By Pieter Smit and Anne-Ruth Wertheim | – Translated by Kevin Cook | – ( BNNVARA.NL ) – After Secretary-General Mark Rutte said in his […]
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Palestinian Poet whom Israel Imprisoned for her Resistance Verse finally Released from Jail
Tatour was released after serving a fraction of her five month sentences for ‘inciting violence’ and ‘supporting terrorism.’
Methane is a Monster Global Heating Gas: Trump just ordered EPA to Kill Limits on its Emissions
The White House wants to clear the way for frackers to release more methane, which poisons communities and torches the climate.
Pakistan Invites Saudi Arabia to Invest in China Economic Corridor
Islamabad (AFP) – Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan, its information minister said […]
A Wall Across the Sahara Desert? Trump’s Advice to Spain
Trump is believed to have made the comment on building a wall when Borrell accompanied King Felipe and Queen Letizia to the White House in […]
Trump: The Final Victory of the Big Lie?
(Tomdispatch.com) – It’s easy — and not wrong — to think that truth is in dire danger in the era of Donald Trump. His own […]
Annual State Dept. Report on decline of Terrorism forgets to Thank Iran and Hizbullah
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The annual State Department report on terrorism says that terrorist attacks were down by 23% world wide in 2017. The […]
Dear Kavanaugh Defenders: Time Doesn’t Erase Youthful Crimes, Especially for People of Color
By Eileen M. Ahlin | (The Conversation) | – The accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, made by California professor Christine […]
Who was High Israeli Official in Manafort Ukraine Corruption Case?
I wrote in my column on Sunday, “Manafort’s Plea Deal is a Constitutional Crisis, we Just don’t Know it Yet:” Manafort has to give to […]
Quality of Life dropping in Military-Ruled Egypt, Inequality Rising: UN Report
The UN Development Programme has ranked Egypt 115th of 189 countries in its annual Human Development Index (HDI), four places below its ranking last year. […]