By Marion Candau | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Paola Tamma | – – With the COP23 climate conference ongoing in Bonn, Oxfam published a troubling report on people displaced by climate change. EURACTIV France reports. Since 2008, about 26 million people have been displaced each year due to natural disasters. The figure for 2016 was […]
Archives for November 2017
Nasrullah: Saudi has declared war on Lebanon
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Al Jazeera Arabic reports that Hassan Nasrullah, the secretary-general of Hizbullah accused Saudi Arabia of declaring war on Lebanon and on his party. He repeated his charge that Riyadh has abducted Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri and has forced him to announce his resignation in a […]
Brazil: Huge Solar Plant to help get to 45% Renewables by 2030
AFP News Agency | (Video News Clip) | – – “Brazil has lagged far behind in the shift to solar power, but the biggest facility on the continent now being built in the south-east aims to give the country its place in the sun.” AFP: “Huge solar plant aims for brighter Brazil energy production”
Breitbart Goes to Bat for Roy Moore Amid Sex Scandal w/ Teenage Girl
Far Right cares more about power than morality
Can we turn military spending into a budget for the people?
The People’s Budget would add 2.4 million jobs and increase GDP by 2 percent
Top 5 reasons Roy Moore could still Win, despite Sex Scandals
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for senate in Alabama, was rocked by scandal this week, as a woman accused him of initiating sexual contact with her when she was only 14. Moore was twice removed as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to […]
Saudi Arabia pulls Citizens from Lebanon as Beirut charges Hariri Jailed
Middle East Monitor | – – 1. Saudi bans Citizens from traveling to Lebanon: Saudi Arabia has advised its citizens against traveling to Lebanon and asked those in the country to leave as soon as possible, the Kingdom’s official news agency (SPA) quoted an official source in the Foreign Ministry as saying. “Due to the […]
Will Asia emerge as world Leader, propelled by Green Energy Policies?
By John Feffer | (Foreign Policy in Focus) | – – China and South Korea could be game changers on climate — and create a more peaceful region in the process. There’s been precious little good news from Asia these days. Washington and Pyongyang continue to trade threats of war. Right-wing nationalist Shinzo Abe won […]
Iraq & End of Women’s Rights: Girls Marriage age of 9?
Mustafa Habib | (Baghdad) | (Niqash.org) | – – Proposed changes to Iraq’s personal status law caused protests because they drop the legal age of marriage to 9. Even worse, the changes come at the same time as an ongoing erosion in women’s status in Iraqi society. On October 30, Iraq’s parliament made a decision […]
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