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@clashreport Same geography, same treaties, same arguments.
The Aegean rivalry just refuses to cool down.
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Arpit Singh
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3️⃣ The Reality
Behind the moral language was a very different reality.
Colonialism meant:
• Resource extraction
• Forced labor
• Economic control
• Cultural suppression
Millions suffered under colonial regimes.
A brutal example was the rule of Leopold II in the Congo Free State.
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2️⃣ The Core Idea
According to this ideology, Western powers believed they were responsible for bringing:
• Christianity
• Education
• Technology
• Governance
to societies they labeled “uncivilized.”
Colonial rule was framed as a burden of responsibility, not domination.
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🧵 THREAD: The “White Man’s Burden” — The Idea That Justified Colonialism
In 1899, a poem helped shape one of the most powerful narratives used to justify empire.
It claimed colonial rule was not exploitation… but a moral duty.
Let’s unpack the idea behind the “White Man’s Burden.” 👇
#خان_کو_شفا_ہسپتال_منتقل_کرو #MásComercioEc #MHMA2026STELLAJERO
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@AJENews attacks on embassies are a huge red line in conflicts,things could get ugly fast if this keeps escalating.
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BREAKING: Smoke has been seen rising from the US embassy in Baghdad after a reported attack, with air raid sirens also sounding, reports Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/mhr9ge
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🚨 Big crackdown in Uttar Pradesh.
Since 2020, the Yogi Adityanath administration says 35,000+ arrests have been made in cases linked to illegal cow slaughter and cattle smuggling.
Authorities have also seized assets worth over ₹83 crore during these operations.
Supporters call it strict law enforcement. Critics say it raises concerns about policing methods.
What do you think — effective deterrence or excessive crackdown?
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🚨 The Iran war is starting to hit closer to home for India.
Several Indian oil & LPG tankers are navigating the Strait of Hormuz while tensions keep rising around the Gulf.
For New Delhi, this isn’t just another distant conflict — it’s about energy routes that power the economy.
If Hormuz becomes unstable, India’s energy strategy could face a serious stress test.
How worried should we be about this scenario?
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@MeghUpdates honestly that chokepoint is the most dangerous place for shipping right now.
one incident there and oil markets go crazy.
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🚨 HUGE! Indian-flagged vessel Shivalik, carrying gas, is transiting the Strait of Hormuz without escort.
Indian Navy warships in the vicinity remain on standby.(ANI)
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@CBSNews hospice fraud is honestly one of the worst kinds of scams.
taking money meant for people at the end of life is just cruel.
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"If they steal the money, they'll steal your health, they'll steal your life, and we're seeing that over and over again."
Dr. Mehmet Oz pledged this week to lead an effort to stop hospice providers that are defrauding taxpayers by stealing the identities of people not in hospice or by overbilling for those who are dying. cbsn.ws/413aRy5
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@JonahPKaplan @CBSNews wait… both brothers in Hezbollah’s rocket unit?
that makes the whole attack even more disturbing.
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NEW: The two brothers of the Temple Israel attacker were members of Hezbollah’s rocket unit. @CBSNews
Anna Schecter@annaschecter
Ayman Ghazali was originally from Machgharah, a town in southern Lebanon with a significant Hezbollah presence and influence, particularly in terms of security and infrastructure. Images of Hezbollah fighters hang on a wall in town. Ghazali, who was 41 when he carried out the attack on Temple Israel synagogue in Michigan and was killed Thursday, moved to the U.S. in 2011 on a IR1 immigrant visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2016. His two brothers stayed in Lebanon and were both members of Hezbollah’s rocket unit in southern Lebanon, CBS News has learned. Both men were killed in a drone strike carried out by the Israel Defense Forces on March 5th, according to sources in Lebanon. Hezbollah has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government and is a proxy of the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Hezbollah had been shooting rockets into Israel. Sources in the Lebanese community in Dearborn Heights Michigan where Ghazali lived and worked at the time of the attack told CBS News (Ash-har Qureishi) that Ghazali’s two brothers were killed, his sister-in-law was wounded, and his brother and sister-in-law’s two young children were also killed. It is unclear if Ayman Ghazali was personally involved with Hezbollah.
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@AJEnglish not surprising at all.
war headlines usually drown out everything else.
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Online attention around the Epstein files has dropped sharply since the US and Israel began attacking Iran, even as new documents continue to emerge.
Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner looks at what the data shows.
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@CBSEveningNews damn… an ROTC instructor killed on campus that’s heartbreaking. the student who stopped him probably saved lives.
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An ROTC instructor was killed Thursday when Mohamed Jalloh, a gunman with prior ISIS ties, opened fire at Old Dominion University in Virginia. A student stopped Jalloh, who had been released from prison in 2024 after serving eight years for trying to donate money to ISIS and plotting a terror attack. cbsn.ws/40PzbUh
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@clashreport war isn’t a meme people actually die when bombs start falling.
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@clashreport AI-guided swarm drones are the future battlefield countries are racing hard in this space now.
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Türkiye’s BAYKAR reveals its new kamikaze UAV K2.
— AI-powered autonomous swarm kamikaze UAV with AI vision-based navigation, targeting, and engagement.
— Range 2000+ km, 200 kg warhead, 800 kg MTOW.
— Can take off from short, unprepared strips, reusable for multiple missions.
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@CBSNews damn… so someone actually sold the gun used in the attack tragedies like this rarely involve just one person.
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The DOJ charges a man with selling a stolen firearm to the gunman in the Virginia university shooting. cbsn.ws/40zOIau
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@AdityaRajKaul when the B-2s start flying, you know the objective isn’t small.
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US Central Command: B-2 stealth bombers takeoff to conduct a mission during Operation Epic Fury, delivering long-range fire to not only eliminate the threat from the Iranian regime today, but also eliminate their ability to rebuild in the future.
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@MeghUpdates interesting… even close US allies in Europe are drawing a line here shows how uneasy many countries are about getting pulled into this war.
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BREAKING: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni tells Senate Italy will not participate in US-Israeli military operations against Iran.
"Italy is not part of the war in the Middle East and will not participate in a war against Iran."
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🚨 The Iran war is now directly impacting India’s economy
Escalation in the Gulf has disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz — a corridor that carries nearly 20% of the world’s oil supply.
For India, the consequences are immediate:
Energy shipments delayed
Oil prices above $100
Gas and LPG supplies tightening
Reports indicate dozens of Indian energy tankers were stranded near the strait, while industries at home are already warning of fuel shortages and production disruptions.
New Delhi is now scrambling to secure alternative supplies and diplomatic channels to keep energy flowing.
Wars in the Gulf rarely stay regional — they travel through energy markets, shipping lanes, and inflation.
❓If the Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens, could India’s energy security become the biggest economic casualty of the war?
#India #IranWar #EnergySecurity #Geopolitics #OilMarkets
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@AdityaRajKaul claims like this need verification wartime footage spreads fast and facts usually come later.
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Iranian Sabereen News claims this is the “Exclusive footage of the downing of the American KC-135 aircraft west of Iraq, which the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced as their target.”
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@MeghUpdates this is what energy crises do war hits supply → oil spikes → suddenly russian crude doesn’t look so unacceptable anymore.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi says "US spent months bullying India into ending oil imports from Russia."
"After just two weeks of war with Iran, White House is now begging the world…to buy Russian crude."
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@AJEnglish wait… they actually hit Kharg Island now? that’s one of the most sensitive targets in this whole war
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BREAKING: President Trump says the US has bombed military sites on Iran’s Kharg Island near the Strait of Hormuz, escalating the war.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ys4jbo
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