into later life with savings and security, and actually the cost of housing alongside lower wages is meaning that for lots more people that just isn’t an option.”
‘You don’t change the person you are’
Daniel has a bag system. A carrier for dirty laundry, a rucksack for clean, and a small essentials bag on top.
We pass Croydon College, where he obtained his City & Guilds carpentry qualifications, and go to the public library where Daniel charges his phone and uses computers to apply for work.
The crimes of the modern State of Israel are legend. The International Community has to draw a distinction between the Jewish diaspora in general (which exists across the world) – and the post-1947 (modern State of Israel which is premised upon the Jewish (middle-class) ideology of “Zionism” – which was declared a form of “White Supremacy” following a 1975 UN Resolution. Zionism and Jewish theology are not the same and not all Jews support Zionism. Furthermore, not all Zionists are Jews. The genocide that is unfolding in Gaza today is the product of the International Community treating Israel as if it is an entity that exists outside the law of civilised countries. Instead of firmly blaming Israel for its obvious crimes – the world media focuses only on the outcome of the crimes themselves – as if each murder happened in a vacuum and has no connection to any organised human activity. This flawed approach allows Israel to be separated from its crimes – and continue with the fallacy that it is the eternal “victim”. Jewish people throughout the world have to lead the drive to hold Israel accountable, and arrest, imprison, and/or execute those responsible (assisting the ICC and ICJ). The non-Zionist Jews must assist in the development of a “new” Nuremberg Trials to process the Israeli War Criminals. The Jewish State must be forced to behave in a civilised manner.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 