Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — British security giant G4S announced Wednesday plans to sell its Israeli businesses in the next 12 to 24 months citing commercial reasons, according to the official website of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement. The world’s largest private security company has been a major target for […]
America’s Groundhog Day in Afghanistan and Iraq: The Headlines just Recycle
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – With General John Campbell’s tour of duty in Afghanistan finished, a new commander has taken over. Admittedly, things did not go well during Campbell’s year and a half heading up the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) there, but that’s par for the course. In late 2015, while […]
Why Isn’t this News? US-Saudi War Helping al-Qaida Flourish in Yemen
By Bill Hess | (Informed Comment) | – – The just-announced negotiations between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia may or may not lead to a subsiding of hostilities in Yemen, though early signs are that fierce fighting continues. The United States has been helping a Saudi Arabia-led coalition drop bombs on Yemen for nearly a […]
Does Fracking give you Cancer?
By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | – – Alarming and world-shaking new findings have emerged about the dangers of waste water from hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). Researchers have assessed the potential health impact on human cells of back water from fracked oil and gas wells in upstate New York. The result? Human test tissues develop […]
Biden: Israel cannot stop violence solely through physical force
Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday said Israel could not stop violent acts carried out by Palestinians solely through physical force, the Associated Press reported. Biden landed in Tel Aviv Tuesday as multiple attacks were carried out by Palestinian individuals in Israel and occupied […]
A Majority of those going Hungry in the World are Women
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Women, responsible for more than half of global food production, comprise of 70 percent of the world’s hungry, said Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. In a new report released here, Elver found enduring gender gaps in […]
Does Bernie’s Michigan Win make it a whole new Ball Game?
Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola & Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks Video) | – – “Just before Michigan was called for Bernie Sanders TYT discusses what will happen if the Sanders campaign pulls out a win. Do you think Bernie’s win will change the race? Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola and Ana […]
Oil Glut Blues and the last hurrah of the Fossil Fuel Bubble
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Three and a half years ago, the International Energy Agency (IEA) triggered headlines around the world by predicting that the United States would overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s leading oil producer by 2020 and, together with Canada, would become a net exporter of oil […]
Young American Muslim Protesting Trump Racism ejected from Rally in Style
TeleSur | – – The U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent was dressed in sunglasses and a long South Asian coat. An Asian American was escorted from a Donald Trump rally in Warren, Michigan after repeatedly shouting that, “Not all Mexicans are rapists, not all Muslims are terrorists.” Saqib Javed, a resident of Warren, dressed for […]
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