2018

“AJ+ explores the risks and benefits of facial recognition software. We traveled to the Mexico-US border as Trump vows to complete a US biometric entry-exit system. In an AJ+ documentary series, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin investigates facial recognition at the border, meets men struggling with addiction at a gaming rehab, looks into the harassment women face online, […]

China

As Pentagon Encircles China, Does Military Conflict With Beijing Loom?

Michael T. Klare

Northampton, MA (Tomdispatch.com ) – On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a momentous shift in American global strategic policy. From now on, he decreed, the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), which oversees all U.S. military forces in Asia, will be called the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). The name change, Mattis explained, reflects “the increasing […]

Houthi

Yemen’s Huthis vow to fight on after losing Hodeida airport to Saudi-Backed Coalition

AFP

Khokha (Yemen) (AFP) – Yemen’s Huthi rebels vowed to fight on after pro-government forces seized Hodeida airport from them on Wednesday, in a major step towards retaking the port city following a week-long battle. Rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Huthi called for reinforcements to repel the advance of the UAE-backed government forces, after ongoing fighting left nearly […]

Climate Change

Climate Terror Stalks us, and We Yawn– 3 Decades Later

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The American (and world) public was informed about the dangers of global heating 30 years ago this week, on June 23, 1988, by climate scientist James Hansen. It turns out that Big Oil and other hydrocarbon industries were convinced of the dangers privately even before that, but hid their scientists’ […]

Climate Change

$120 bn. in Coastal Property in Jeopardy from CO2-induced Sea-Level Rise

Kerry Sheridan

Sarasota (United States) (AFP) – Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are “not in a flood zone,” meaning no flood insurance is required. But experts warn that ignoring sea level […]

China

Is China Stealing a March on Trump in Pakistan amid New Trade War?

Neil Thompson

London (Informed Comment) – The escalating American trade war with China has sent third-party nations scrambling for cover as the two largest global economies trade tariffs worth billions. The Trump administration has also levied global tariffs on metal imports from Mexico, Canada and Europe, and threatened to exit the North American Free Trade Agreement; but […]

Afghanistan

Did You Hear about the Great Afghan Peace March? MSM Ignores Nonviolent Activists

Mushtaq Mojaddidi

Kabul (AFP) – Dozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometres across war-battered Afghanistan, as the Taliban ended an unprecedented ceasefire and resumed attacks in several parts of the country. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR. Afghan peace activists shout slogans demanding an end to fighting as they arrive in Kabul. […]

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