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filter:- + BirdLife International: Tracking down threats— Albatrosses are iconic voyagers, well-known for their ability to glide on ocean winds with barely a flap of their wings.
- + BirdLife International: 7 best things about Birdfair— It’s that time of year again! Birdfair — a.k.a Glastonbury for birders, the pride of Rutland Water, the biggest birding blowout in the UK — is ...
- + LA Times Environment: A report shows Trump's water plan would hurt California salmon. The government hid it—A 1,223-page document, obtained by The Times, details how endangered California salmon could be imperiled by Trump administration changes to state wat...
- + LA Times Environment: Suppressed federal report shows how Trump water plan would endanger California salmon —A 1,223-page document, obtained by The Times, details how endangered California salmon could be imperiled by Trump administration changes to state wat...
- + LA Times Environment: Earthquake early-warning sensors being expanded to high-risk areas in California and Nevada—Earthquake early-warning systems will be installed or strengthened in Lake Tahoe, Death Valley and Mammoth.
- + LA Times Environment: Greenland's glaciers are melting. It's as if Earth's refrigerator door were left open—Summer is hitting Greenland with record heat and extreme melt. By season's end, about 440 billion tons of ice will have melted or calved off its ice s...
- + LA Times Environment: Alaska records its warmest month ever; future records likely—Baked Alaska: The high temperature in July in Anchorage hits 90 for the first time ever, vast stretches of sea ice melt and fire crews can't be spared...
- + LA Times Environment: Path to paradise? Alaskan village hopes to replace fossil fuel with water power—The Native village of Igiugig, population 70, runs on diesel flown in for as much as $7.55 a gallon. An underwater hydro project could change that.
- + LA Times Environment: Column: I took the contents of my blue bin to the recycling center. Here's what I learned—What can be recycled in Los Angeles? Some plastic, all glass, most paper, but not your garden hose.
- + LA Times Environment: In the Santa Barbara Channel, an underwater sound system tries to keep whales and ships apart—The taut rope that was lowering an underwater listening station to the ocean's floor collapsed on the tug boat's deck with a slap, signaling to the cr...
- + LA Times Environment: Microplastic in the atmosphere is making its way to the pristine Arctic—Scientists who sampled seemingly pristine Arctic snow have discovered high levels of microplastics that were likely carried north by the atmosphere.
- + LA Times Environment: Meet the 'rock star' frog breeder vying to save Southern California's rarest amphibian—Ian Recchio runs the 'Frog Shack" at the L.A. Zoo, where biologists are racing against time to breed and reintroduce endangered mountain yellow-legged...
- + LA Times Environment: Trump defended a pesticide linked to developmental disorders. California will ban it—California is the largest user of chlorpyrifos, which is used on citrus and other crops and has been linked to neurological damage in animals and huma...
- + LA Times Environment: 2 quakes in 2 days, no warning from ShakeAlertLA. Now the app is getting reworked—ShakeAlertLA, the early warning app, will now issue alerts for weaker shaking after the Ridgecrest quakes in July didn't register in L.A.
- + LA Times Environment: Turning rotten food and poop into energy: Investors smell an opportunity—U.S. investors are beginning to smell an opportunity in the waste-to-energy market, where livestock dung and food garbage is traded.
- + LA Times Environment: Everything you need to know about toxic algae blooms—Toxic algae blooms can be deadly, and they're becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here's how to protect yourself and your pets.
- + LA Times Environment: As California's recycling industry struggles, companies and consumers are forced to adapt—California's recycling industry has struggled since China banned imports of plastics and other material. Experts say changes are vital to overcome a w...
- + LA Times Environment: Hoping to get a nickel for that can? With California's recycling crisis, good luck—When California's largest operator of recycling centers went out of business last week, the state lost nearly one-fifth of its redemption centers.
- + LA Times Environment: California sues to stop Trump rollback of Obama-era restrictions on coal-burning power plants—California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said Trump's effort to dismantle the Clean Power Plan undercuts efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- + LA Times Environment: California's planet-warming emissions declined in 2017, even as its biggest pollution source keeps rising—California's greenhouse gas emissions declined overall in 2017, remaining below the 2020 target set by the state. But transportation emissions continu...
- + LA Times Environment: Column: Right-wingers again demonize the tiny delta smelt to protect Big Agriculture—The right-wing campaign to demonize the tiny delta smelt so Big Ag can get more water continues, ignorantly
- + LA Times Environment: L.A.'s Green New Deal polarizes voters in a district haunted by environmental disaster—L.A. City Council candidates John Lee and Loraine Lundquist are competing to represent a Valley district affected by a methane leak in Aliso Canyon.
- + Nature: Don’t rush India’s health-care reforms—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02469-9India’s doctors and its government are at loggerheads over much-needed changes...
- + Nature: New minister aims to boost Greek research—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02495-7New minister aims to boost Greek research
- + Nature: Huge US government study to offer genetic counselling—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02509-4A firm hired by the National Institutes of Health will work with participants ...
- + Nature: Tie institutions’ reputations to their anti-bullying record—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02493-9Tie institutions’ reputations to their anti-bullying record
- + Nature: Geologist’s sacking prompts outcry—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02461-3Researchers say that Irina Artemieva’s dismissal from the University of Copenh...
- + Nature: Green banks: a critical boost to clean energy transition—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02494-8Green banks: a critical boost to clean energy transition
- + Nature: How to spot a hardy opportunistic infection—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02487-7Gut-dwelling bacteria produce molecules that could reveal who is prone to a li...
- + Nature: Three tales the river told—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02478-8A glimpse of the past.
- + Nature: Black-hole meal, banana-killer and hottest July ever—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02471-1The week in science: 16–22 August 2019.
- + Nature: Where heart disease is making a comeback —Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02467-xDeath rates from cardiovascular disease were falling in many wealthy nations b...
- + Nature: From the archive—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02453-3How Nature reported early experiments on magnetic data storage in 1969, and an...
- + Nature: EU separation would raise UK emissions—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02483-xChanges in trade between the United Kingdom, the European Union and the rest o...
- + Nature: Trophy heads reveal the Inca Empire’s reign of terror —Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02463-1Skulls found in an ancient settlement in the Andes Mountains were altered for ...
- + Nature: Survival: the first 3.8 billion years—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02475-xLisa Feldman Barrett ponders Joseph LeDoux’s study on how conscious brains evo...
- + Nature: Head of prestigious ancient-DNA lab suspended amid bullying allegations—Nature, Published online: 19 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02490-yAlan Cooper, who leads of the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA, has been stoo...
- + Nature: Meet the crystal growers who sparked a revolution in graphene electronics—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02472-0Two Japanese scientists supply hundreds of laboratories with a prized gem — an...
- + Nature: Four steps to extend drone use in research—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02474-yBetter regulation, flight control, batteries and software would improve the ra...
- + Nature: How to make a stout yet skinny heat shield—Nature, Published online: 20 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02466-yPromising thermal-insulator materials are tens of thousands of times thinner t...
- + Nature: Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database—Nature, Published online: 19 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02479-7Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters — but researchers ...
- + Nature: International AI ethics panel must be independent—Nature, Published online: 21 August 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02491-xFrance and Canada are establishing an international committee to advise on the...
