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« Reply #330 on: October 01, 2019, 08:34:48 am »

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Yemen: Aden's changing alliances erupt into four-year conflict's newest front

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Bolton Rejects Trump’s Claims of Success on North Korea Nukes

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The Floodgates Open on Trump

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The primary use of mobile money in Zimbabwe has been shut down by the central bank

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The Sudden Recall of the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Might’ve Been the Beginning of the End for Trump

www.vanityfair.com - In the following weeks, Lutsenko made a series of allegations in interviews with John Solomon of The Hill, including that Yovanovitch had given him a “do-not-prosecute list,” and that Joe Biden had a…


Why the NRA has been a disaster for black people

www.motherjones.com - Dallas Police falsely labeled Mark Hughes, a legal gun carrier, as a cop-killer suspect.Eric Gay/AP Photo Millions of Americans watched Philando Castile die in his car. The 32-year-old was driving in…


These are the circumstances that could actually force Trump to resign: history professor

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Bad ancestors: does the climate crisis violate the rights of those yet to be born?

www.theguardian.com - What if climate breakdown is a violation of the rights of those yet to be born? Finally, this urgent question seems to be getting the attention it deserves. Last month an astonishing 7 million people…


China’s World-Building Foreign Policy, As Seen From the Middle of Nowhere

www.theatlantic.com - Since BRI was launched, in 2013, China has sunk hundreds of billions of dollars into ports, railways, and energy projects across Asia, Africa, and Europe. The goal is to not only expand infrastructur…


Too much TV is bad for your health, and older people are watching it more than ever

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Who Ordered This Clinton Comeback Tour

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Solar panels pair surprisingly well with tomatoes, peppers and pollinators

www.mnn.com - The world already needs more solar power. It's clean, renewable energy, and it's quickly outpacing the job creation and affordability of fossil fuels. But on top of that, a growing field of research …


West Africa’s Sahel region is especially vulnerable to climate change but also weak governance

qz.com - While most of the world is vulnerable to climate change, some of the least polluting countries are the most impacted, and least equipped to deal with its outcomes. West Africa’s Sahel region, the ari…


Red meat not so bad for you after all

www.motherjones.com - In news that really shouldn’t surprise anyone by now, a new and massive metastudy has concluded that there’s not much evidence that cutting back on red meat will improve your health. The usual suspec…


It's Time to Get Your Flu Shot

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Want to save the environment? De-Fund the Pentagon.

www.intrepidreport.com - Millions of people are uniting in demonstrations worldwide against our civilization’s ecocidal march toward extinction, which makes me so happy to see. It’s really encouraging to see so many young pe…


Displaced by a US Invasion? Don’t Imagine You’ll Be Welcomed to Breathe Free

www.strategic-culture.org - In Afghanistan on 22 September at least 40 civilians attending a wedding party were killed in a raid conducted by Afghan soldiers and supported by US airstrikes. Four days earlier a US drone attack k…


Greta Thunberg’s defiance unsettles the patriarchy – wonderful | Suzanne Moore

www.theguardian.com - Sometimes you don’t realise how conditioned you are until you meet someone who isn’t. Sure, I may be blunt in my work, but I still say sorry when someone barges into me in the street. I smile when ot…


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