DW | — “We are joined by Martin Cames who heads the Energy and Climate Division at the Institute for Applied Ecology in Berlin. He talks about the new synthesis report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It says climate change is set to inflict “severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts” on people […]
Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Denounces Synagogue Killings
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday condemned an attack on a synagogue in Jerusalem that killed four Israelis earlier in the day. Abbas’ office said in a statement that the presidency always denounced the killing of civilians by any party. “Consequently, today the presidency denounces the killing of worshipers at a place of […]
Why Israel Opposes a Final Nuclear Deal with Iran and What to Do About It
By Robert E. Hunter WASHINGTON, Nov 18 2014 (IPS) – Nov. 24 is the deadline for six world powers and Iran to reach a final deal over its nuclear programme. If there is no deal, then the talks are likely to be extended, not abandoned. But as I learned from more than three decades’ work […]
Our new Climate-Change Denialist Congress and Looming Planetary Disaster
By Michael T. Klare (Tomdispatch.com) Pop the champagne corks in Washington! It’s party time for Big Energy. In the wake of the midterm elections, Republican energy hawks are ascendant, having taken the Senate and House by storm. They are preparing to put pressure on a president already presiding over a largely drill-baby-drill administration to take […]
American Public’s Rewards for voting GOP control of Congress (Political Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | — via Jamiol’s World
Pope Francis’s Visit to Turkey Embroiled in Partisan Controversies
By Ali Murat Yel The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis will visit Turkey on 3-day official visit from November 28 to 30. However, the publication of Turkey’s official invitation letter in Milli Gazete, a Turkish daily, has caused an enormous stir in the country. As a result, Pope Francis’s visit has stirred controversy among […]
Secular Palestinians in Iraq made Refugees again by Daesh/ ISIL Threats
Fearing IS, Palestinian families leave Mosul for Iraqi Kurdistan | — RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — About 120 Palestinian families have emigrated from Mosul in northern Iraq to Iraqi Kurdistan fearing IS threats, according to the consulate of Palestine in Erbil. In a statement, released Saturday, the consul of Palestine in Erbil Nathmi Hazouri said Palestinian families […]
Child Homelessness rising in US — Red States wonder why they’re the Worst
ABC 15, AZ | — “Arizona ranks as one of the worst states for homeless children.” ABC 15 Arizona: “Increase in homeless children in the US”
Should Iran and the US accept a Good, but not perfect Nuclear Deal?
By Hamid Zangeneh | — We have a few days left to the final deadline (Nov. 24 target date) for this round of negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany (P5+1 countries). There are some contradictory messages from both sides, some of which are unsettling. It seems […]
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