- + Reuters Environment: India's monsoon rains above average for fourth straight week—Monsoon rains in India in the week through Wednesday were above average for a fourth straight week, the weather office said, with floods hitting many ...
- + Reuters Environment: Without evidence, Brazil's Bolsonaro claims NGOs may be burning the Amazon—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said, without presenting evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be burning down the Amazo...
- + Reuters Environment: Brazil's Bolsonaro says NGOs may be setting fires in Amazon rainforest—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting fires in the Amazon rainforest after the government ...
- + Reuters Environment: Fearing tobacco's fate, palm oil industry fights back—On the morning of Feb. 26, executives from a Washington consultancy presented a strategy paper to some of the most powerful officials in the Malaysian...
- + Reuters Environment: Tropical storm Chantal forms over far North Atlantic: NHC—Tropical storm Chantal was forming over the far North Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. [Category: environmentNews]
- + Reuters Environment: Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires—Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have hit a record number this year, with 72,843 fires detected so far by Brazil's space research center INPE...
- + Reuters Environment: China hopes U.S. will come back to the table at Chile climate talks—China hopes to welcome the United States 'back to the negotiating table' to discuss global efforts to limit climate change at a United Nations summit ...
- + Reuters Environment: Trump EPA says 'zero evidence' of biofuel waivers hurting ethanol producers—U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday dismissed the biofuel industry's argument that waivers granted to small oil refineries were destroying...
- + Reuters Environment: Chile to account for costs of climate change in budget—Chile will begin budgeting for the costs of fighting climate change, Finance Minister Felipe Larraín announced on Tuesday, as receding glaciers and dr...
- + Reuters Environment: Elections Canada climate advertising guidelines puts chill on green groups' advocacy—Canadian environmental groups fear losing their tax-free charity status if they run paid climate change advocacy adverts ahead of the October national...
- + Reuters Environment: Canary Islands wildfire prompts 9,000 evacuations; reaches park—An out-of-control wildfire on Gran Canaria in Spain's Canary Islands kept spreading on Monday, increasing to 9,000 the number of people evacuated from...
- + Reuters Environment: Nordic PMs, CEOs sign joint declaration on climate change—Nordic prime ministers and business leaders sought on Tuesday to reinforce the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals...
- + Reuters Environment: Conservationists push at CITES conference to ban trophy hunting—A group of activists is trying to persuade an international conservation conference to ban trophy hunting, which outrages some animal lovers but has l...
- + Reuters Environment: From bin bags to planes: Shell, BA plan EU's first waste-to-jet fuel plant—Aeroplanes could be powered by jet fuel made from household rubbish from 2024 under plans by Shell , British Airways and Velocys to build Europe's fi...
- + Reuters Environment: NOCs confident Tokyo 2020 can overcome heat, water quality issues—Searing heat and water quality issues have dogged Tokyo 2020 organizers in recent weeks but delegates to a Chef de Mission seminar on Tuesday said the...
- + Reuters Environment: Indonesia will implement IMO low-sulfur fuel rule on schedule: ministry—Indonesian-flagged ships will comply with new low-sulfur fuel rules that start next year, the country's Ministry of Transportation said on Tuesday, af...
- + Reuters Environment: Climate change could rain on Saudi Aramco's IPO parade—By Clara Denina , Sinead Cruise, Rania El Gamal and Simon Jessop [Category: environmentNews]
- + Reuters Environment: G7 summit seen ending without communique due to gaps on trade: source—A Group of Seven summit to be held this weekend in France will likely end without a joint communique due to gaps between member nations on trade, a Ja...
- + Reuters Environment: TÜV SÜD pulls out of dam safety checks after Brazil disaster—Germany's TÜV SÜD has pulled out of conducting safety assessments of dams after the collapse of a Brazilian dam it had vetted killed almost 250 people...
- + Reuters Environment: Indonesian planters see drought hitting palm oil output—Leading palm oil players in Indonesia see production growth being hit in the short to medium term, as the world's top grower of the edible oil faces d...
- + Yale Environment 360: Tesla Announces Option to Rent Solar Panels—Tesla announced it is launching a new option for homeowners to rent a rooftop solar system for as low as $50 a month. With no upfront installation cos...
- + Yale Environment 360: In Nepal, Out-Migration Is Helping Fuel a Forest Resurgence—An exodus for jobs abroad has played an important role in the reforestation of Nepal, as rural people leave and workers send money back to their famil...
- + Yale Environment 360: U.S. Fracking Boom Likely Culprit in Rapid Rise of Global Methane Emissions—The boom in U.S. shale gas and oil production may have ignited a significant global spike in methane emissions blamed for accelerating the pace of the...
- + Yale Environment 360: Solar Panels on Farmland Have Huge Electricity-Generating Potential—Putting solar panels on less than 1 percent of the world’s agricultural land could produce enough energy to fulfill global electricity demand, accordi...
- + Yale Environment 360: Seldom Seen: A Poignant Look Back at Glen Canyon Before the Dam—Ken Sleight remembers the stunning beauty of Glen Canyon before it was flooded by a massive dam in the 1960s. Taylor Graham’s film “Seldom Seen Sleigh...
- + Yale Environment 360: Invasive Pests are Significantly Decreasing U.S. Forests’ Ability to Store Carbon—More than 450 non-native insects and diseases have found their way into U.S. forests, and the millions of trees killed by these pests each year contai...
- + Yale Environment 360: With New Perennial Grain, a Step Forward for Eco-Friendly Agriculture—A cereal and beers are now being made with a new variety of perennial grain known as Kernza. Proponents say this marks a significant advance for a new...
- + Yale Environment 360: Trump Administration Announces Weakening of the Endangered Species Act—The Trump administration announced it is rolling back key parts of the Endangered Species Act. The landmark regulation, which became law in 1973, has ...
- + Yale Environment 360: Damaged Seamounts in Hawaii Are Recovering After Years of Protection—A major underwater mountain chain in and around the Hawaiian Islands is slowly making a comeback from the damaging effects of trawling, thanks to deca...
- + Yale Environment 360: In Ecuador, One Man’s Mission to Restore a Piece of the Rainforest—Nearly 40 years ago, Omar Tello bought a deforested plot of land outside his small Ecuadorian city. “7 Hectares Back” – the second-place winner of the...
- + Yale Environment 360: Larger Turbines Help Drive Growth in U.S. Wind Industry—New wind farms in the United States are increasingly installing larger, more efficient wind turbines that can generate twice as much power as older ge...
- + Yale Environment 360: Diesel Vehicles Face a Grim Future in Europe’s Cities—Over the next decade, 24 European cities with a total population of 62 million people will ban diesel vehicles, and 13 of those cities will ban all in...
- + Yale Environment 360: Who Will Pay for the Huge Costs of Holding Back Rising Seas?—U.S. coastal cities face billions of dollars in costs for the extensive infrastructure projects needed to protect against rising seas and worsening st...
- + Yale Environment 360: Climate Change Is Happening Too Fast for Animals to Adapt—The speed of climate disruption is outstripping many animals’ capacity to adapt, according to a study that warns of a growing threat to even common sp...
- + Yale Environment 360: In Drought-Prone India, a Hard-Pressed Village Struggles to Survive—Indian filmmaker Ramesh Holbole focuses his lens on the drought-stricken village of Aagaswadi. His film, “Village in the Sky” – the third-place winner...
