EurActiv | euroefe.es | translated by Sam Morgan | – – The head of the Iranian atomic energy agency (AEOI) said on Saturday (29 April) that his country will honour its commitments to the nuclear agreement regardless of who wins the presidential election on 19 May. EURACTIV Spain reports. Ali Akbar Salehi insisted Iran would […]
Power, Water, Music: Mosul comes back to Life
Special Correspondent | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Locals in the parts of Mosul, from which extremists have been pushed out, are celebrating small signs of returning life: For one thing, the chance to pour a glass of water in a well-lit room. Some hope is returning to the locals in Mosul, after several […]
Trump Empire-Dynasty Expands via White House Ties
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – President Trump, his children and their spouses, aren’t just using the Oval Office to augment their political legacy or secure future riches. Okay, they certainly are doing that, but that’s not the most useful way to think about what’s happening at the moment. Everything will make […]
Kimmel Tearfully pleads for Affordable Care Act in wake of Son’s Heart Defect
Jimmy Kimmel | (ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live) | (Video Clip) | – – “Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel. At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family. Jimmy opens up about his son’s birth […]
Hamas in new charter accepts 1967 borders for Palestinian state
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement announced its new charter Monday evening, presenting an acceptance of a Palestinian state along the 1967 “Green Line” border, while rejecting any legitimacy of “the Zionist entity,” in reference to the state of Israel. “Hamas rejects any alternative to the full and complete […]
Priebus: Trump Could Amend Constitution to Abolish 1st Amendment
TeleSur | – – A constitutional amendment to stem negative coverage of any administration would require a supermajority in both houses of Congress. U.S. President Donald Trumps’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, announced Sunday that the administration is reviewing the country’s libel laws in a bid to prosecute journalists. Priebus told ABC News’ This Week […]
Coultergate and the Truth About Campus Speech
David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – The cancellation of human outrage machine Ann Coulter’s speech at the University of California-Berkeley has generated yet another round of pearl-clutching and hand-wringing about safe spaces and campus free speech. Also: it has generated lawsuits. And once again, we’re having the wrong argument. The Coulter imbroglio, like […]
Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | – – Among the 22 countries belonging to the Arab League, 17 are ranked as “bad” or “very bad” in the annual World Press Freedom Index published today by Reporters Without Borders. The eight classified as “bad” are Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar and the […]
Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)
Hassan Minhaj | (White House Correspondents Dinner) | (Video Clip) | – – “Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took full advantage of Donald Trump’s absence by taking aim at the president and his administration during his monologue at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.” Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj White House Correspondents’ Dinner full monologue
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