cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29553959

“Gaza will be entirely destroyed."

The CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, has drawn criticism following his participation in an online discussion workshopping ways to exploit Iran in the event of regime change. The event wad hosted by NUFDI, the main DC-based advocacy group for the monarchist movement surrounding Reza Pahlavi, whose father was the last reigning Shah of Iran.

The discussion, marketed by one prominent online Pahlavi booster as an effort “to present designs that could be quickly implemented in Iran after the fall of the Islamic Republic” and “the establishment of a sound government,” was held to cobble together a loose plan for the privatization of Iran’s economy following an apparently to-be-determined regime change scenario. It’s unclear whether the vision laid out by the two Iranian expats represents a concrete blueprint for toppling the government, but the content of the chat suggested the Uber CEO seeks lucrative gains in the event of a successful regime change operation.

NUFDI has longstanding ties to the Israeli government and works closely with hardline Israel lobby organizations such as the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. As a nexus of Iran’s monarchist movement, its agenda centers around the royal ascension of Reza Pahlavi, whose supporters believe is the natural heir to the Persian throne and should rule Iran as its king. They claim Pahlavi is the rightful successor of Iran’s last Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was forced into exile after the abolition of the monarchy during the Iranian revolution of 1979.

The White House is unveiling an aggressive drug pricing strategy targeting pharmaceutical companies, promising to dramatically cut prescription drug costs for American consumers.

Donald Trump condemned the current pricing system as a “redistribution” that has allowed drugmakers to exploit US patients and signed an executive order that he says will lead to matching lower drug prices abroad.

“We are subsidizing others’ healthcare, where they paid a small fraction of what we pay,” the president said in a press conference on Monday, flanked by health and human services secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and centers for Medicare and Medicaid services administrator Mehmet Oz.

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Air raid sirens echoed throughout central "Israel" after a ballistic missile was launched from Yemen, according to a statement from the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).

The IOF confirmed the detection of the missile and said they were taking action to intercept it.

Specific details about the missile's trajectory, intended target, and damage were not immediately disclosed.

at spring 2018, #Palestinians in #Gaza where trying to break the siege by marching to the wall that isolate them from their stolen lands. They where butchered by Israel, of course. 7 years later, Israel seems determent to turn the world largest prison into the world largest extermination camp. The least we can do is keep chanting
"بالروح بالدم نفديك يا غزة".
With spirit and blood we will redeem you #Gaza
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @gaza
https://fediverse.blog//~/FreeAsInFreedom/Redeem%20you,%20Gaza

PFAS ‘forever pollution’ is widespread across Europe, notably in drinking water and citizens’ blood. A comprehensive proposal to ban the production, sale, and use of these forever chemicals is at risk of being watered down by the Commission, after heavy lobbying by vested interests. Check out our briefing and cartoons to find out why the Commission’s stated priority to ban PFAS in consumer products could just hand the industry a major win.

I don’t know why we’re not talking about this more. We have a steep decline in fertility, a rapidly ageing population, and, out of Covid, we are seeing the rise and rise of departures,” says Massey University’s emeritus professor Paul Spoonley, a leading sociologist.

“Parts of New Zealand are beginning to empty out, they will suffer stagnation or are in decline. The question for me is – will the number of New Zealanders leaving the country begin to come back?” Spoonley say

I ended up buying on the Gold Coast becase NZ housing was too unaffordable, back just before Covid.

Covid saw NZ housing prices then go from ridiculous to statospheric, so now I am in Tassie. Not been looking since but interested in the exoerinxes of others.

I'm an Aussie's that spent some time in NZ and was looking to move there full time, so a different take I guess and keen to here from locals.

This is a genuine question. June is generally accepted to be Pride Month in Canada, but that seems to be the case more or less to line up with Pride Month in the U.S., where it marks the month of the Stonewall Riots in New York City.

Now one can say we also celebrate Pride Month in June because that's apparently the same month same-sex activity was decriminalized back in 1969, but if we're going to have a Pride Month that represents the struggle of 2SLGBTQ+ folk, why not base it in August?

Basing it in August makes sense since that's when the We Demand Rally took place in 1971, Pride Week 1973 took place, and it's better weather-wise than having it take place in January when the Brunswick Four were arrested.

I'm in Calgary, and having Pride Month recognised as August in Canada would also help out with regional difficulties here, where Pride Month is held in September because of June being the insanely busy Stampede season.

This is just my thoughts here. I just think it would be better to recognise and commemorate Canadian pride history rather than attach our pride history to that of the U.S., and the thought of having these major events in our pride overshadowed by American pride history honestly worries me.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/43724682

President Donald Trump on Friday floated cutting tariffs on China from 145% to 80% ahead of a weekend meeting among top U.S. and Chinese trade officials as he looks to deescalate the trade war.

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