- + Yale Environment 360: 164 Activists Were Killed Defending Land and Water Last Year—More than 160 activists were killed last year around the globe defending land and waterways from development — an average of three deaths per week, ac...
- + Yale Environment 360: How a Pokémon-like Card Game Is Changing the Way People Learn About the Environment—A Pokémon-like card game is one of the best ways to teach people about species and ecosystems, more effective than traditional tools like books or sli...
- + Yale Environment 360: How a Mongolian Activist Is Helping Snow Leopards and Herders Coexist—Mongolian activist Bayarjargal Agvaantseren spearheaded the creation of the world’s first reserve for endangered snow leopards. In an e360 interview, ...
- + Yale Environment 360: Trees Share Their Water to Keep Nearby Stumps Alive—Scientists have discovered that trees share water through interconnected root systems with nearby stumps, keeping the almost-dead stumps alive. The fi...
- + Yale Environment 360: Could Renewable Natural Gas Be the Next Big Thing in Green Energy?—For decades, small-scale biogas systems have collected methane from landfills, sewage plants, and farms. Now, in Europe and the U.S., the growth of th...
- + Africa: Lockdown in Somali city of Kismayo ahead of crucial Jubbaland polls—The southern Somali state of Jubbaland has blocked access to the capital city Kismayo and its main airport ahead of Thursday’s vote to elect a preside...
- + Africa: Inside Sudan's 11-member Sovereign Council: All you need to know—Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and the army announced a joint ruling body on Tuesday. The new, 11-member body — called the Sovereign Council — has sin...
- + Africa: Burundi heightens border surveillance with DRC over Ebola concerns—Should we fear an Ebola epidemic in Burundi? The country is not taking chances with the haemorrhagic fever. Burundi authorities have stepped up hea...
- + Africa: Gabonese judge sitting on Bongo's 'medical eligibility' case suspended—A top judge in Gabon who recently admitted a case challenging the eligibility of President Ali Bongo to continue in office has been suspended by the M...
- + Africa: Ex junta leader sworn in as head of Sudan transition council—General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the outgoing head of Sudan’s military council, was sworn in as head of the newly-formed Sovereign Council in front of ...
- + Africa: Nigeria police rearrests 'millionaire kidnapper' freed by soldiers—Police in Nigeria have rearrested a notorious kidnapper who was weeks back forcibly released by soldiers from detention. Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, ...
- + Africa: Rwanda's Kagame rejects FT report on 'cooked poverty figures'—For the second time in a week, Rwandan president Paul Kagame has responded to a recent report by the Financial Times, FT, that poverty figures were ma...
- + Africa: Burkinabe soldiers killed by terrorists, counteroffensive launched—Burkina Faso’s military says extremists have killed at least 10 soldiers in the country’s north. The military said in a statement that several more ...
- + Africa: Ebola hits DRC's militia-held Walikale province, South Kivu cases up—Congolese authorities have confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled province of Walikale, hundreds of kilometres away from wher...
- + Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia spar over Jubbaland polls in Somalia, AMISOM steps in—Kismayo airport in southern Somalia refused to allow an Ethiopian plane to land on Monday, a witness said, amid heightened tensions between the federa...
- + Africa: Robotic tail for humans? [Sci Tech]—Our ancestors had tails several million years ago. And according to paleo-anthropologists, specialists in human evolution, this tail would have disapp...
- + Africa: Cameroon secessionist leaders jailed for life by military court—Ten Cameroonian separatists have been handed life sentences by a military court sitting in the capital, Yaounde. The convicts included the leader of...
- + Africa: Kenyan chef hopes to cook her way to a Guinness Record—Kenyan chef Maliha Islam Mohammed was overjoyed after stirring pots and serving up hundreds of dishes for 75 hours as she plans to set a new Guinness...
- + Africa: Zimbabwe ex-veep declared fugitive over corruption—A former Zimbabwean vice-president has been declared a fugitive by authorities in the country over issues of corruption. The state-run Herald newspa...
- + Africa: Ghana's embattled gold dealership CEO begs govt for support—Following his jail stint in the united Arab Emirates and brief detention back home, CEO of Ghana’s controversial gold dealership firm, Menzgold, has f...
- + Africa: Bashir got millions of dollars from Saudi - Sudan investigator tells court—Sudan’s deposed leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir told investigators he had received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective said in court on Mo...
- + Africa: Top Nigerian Senator attacked by pro-Biafra activists in Germany—A sitting Senator and former deputy Senate president of Nigeria was over the weekend assaulted in Germany by pro-Biafra activists. Ike Ekweremadu of...
- + Africa: How Ethiopia PM 'stole the show' at Sudan transition event—Sudan’s post Omar Al-Bashir transition is taking shape months after the former leader was ousted by the military following a popular uprising that sta...
- + Africa: Two separate motor accidents claim about 20 lives in Uganda—At least 20 people have been killed in two separate motor accidents in Uganda, including an explosion involving a fuel tanker in the country’s west, p...
- + Africa: Ousted Sudan president Bashir in court over corruption—Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir on Monday arrived amid heavy security at the courthouse in the capital Khartoum where he is facing corruption ...
- + CSM: Why corporations redefine progress—The influential Business Roundtable’s new purpose for corporations reflects the global search for less-material definitions of progress. The search it...
- + CSM: One woman’s quest: Use art to bring focus to marriage (video)—The beautiful designs of Nushmia Khan’s nikahnamas – Islamic marriage contracts – help draw attention to each partner’s rights and responsib...
- + CSM: Slavery's 400-year anniversary brings tourist boom to Ghana—Four centuries after the first African slaves reached the U.S., Americans exploring their ancestry are boosting Ghana's sluggish economy.
- + CSM: College admissions: Taking privilege down a notch?—The pressure is on to make college admissions more equitable, with less weight on “legacy,” and more on leg work, like teens’ jobs that pay for food.&...
- + CSM: The best audiobooks of August offer delectable reading —From a true-crime story to tales of truffles, from a soul-food mystery to a pastry chef’s romance, keep yourself entertained with our reviewer’s best ...
- + CSM: For these young socialists, it’s all about local control—Socialism is gaining ground in the U.S., even as Republicans treat it as a slur. Democratic socialists in New York value local control.
- + CSM: Protest and authoritarianism in the internet age—The development of increasingly sophisticated high-tech tools that can quash dissent is raising questions about technology development.
- + CSM: With patience and binoculars, Ugandan women build jobs as birders—In Uganda’s Mabira Forest, women birders are their own guides. One helped our reporter train his gaze on a feathery find.
- + CSM: Suburban voters pressure Republicans on gun control —In the wake of mass shootings, once-steady suburban voters concerned for their children's safety are calling for Republicans to pass stricter gun laws...
- + CSM: Skin condition gone—Each of us can humbly turn to God for inspiration that lifts fear and brings healing.
- + CSM: Sunshine on a shakedown culture—To break its culture of corruption, the former Soviet state has put a light of transparency on private companies and corrupt low-level officials. One ...
- + CSM: In Iowa, Buttigieg seeks Trump voters. He may need more Democrats.—Mayor Pete Buttigieg woos voters in six rural Iowa counties that voted for Barack Obama in 2012, but flipped to Donald Trump in 2016.
