Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such […]
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Does billionaire-funded lawsuit against Gawker create playbook for punishing press?
By Clay Calvert | (The Conversation) | – – Word last week that Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel bankrolled wrestler Hulk Hogan’s invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against […]
Not the Onion: Trump: ‘No California Drought & I will Solve it’
TeleSur | – – The presumptive GOP nominee told supporters in Fresno, California on Friday that he does not believe the state is currently facing […]
In Fight against ISIL, does US have to Choose between Turkey & YPG Kurds?
By James Miller | ( RFE/ RL ) The fight against extremists from the Islamic State (IS) militant group is heating up on two fronts. […]
Modern Mongols: Sunni Arabs outraged at Iran role in Iraqi Gov’t Fallujah Campaign
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – BBC Monitoring surveyed the Arabic press on 27 May for the issue of the Iranian role […]
ISIL Advance Traps 165,000 Syrians at Closed Turkish Border
By Gerry Simpson | ( Human Rights Watch ) | – – There are two walls on the Turkey-Syria border. One is manned by Turkish […]
Solar Surges: Renewable Energy Jobs Topped 8 Million in 2015
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – In the U.S. alone, solar grew nearly 22% since the previous year On […]
After Obama in Hiroshima: Israel’s Gigantic Nuclear Elephant
TeleSur | – – The criminalization of truth when it comes to Israel’s nuclear capabilities means that its arsenal has been converted into a gigantic […]
Kurdish lawmakers Depart Baghdad: “Straighten up or We Won’t Be Back”
By Histyar Qader | Erbil | (Niqash.org) | – – After protestors invaded Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi Kurdish politicians fled home. Despite the fact that […]
Obama in Hiroshima, Memorial Day and the Iran Deal
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – President Obama in Hiroshima gave an anti-war speech. He said, ” But among those nations like […]
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