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Archives for December 2018

Israel/ Palestine
Israel Violence spikes as it Kills 24, injures 232 Palestinians in November

Israel Violence spikes as it Kills 24, injures 232 Palestinians in November

Maan News Agency

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 […]

Donald Trump
Mueller Lenient toward Flynn because of ‘Substantial Assistance’ in Trump Probe

Mueller Lenient toward Flynn because of ‘Substantial Assistance’ in Trump Probe

AFP

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 […]

Climate Change
Grassroots at COP24 Demand end of Coal as Poland Lobbies for It

Grassroots at COP24 Demand end of Coal as Poland Lobbies for It

AFP

Crops will be destroyed not just by flooding and rain but also by droughts. Yet this urgency is not reflected in the actions of governments

Democratic Party
Massive Blue Wave Answered GOP Bigotry, but also Challenges Dem Establishment

Massive Blue Wave Answered GOP Bigotry, but also Challenges Dem Establishment

Tomdispatch

A new House majority will be nearly 1/2 women, 1/3 people of color, and include more Muslim Americans, Native Americans, and LGBTQ members

Featured
Congressional Noose may Tighten around Saudi Crown Prince as Haspel Testifies

Congressional Noose may Tighten around Saudi Crown Prince as Haspel Testifies

Juan Cole

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 […]

Climate Change
Earth’s Failing Climate Grade: 2x Extreme Weather Events, 100x Animal Extinctions

Earth’s Failing Climate Grade: 2x Extreme Weather Events, 100x Animal Extinctions

Marlowe Hood

As COP24 Opens in Poland

Donald Trump
A Rattled Trump Skates close to Obstruction: Praises Stone, Lashes out at Mueller, Cohen

A Rattled Trump Skates close to Obstruction: Praises Stone, Lashes out at Mueller, Cohen

AFP

Trump cited Stone’s pledge to never testify against him: “Nice to know that some people still have ‘guts!'”

Petroleum
Qatar, under Saudi Blockade, Quits a Declining OPEC

Qatar, under Saudi Blockade, Quits a Declining OPEC

David Harding

Relations between Riyadh and Doha are at an all-time low

astronomy and outer space
NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

NASA Spacecraft rendezvous with Asteroid that could one Day Collide with Earth

The Conversation

OSIRIS-REx may be able to aid in preventing asteroid strikes

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