- + CSM: In the war on wildfire, California turns to the military—In California, soldiers aid efforts to thwart wildfires – efforts that have seen environmental groups and timber interests find common cause.
- + CSM: ‘Granny flats’: More affordable housing. More parked cars, too.—Montgomery County clash over “granny flats” symbolizes a struggle to build affordable housing in leafy suburbs facing racial and economic change.
- + CSM: Monday Sunrise Briefs: Hong Kong and Portland protests, Venezuela—Here are four news events this weekend: A big, peaceful protest in Hong Kong, secret talks about Venezuela, and an “alt-right” rally in Portland.
- + CSM: Why one of the biggest Hong Kong protests was so peaceful —The large turnout showed that the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests still have broad support despite the ugly scenes at the city's airport last week.
- + CSM: A school bus with hoofs: How one town embraces sustainability—Ungersheim’s environmentally friendly initiatives include ones that promote renewable energy. Local leaders across Europe are taking notes.
- + CSM: Touching down, taking off: ‘Turbulence’ is masterful, compelling—The people in David Szalay’s novel travel great distances, but they tend to glide past each other rather than truly connect.
- + CSM: Shifting views of safety in American society
- + CSM: In eastern Ukraine, a broad desire for peace. But whose peace?—Almost everyone in eastern Ukraine wants a peace plan that will end the fighting, but what that peace will look like can vary dramatically.
- + India ET: ITC to hike chairman and managing director Sanjiv Puri's salary by 45%—Incidentally, Sanjiv Puri’s total compensation also includes performance bonus which will not exceed 300% of basic salary as determined by the board ...
- + India ET: Property transaction in Mysuru: IT officials seize Rs 5.75 crore in cash—The department officials said this was also the highest cash haul from a single premises in Mysuru.
- + India ET: Russia backs India on territorial integrity as NSA visits Moscow—NSA’s talks with his Russian counterpart covered preparations for PM’s visit to Vladivostok for the Eastern Economic Forum in early September.
- + India ET: BJP plans nationwide campaign on Article 370, will reach out to 2,000 prominent personalities—The party has started working on organising a 'Jan Jagran Abhiyan' (public awareness campaign) on the matter and will hold indoor meetings at state an...
- + India ET: SME Candidates 6 times more likely to fail background check than MNC candidates—The study also found that as a result, SMEs are 50% more likely to hire the wrong candidate compared to MNCs.
- + India ET: Maryam Nawaz's remand extended by 14 days in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case—Maryam Nawaz and her cousin Yousuf Abbashad appeared before the accountability court in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, where she is a ...
- + India ET: Defence Minister, IAF chief to visit France to receive first Indian Rafale fighter plane—India has signed a deal with France for the acquisition of 36 Rafale combat jets from France, which will start arriving India from May next year.
- + India ET: Government taking steps to stop river waters flowing into Pakistan—The Indo-Pak relations dived further after the government scrapped the Articles 370 and 35A that gave special rights to Jammu & Kashmir.
- + India ET: ED issues fresh look out circular against P Chidambaram— It also asks them to not allow the Congress leader to cross the Indian border without the permission of the ED.
- + India ET: Pakistan divided over raising Kashmir at International Court of Justice—On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said Pakistan had decided to move the ICJ on Kashmir issue and the Law Ministry would share the ...
- + India ET: Karnataka to come up with new innovation policy—In order to emerge as a global power, India needs to work towards becoming an innovation economy.
- + India ET: Chopper scam: Court refuses to cancel non-bailable warrant against Ratul Puri—Special judge Arvind Kumar dismissed Puri's application seeking cancellation of the NBW saying there was no ground to grant the relief.
- + India ET: View: Court arrest, P Chidambaram, don’t ruin this opportunity and get labelled a fugitive—Chidambaram, the accomplished lawyer, is perfectly right when he says that there is no need to arrest him, for the investigating agencies to interroga...
- + India ET: China slowdown to hit banks in Asian developed markets most: Fitch—Chinese GDP growth will trough at 3.4 per cent in 2020 as compared to a base case of 5.9 per cent before recovering to 4.2 per cent in 2021, said the ...
- + India ET: SC to hear on Friday Chidambaram's plea seeking stay of Delhi HC order—Registrar (Judicial) informed Chidambaram's lawyer that Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has listed the matter for hearing on Friday.
- + India ET: Chidambaram behaves like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi: BJP—Chidambaram's lawyer has challenged the Delhi High Court's order rejecting his request for protection from arrest.
- + India ET: Mobile location to CCTV: CBI, ED hunt for P Chidambaram—The High Court passed the order on Tuesday, prompting Chidambaram, a Rajya Sabha member, to move the Supreme Court which will now hear the matter on F...
- + India ET: AIADMK asks Chidambaram to 'face' INX Media case—"It will be good for him to face the case," AIADMK leader D Jayakumar said.
- + India ET: This 'skeleton lake' in Uttarakhand contains bones of over 1,000-year old mysterious migrants—Situated at over 5000 metres above sea-level, Roopkund Lake has long puzzled researchers due to the presence of skeletal remains from several hundred ...
- + India ET: China says it will sanction US firms over Taiwan warplanes—Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang warned Wednesday that the U.S. should ``immediately back away'' from the arms sale proposal and end its...
- + LA Time National: Newsletter: Today: Trump's familiar gun control retreat—President Trump appeared open to gun sales restrictions following three mass shootings.
- + LA Time National: Column: Jeffrey Epstein's so-called 'charisma' was a fairy tale we tell ourselves about powerful men—Illegitimacy only emboldens the followers of a charismatic leader. It worked for Epstein and it's working for autocrats around the globe.
- + LA Time National: Column: Jeffrey Epstein's so-called 'charisma' was a fairytale we tell ourselves about powerful men—Illegitimacy only emboldens the followers of a charismatic leader. It worked for Epstein and it's working for autocrats around the globe.
- + LA Time National: Op-Ed: Why so many Chinese students can't understand the Hong Kong protests—When I came to the U.S. from China as a student, my thinking had been shaped by Chinese propaganda.
- + LA Time National: Turkey extends censorship rules to streaming services. Critics say political dissent is the real target—Turkey plans to censor Netflix and other media services to block images of drug use, nudity and other material considered immoral. But free speech adv...
- + LA Time National: Wedding attack's death toll rises to 80, Afghan official says—The death toll has risen in a Kabul suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State, as a U.S. envoy prepares to resume talks with the Taliban.
- + LA Time National: Ransomware is everywhere — even in this sleepy Texas town—When a ransomware attack hit Keene, Texas, no one noticed.
- + LA Time National: It's looking like the end game for the revolution in Syria as rebels lose another town—The Syrian government's advance into the town of Khan Sheikhoun, which has been in rebel hands since 2014, constitutes a major blow to the opposition.
- + LA Time National: Review: 'American Factory' manufactures insight into U.S.-Chinese collaboration—Netflix's 'American Factory' documents Chinese ownership.
- + LA Time National: Hijacker shot dead after taking passengers hostage on a bus in Brazil—A man who hijacked a bus and had taken passengers hostage on a bridge in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro was shot dead by a police sniper.
