RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A total of 24 Palestinians have died and 232 others were injured in the month of November from Israeli army-related attacks, according to a report, on Monday.The International Relations Department in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) reported that 21 Palestinians have died in the besieged Gaza Strip and three in the occupied […]
Archives for December 2018
Mueller Lenient toward Flynn because of ‘Substantial Assistance’ in Trump Probe
Washington, United States | AFP | – (AFP) Michael Flynn’s guilty plea was the first secured by the investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor in charge of the Russia election meddling probe, recommended Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn face […]
Grassroots at COP24 Demand end of Coal as Poland Lobbies for It
Campaign groups representing citizens from across the world demanded Tuesday that big energy leaves coal in the ground as COP24 host Poland pushed for protections allowing it to continue burning fossil fuel. With nations locked in UN climate talks aimed at heading off runaway global warming, many parts of the world are already dealing with […]
Massive Blue Wave Answered GOP Bigotry, but also Challenges Dem Establishment
By Ben Fountain | – (Tomdispatch.com) – Evil days. The midterms were bearing down on us like a runaway train with Donald Trump in the driver’s seat and the throttle wide open, the Presidential Special hell-bent for the bottom. “Go Trump Go!” tweeted David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, as if […]
Congressional Noose may Tighten around Saudi Crown Prince as Haspel Testifies
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration was so annoyed by the line of the Central Intelligence Agency that Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi that it appears to have kept director Gina Haspel from testifying to Congress last week alongside Secretary of State Mike […]
Earth’s Failing Climate Grade: 2x Extreme Weather Events, 100x Animal Extinctions
Paris (AFP) – Scientists monitoring the Earth’s climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting Sunday in Poland on how best to draw down the greenhouse gases that drive global warming. The 2015 Paris Agreement calls on humanity to block the rise […]
A Rattled Trump Skates close to Obstruction: Praises Stone, Lashes out at Mueller, Cohen
Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump called Monday for “a long prison term” after his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen admitted lying to Congress about pursuing a real estate deal with Russia on Trump’s behalf during the 2016 election campaign. He also repeated his accusation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller — who is investigating possible collusion […]
Qatar, under Saudi Blockade, Quits a Declining OPEC
By David HARDING | – Doha (AFP) – Qatar will leave OPEC next month in order to focus on gas production, the Gulf state’s new Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi announced Monday, denying the surprise move was a result of Doha’s bitter feud with oil-rich Saudi Arabia. Qatar has been a member of OPEC since 1961 […]
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth
By Kathryn Harriss | – (The Conversation) – NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx has finally reached the asteroid 101955 Bennu – which may be on collision course with the Earth – after travelling for just over two years since its launch in September 2016. This mission, which will bring grains back for us to study on Earth, […]
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