- + LA Time National: Newsletter: Today: When police can — and can't — kill—With the signing of "Stephon Clark's law," California now has tough new standards governing use of force by police.
- + LA Time National: Hong Kong's tough strategy against protests — and how it could backfire—Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities are toughening up tactics against protesters, but a defiant generation has yet to retreat.
- + LA Time National: Trump plans to ship a fleet of F-16s to Taiwan. China isn't happy about it—President Trump has agreed to sell a fleet of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, which his predecessors, wary of China, had declined.
- + LA Time National: Planned Parenthood to stop taking Title X funds rather than comply with abortion 'gag rule'—In response to a Trump administration rule, Planned Parenthood said Monday it will withdraw from the federal Title X program that helps low-income peo...
- + LA Time National: Elizabeth Warren at Native American forum: 'I am sorry for the harm I have caused' —Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered a public apology over her past claim to tribal heritage, tackling a political liability in the 2020 presidential electio...
- + LA Time National: A Mississippi church counts its missing after ICE raids: 'This is a very dark moment'—After the massive immigration raids in Mississippi, Father Roberto Mena has lost nearly half of his parishioners at his churches in the small rural to...
- + LA Time National: Panic in the world's largest refugee settlement: 'I will kill ... my entire family if I am forced to leave'—Myanmar has approved the return of 3,450 Rohingya families, but none believes conditions are safe two years after the mass slaughter of Muslim civilia...
- + LA Time National: Newsletter: Today: What two rallies tell us about the 2020 race—As Sens.
- + LA Time National: A tale of two rallies: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have similar ideas but competing paths to 2020 victory—The Democratic primary offers progressive voters a choice between two heroes of the left, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Mass...
- + LA Time National: Prince Andrew rejects involvement in Epstein sex scandal—Britain's Prince Andrew has rejected renewed suggestions he may have been involved in the alleged sex crimes of his onetime friend Jeffrey Epstein.
- + McClatchly All: California congressman took 2 years to pay wages he owed to Canadian workers—A freshman California congressman under pressure over his complicated business interests paid a four-year-old claim for wages owed to three Canadian w...
- + McClatchly All: With Kander at the helm, KC veterans community now a stop on 2020 presidential trail—As he toured the tiny home village for veterans just off of Troost Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke lef...
- + McClatchly All: As cancer kills another Biloxi Air Force reservist, his unit demands answers—Current and former Air Reserve Technicians at Keesler Air Force Base, in Biloxi, Mississippi, are raising the alarm that chemicals they were exposed t...
- + McClatchly All: Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits offer sordid details, including sex while on work release—While serving a lenient jail sentence in Palm Beach County, wealthy financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to leave jail for “work rel...
- + McClatchly All: Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits offer sordid details, including sexual trysts while on work release—While serving a lenient jaijl sentence in Palm Beach County, wealthy financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was allowed to leave jail for “work re...
- + McClatchly All: Mar-a-Lago intruder pleads to be set free from jail. Judge says she’s still playing games.—The Chinese national who was arrested while allegedly trying to lie her way into the president’s club in March pleaded with a judge to end her time in...
- + McClatchly All: Devin Nunes serves McClatchy with lawsuit four months after announcing complaint—Rep. Devin Nunes on Monday served the McClatchy company with a lawsuit he announced four months ago alleging that news articles it published defamed h...
- + McClatchly All: Drivers are harassing buses of Idaho migrant kids, council says. After El Paso, staff takes precaution—At first, it was just nasty looks and rude gestures. Then angry drivers started to follow the buses full of migrant children, most younger than 5, dow...
- + McClatchly All: The ‘fourth wave’ of the opioid crisis: Feds warn of a rise in meth use—Federal drug enforcement agents are alarmed that the opioid epidemic is fueling a spike in methamphetamine use. Across the country, meth overdose deat...
- + McClatchly All: Campaign Ad: Group that wants election security bill targets Mitch McConnell—Republicans for the Rule of Law released an ad to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take up election security legislation. … Cl...
- + McClatchly All: Campaign Ad: Group that wants election security bill targets Lindsey Graham—Republicans for the Rule of Law is going up in South Carolina with an ad to pressure Sen. Lindsey Graham to convince Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo...
- + McClatchly All: Campaign Ad: Group that wants election security bill targets Marco Rubio—Republicans for the Rule of Law is going up in Florida with an ad to pressure Sen. Marco Rubio to convince Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to t...
- + McClatchly All: Republicans use McConnell allies to try and force his hand on election security—A conservative group is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to put election security legislation up for a vote in the Senate...
- + McClatchly All: Campaign Ad: Group that wants election security bill targets Roy Blunt—Republicans for the Rule of Law is going up in Missouri with an ad to pressure Sen. Roy Blunt to convince Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to ta...
- + McClatchly All: ‘Head in the sand’: Grissom faces fallout from scandal on his watch as U.S. attorney—Kansas Democrat Barry Grissom has built his 2020 Senate campaign on his record as a crime-fighting U.S. attorney from 2010 to 2016. But allegations of...
- + McClatchly All: House Democrats weigh action against U.S. and Israel ambassadors over banned visit—Senior Democratic members of Congress are considering action against top emissaries of the Israeli government and the Trump administration for their r...
- + McClatchly All: Autopsy says Jeffrey Epstein hanging was a suicide. Will that stop conspiracy theories?—The New York City medical examiner’s office has ruled that Jeffrey Epstein’s death was a suicide by hanging. The official statement Friday wasted few ...
- + McClatchly All: Trump’s U.N. ambassador confronts ethics questions over climate change—President Donald Trump’s new ambassador to the United Nations will decide whether to recuse herself from issues involving fossil fuels on a case-by-ca...
- + McClatchly All: A law just for Trump’s presidency? California measure aims to protect state’s environment—California is considering a far-reaching law that would lock current environmental protections into place and would only be in effect until the end of...
- + McClatchly All: ‘We are dropping like flies.’ Ex-fighter pilots push for earlier cancer screenings—Former Air Force and Navy fighter pilots are calling on the military to begin cancer screenings for aviators as young as 30 because of an increase in ...
- + NYT Africa: With Her Latest Novel, Petina Gappah Sees an Obsession Through—The Zimbabwean writer was inspired by Faulkner, Eliot and Toni Morrison for “Out of Darkness, Shining Light,” a fictional account of the journey David...
- + NYT Africa: Benin Awakens to the Threat of Terrorism After Safari Ends in a Nightmare—A safari guide knew every watering hole in Pendjari National Park in Benin. He did not know that terrorists across the border could reach him in his c...
- + NYT Africa: Al-Bashir Is on Trial in Sudan. He’s Not the First Dictator to Land in Court.—Forced from office amid widespread street protests, Omar Hassan al-Bashir joins a list of leaders tried over their actions while in power. [Category: ...
- + NYT Africa: After Safari Ends in a Nightmare, Benin Awakens to the Threat of Terrorism—A safari guide knew every watering hole in Pendjari National Park in Benin. He did not know that terrorists across the border could reach him in his c...
- + NYT Africa: Al-Bashir Trial in Sudan Opens with Claim of $90 Million Payment From Saudis—A senior police officer said that the country’s deposed leader had admitted to receiving the money. [Category: Corruption (Institutional), Politics an...
- + NYT Africa: The Thick Gray Line: Forest Elephants Defend Against Climate Change—If the species is wiped out by poachers, Africa’s vast rain forest will lose 7 percent of its carbon storage ability, scientists estimate. [Category: ...
- + NYT Africa: Saudis Paid $90 Million to Sudan’s Ex-Leader, Officer Says in al-Bashir Trial—A senior police officer said that Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the country’s deposed leader, had admitted to receiving the money. [Category: Corruption (Ins...
- + NYT Africa: Blackface, Staple of Arab Comedy, Faces Surge of Criticism—The racist comedy trope, unacceptable in the West, is alive and well in mainstream Arab media. [Category: Blacks, Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, ...
- + NYT Africa: Sudan Erupts in Celebration After Army and Civilians Agree to Share Power—The deal signals an end to eight months of popular protests, the ouster of a dictator and a bloody military-led crackdown. [Category: Sudan, Politics ...
- + NYT Africa: Ebola Outbreak Spreads to 3rd Province in Eastern Congo—Two new cases were confirmed in South Kivu, according to the Health Ministry. [Category: Ebola Virus, Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa), ...
- + NYT Africa: As Gang Murders Surge, South Africa Sends Army to Cape Town, and the City Cheers—Cape Town has become one of the world’s most dangerous cities, and the government has deployed troops to quell the violence. Many residents welcome th...
- + NYT Africa: In the Ethiopian Mountains, Ancient Humans Were Living the High Life—Humans may have inhabited sites at high elevations far earlier than once believed, a new study suggests. [Category: Archaeology and Anthropology, Pale...
- + NYT Africa: Car Bomb Kills 3 U.N. Staff Members Outside a Benghazi Mall—The attack came even as Libya’s warring sides said they had accepted a cease-fire proposed by the United Nations ahead of a Muslim holiday. [Category:...
- + NYT Africa: Tanzanian Police Say 62 Killed When Siphoned Tanker Explodes—A damaged tanker truck exploded in eastern Tanzania as people were trying to siphon fuel out of it Saturday, killing at least 62 in one of the worst i...
- + NYT Africa: More Than 60 Killed in Fuel Tank Explosion in Tanzania—At least 62 people were killed and 70 others injured on Saturday when a crashed tanker exploded while a crowd was trying to siphon off fuel. [Category...
- + NYT Africa: Wild Pups Romp Again in an African Paradise—Wild dogs have returned to the famed Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. The first puppy litters were not far behind. [Category: Dogs, Endangered a...
- + NYT Africa: A Coup Offered Hope to Zimbabwe. Has Its New President Delivered?—In a rare interview, President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa defended his political and economic record. [Category: Zimbabwe, Harare (Zimbabwe), Mnangagwa, Em...
- + NYT Africa: Lawmaker Kicked Out of Kenyan Parliament for Taking Baby to Work—Zuleikha Hassan said she took her 5-month-old to the National Assembly because an emergency had left her without child care. She was escorted from the...
- + NYT Africa: Mozambique Peace Accord Is Signed, Paving Way for Elections—The agreements follows years of negotiations to bring an end to sporadic violence that has persisted since a bloody civil war ended in 1992. [Category...
- + NYT Africa: Mozambique Signs Peace Accord With Rebel Leader—The country’s president, Filipe Nyusi, and Ossufo Momade, leader of the Renamo rebel group, pledged to hold peaceful elections on Oct. 15. [Category: ...
- + Radio France: Liberia: Sirleaf’s son back in jail, slapped with new charges—Charles E. Sirleaf, the son of former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been rearrested and jailed Wednesday at the Monrovia Central Priso...
- + Radio France: George Pell to stay a Cardinal despite child sex offences—The Vatican’s former financial chief, 78-year-old Australian Cardinal George Pell, will remain in prison for at least another three years after the Vi...
- + Radio France: French musician carried off by a bear in Canada—French composer Julien Gauthier was killed by a bear while recording sounds on a canoeing trip in remote northwestern Canada last week, sources said T...
- + Radio France: Gabrillagues set to miss World Cup following six-week ban—France forward Paul Gabrillagues is set to miss next month's Rugby World Cup in Japan after he was handed a six-week suspension for foul play. [Author...
- + Radio France: Anti-capitalist campaigners host 'G7 Alternative' summit in France—Anti-capitalist campaigners are gathering for discussions and workshops in the southwestern coastal French city of Hendaye amid high security ahead of...
- + Radio France: Migrants on ‘Open Arms’ humanitarian ship arrive on Lampedusa—More than 80 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea came ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa late Tuesday following a stand-off between the ...
- + Radio France: 24 soldiers killed in militant attack in Burkina Faso; others wounded, missing—Suspected Islamist militant gunmen killed 24 soldiers in an army unit attack in Koutougou, in Burkina Faso’s northern Soum province on Monday, accordi...
- + Radio France: Cameroon: 10 Anglophone separatist Ambazonia leaders get life in prison—Ten Cameroonian Anglophone separatist leaders were handed life sentences on Tuesday, stemming from guilty charges of terrorism and rebellion, said the...
- + Radio France: French animal rights groups denounce rabbit breeding in cages—A new video released by the L214 French animal rights group has shown rabbits being bred in inhumane conditions, piled one on top of another in metal ...
- + Radio France: Chad state of emergency over ethnic violence comes into effect—The Chadian government has imposed a 21-day state of emergency in three regions of the country after deadly clashes between semi-nomadic herders and f...
- + Radio France: Italy PM Conte announces resignation, denounces Salvini as 'reckless'—Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced that he will tender his resignation to the president. In a parting blow, he lashed out at Interior...
- + Radio France: France's Gafa tax is 'discriminatory', tech giants tell US hearing—Google, Amazon and Facebook have denounced France’s Gafa tax, which targets the American tech giant, as retroactive and discriminatory. [Author: RFI] ...
- + Radio France: France's Gafa tax is 'discriminatory', tech giants tell US hearing—Google, Amazon and Facebook have denounced France’s Gafa tax, which targets the American tech giant, as retroactive and discriminatory. [Author: RFI] ...
- + Radio France: Torrential rains continue to ravage India—Monsoon rains have hammered several states in northern India with over 30 people killed in floods and landslides in recent days. More than 350 have be...
- + Radio France: France, Panama to launch bilateral body to fight tax evasion—France and Panama have signed a bilateral agreement in Panama City to create a group designed to curb tax fraud, announced Gérald Darmanin, French min...
- + Radio France: France tells tourists to stop eroding nature by stone-stacking—Towns across France are urging visitors eager to snap the perfect Instagram-friendly holiday photos to refrain from harming the environment by stackin...
- + Radio France: Focus on Africa: Zimbabwe bans Bulawayo protests—Zimbabwe police have shut down the second city of Bulawayo to prevent protests over worsening economic conditions. But the main opposition Movement fo...
- + Radio France: Pogba penalty miss denies United top spot—Manchester United were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw away at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night after Paul Pogba's crucial penalty was saved. [...
- + Radio France: 'Russia doesn't want Yellow Vest protests,' Putin tells Macron—Days before France hosts the G7 summit, from which Russia will be absent, President Emmanuel Macron has locked horns with Vladimir Putin – who told hi...
- + Radio France: Brexit: Johnson pushes EU to ditch 'anti‑democratic' backstop—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated his calls for the Irish border backstop plan to be removed from any future Brexit deal with the Euro...
- + Reuters Breaking: World stocks lead risk rally amid stimulus, recession talk—A global equities gauge rose on Wednesday for a third day in four as bets on more economic stimulus overcame, for now, worries over the rising prospec...
- + Reuters Breaking: Hong Kong protesters clash with police, angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack—Thousands of jeering Hong Kong residents held a raucous anti-government protest on Wednesday at a suburban subway station that was attacked by a mob l...
- + Reuters Breaking: Iran says top waterways won't be as safe if its oil exports cut to zero—If Iran's oil exports are cut to zero, international waterways will not have the same security as before, its president said on Wednesday, cautioning ...
- + Reuters Breaking: U.S. imposes sanctions on three Chinese accused of fentanyl trafficking—The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Chinese men accused of illegally trafficking fentanyl, acting three weeks after President Do...
- + Reuters Breaking: Budge on Brexit, British PM Johnson to tell Merkel in Berlin—Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain wi...
- + Reuters Breaking: Stena Impero owner met Iran's Zarif to urge release of UK-flagged ship—The owner of a British-flagged tanker detained in Iran has met the country's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, to make the case for the ship and...
- + Reuters Breaking: Trump sparks backlash by accusing Jews who vote for Democrats of 'great disloyalty'—Democratic presidential candidates and U.S. Jewish groups condemned President Donald Trump's remarks accusing American Jews who vote for Democrats of ...
- + Reuters Breaking: Parkland massacre survivors post sweeping U.S. gun-control plan ahead of 2020 election—Survivors of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre on Wednesday released a sweeping gun-control plan that would ban assault-style rifles and tak...
- + Reuters Breaking: Hong Kong protesters angry at lack of prosecutions after subway mob attack—Thousands of Hong Kong protesters held an anti-government sit-in on Wednesday at a subway station that was attacked by a mob last month, angry that no...
- + Reuters Breaking: Target shares surge on same-day delivery boost—Target Corp raised its profit outlook for the year on Wednesday as its investments in same-day delivery and pick-up services increased traffic to its ...
- + Reuters Breaking: U.S. home sales jump, boosted by lower mortgage rates—U.S. home sales rose more than expected in July, boosted by lower mortgage rates and a strong labor market, signs the Federal Reserve's shift toward l...
- + Reuters Breaking: Without evidence, Brazil's Bolsonaro claims NGOs may be burning the Amazon—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said, without presenting evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be burning down the Amazo...
- + Reuters Breaking: Shock in Denmark after Trump, spurned over Greenland, cancels visit—Danes voiced shock and disbelief on Wednesday at U.S. President Donald Trump's cancellation of a visit to Denmark after his idea to buy Greenland was ...
- + Reuters Breaking: Factbox: Greenland for sale? Why Trump's bid fell through—President Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to buy Greenland from Denmark has met with surprise and a sharp rebuff from Copenhagen, with P...
- + Reuters Breaking: The comic, the captain and the lawyer - who's who in Italy's political crisis—Italy is struggling to form its 67th government since World War Two. The fate of its latest political crisis will be determined by five politicians an...
- + Reuters Breaking: Exclusive: Philips, under investigation in U.S. and Brazil, fired whistleblower who warned of graft—Healthcare giant Philips was warned of suspicious sales of its medical equipment to the Brazilian government, and failed to halt them, nearly a decade...
- + Reuters Breaking: Trump offers help as UK's Johnson asks Merkel to budge on Brexit—Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to tell German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday that unless she agrees to change the Brexit deal, Britain wil...
- + Reuters Breaking: France now sees 'no deal' as baseline Brexit scenario: Elysee source—France believes 'no-deal' is now the most likely Brexit scenario after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded the European Union reopen the div...
- + Reuters Breaking: China detains employee of Britain's Hong Kong mission, UK urged to act—A Chinese national working at Britain's Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China's border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese fo...
- + Reuters Breaking: G7 or G5? Trump and Johnson add unpredictability to French summit—Brexit Britain's overtures to U.S. President Donald Trump risk further complicating the search for common ground this weekend at a Group of Seven summ...
- + Spiegel Germany News: Radio Silence: German-U.S. Ties Are Breaking Down—Never since the founding of postwar Germany have relations between Berlin and the United States been as fragile as they are today. There is virtual ra...
- + Spiegel Germany News: Lessons of Hong Kong: The West's Guiding Light Has Dimmed—In Hong Kong, protesters are courageously fighting for democracy, rule of law and human rights -- values that the West used to promote. But not anymor...
- + Spiegel Germany News: Hostile Takeover: Fears Mount of Chinese Intervention in Hong Kong—Beijing is mobilizing troops at the border and the protest movement is hoping to attract thousands of demonstrators following the occupation of the ai...
- + Spiegel Germany News: Microfinance in Cambodia: When Microloans Do More Harm Than Good—Millions of Cambodians rely on microloans to survive, even though the practice drives many of them further into poverty. Some of the money given out t...
- + Spiegel Germany News: A Hidden Legacy: Time for a New Look at Nazi Art—Thousands of artworks from the Nazi period lie hidden away in storage depots, far from the public eye. The U.S. also holds a number of paintings, draw...
- + Spiegel Germany News: White Terror: Donald Trump and the Ideology of Racist Hate—The massacre in El Paso is the consequence of growing racist extremism in the United States. As president, Donald Trump's task should be that of uniti...
- + Telegraph Spain: Schoolchildren break world record for playing piano simultaneously — [Category: structure:news, topics:places/cambridge, topics:things/children, storytype:standard]
- + Telegraph Spain: Boys deny harassing women on bus, asking them to kiss and pelting them with coins— [Category: structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, topics:things/lgbt, topics:things/crime, structure:news] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: RAF's new drone to battle terrorists: killing machine which can be entirely operated from UK— [Category: topics:things/drones-consumer, topics:organisations/royal-air-force, structure:news/defence, structure:news/uk-news, topics:organisations/...
- + Telegraph Spain: Record 84 per cent yearly increase in Amazon fires blamed on deforestation in Brazil— [Category: storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, topics:places/latin-america, topics:places/brazil, structure:news] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Telegraph Audio Briefings: Sign up to our WhatsApp group for essential twice-daily updates— [Category: structure:news, topics:in-the-news, topics:organisations/whatsapp, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Two killed in first gun battle sine Kashmir lockdown began— [Category: storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, structure:news, topics:places/india, topics:places/pakistan] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: US warns Greece not to give safe harbour to Iranian tanker— [Category: topics:places/iran, storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, structure:news, topics:places/greece, topics:places/middle-east] [Link ...
- + Telegraph Spain: Police officer suffers severe facial injuries while trying to detain suspect in Bristol— [Category: structure:news, topics:organisations/police, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Train firms admit overcharging fare dodgers as they announce plans to refund passengers— [Category: topics:organisations/great-western-railway, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, structure:news, topics:organisations/chiltern-rail...
- + Telegraph Spain: Abortion clinic buffer zones ruled legal by Court of Appeal as it says protesters can be forced 100m away— [Category: structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, topics:organisations/court-of-appeal, structure:news, topics:things/abortion] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Body of six-year-old Lucas Dobson recovered from river after four-day search— [Category: structure:news, topics:organisations/kent-police, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Body found in hunt for six-year-old who slipped into river confirmed as Lucas Dobson— [Category: structure:news, topics:organisations/kent-police, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: China confirms it has detained employee of British consulate— [Category: topics:places/hong-kong, storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, structure:news, topics:places/china] [Link to media]
- + Telegraph Spain: Donald Trump calls Jews who vote Democrat 'disloyal'— [Category: topics:people/donald-trump, storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, structure:news, topics:places/usa, topics:organisations/democra...
- + Telegraph Spain: Children are growing up in shipping containers due to lack of council housing, report finds— [Category: topics:things/children, topics:people/charles-dickens, structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, topics:in-the-news/housing-crisis, stru...
- + Telegraph Spain: Woman in video of Prince Andrew at Jeffrey Epstein's house is daughter of ex-Australian prime minister— [Category: storytype:standard, structure:news/world-news, structure:news, topics:people/prince-andrew, topics:places/usa, topics:people/jeffrey-epste...
- + Telegraph Spain: Great Scottish Run becomes first major race to create third category for non-binary competitors— [Category: structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, topics:places/scotland, structure:news, topics:things/Transgender, topics:organisations/uk-ath...
- + Telegraph Spain: 'Real hair-raising stuff': BBC receives complaints over Gary Lineker's bald joke— [Category: topics:people/gary-linekar, structure:news/uk-news, topics:things/hair-loss, storytype:standard, topics:organisations/bbc, topics:things/j...
- + Telegraph Spain: Tasers to be issued to every frontline officer in force's response to 'sickening trend' of attacks on police— [Category: structure:news/uk-news, storytype:standard, topics:things/pc, topics:things/taser, structure:news, topics:things/law-and-order] [Link to m...
- + Telegraph Spain: Middle-class teens twice as likely to drink as those from less affluent families— [Category: topics:things/children, topics:things/legal-highs, topics:things/cannabis, topics:organisations/nhs, storytype:standard, structure:news, t...
- + UPI Top Stories: China reveals new counterterrorism unit in Xinjiang— China has formed a new counterterrorist special ops unit in Xinjiang, where Beijing has cracked down on suspected dissidents, placing them in "reeduc...
- + UPI Top Stories: Trump to lift limits on detention for migrant families— The Trump administration said Wednesday it will advance new rules that would allow border agents to detain migrant families with children for longer ...
- + UPI Top Stories: Trump proposes longer-term detention for migrant families— The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday that would allow migrant families with children to be held in detention centers for longer peri...
- + UPI Top Stories: March for Our Lives proposes sweeping gun control laws— The March for Our Lives group proposed new gun control laws Wednesday that would raise the age to purchase guns from 18 to 21 while requiring longer ...
- + UPI Top Stories: Australia to send ship, aircraft to Strait of Hormuz— Australia announced Wednesday that it will add military assets to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
- + UPI Top Stories: South Korea Jeju Massacre victims awarded $4M in damages— South Korean survivors of killings that took place during an anti-communist crackdown in 1948 are to receive more than $4 million in compensation.
- + UPI Top Stories: Greece pledges no help for Iranian tanker after U.S. warning— Greece said Wednesday it won't allow a controversial Iranian oil tanker to pass through territorial waters on its way to Syria, following a stern war...
- + UPI Top Stories: U.S. North Korea envoy dismisses Russia posting rumors— The United States' special envoy for North Korea said Wednesday he will not be serving as the top U.S. diplomat to Russia.
- + UPI Top Stories: Ireland High Court nixes planned strike by Ryanair pilots— The High Court of Ireland moved Wednesday to block a planned strike by Ryanair pilots, granting an injunction to halt the work stoppage less than a d...
- + UPI Top Stories: 3 women file new civil suits against Epstein estate— Three women have filed three new lawsuits against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, detailing more incidents of sex trafficking -- for which he was jail...
- + UPI Top Stories: Australia appellate court upholds sex conviction for former Cardinal George Pell— An Australian court rejected an appeal Wednesday for Catholic Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking member of the church to be convicted of a sex...
- + UPI Top Stories: President Donald Trump cancels Denmark visit because it won't sell Greenland— President Donald Trump has postponed a trip to Denmark to meet with its prime minister, apparently because the Danish government won't sell Greenland...
- + UPI Top Stories: Derogatory student loan debt is growing at 'stunning' pace, Fed report says— The total amount of household debt in the United States has grown for the 20th consecutive quarter and student loans have become the most prevalent t...
- + UPI Top Stories: China confirms detention of British consulate employee— China has detained a British consulate employee who has been missing for almost two weeks, the country's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
- + UPI Top Stories: At least 3 wounded in shooting at Clark Atlanta University— Atlanta police said officers were investigating a shooting at Clark Atlanta University that left at least three people injured.
- + UPI Top Stories: Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan hold talks amid high tensions over trade, history— The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan held bilateral talks in Beijing on Wednesday as Seoul is considering whether to renew a military informati...
- + UPI Top Stories: Operation Triple Beam removes 355 violent criminals from Missouri streets— Missouri and federal law enforcement agents arrested hundreds of repeat offenders during a U.S. Marshals' operation aimed at removing violent crimina...
- + UPI Top Stories: Obscure pink seaweed may help reduce global carbon emissions— Marine scientists around the world are seeking a way to mass produce an obscure tropical pink seaweed that can stop cows from burping so much methane...
- + UPI Top Stories: Scientists try to mass produce seaweed that reduces methane in cow burps— Marine scientists around the world are seeking a way to mass produce an obscure tropical pink seaweed that can stop cows from burping so much methane...
- + UPI Top Stories: On This Day, Aug. 21: Hawaii becomes 50th state— On Aug. 21, 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States.
- + Zero Hedge: No Time To Die—Submitted by Michael Every of Rabobank I expect we will be seeing a lot of mentions of “No time to die” today. First, it’s the title of the 25th film ...
- + Zero Hedge: France Rattles EU Sabre: 'No-Deal' Brexit Now Central Scenario, Demands UK Pay Up—Here we go again. In what sounds like a repeat of the soundbites from early this year, the French government has once again declared that the UK leav...
- + Zero Hedge: US Drone Downed By Surface-To-Air Missile Over Yemen—Putting to rest any remaining doubt of America's continued deep military involvement in the Yemen war, a US military drone was shot down outside the Y...
- + Zero Hedge: WeWTF?!—Scott Galloway, the best-selling author, well-known tech-industry pundit, and professor of marketing at New York University's Stern School of Business...
- + Zero Hedge: WTI Slides After Crude Inventories Drawdown Less Than Hoped—Oil prices held on to gains overnight after a surprisingly large crude draw reported by API (though crude is down about 18% from its late April highs ...
- + Zero Hedge: Epstein Used Network Of Shell Companies And Associates For Sex-Trafficking Ring, Lawsuits Claim—Jeffrey Epstein used his tangled web of shell companies as a "brazen and powerful organization" to operate a sex-trafficking ring, according to three ...
- + Zero Hedge: Existing Home Sales Rise Year-Over-Year, Break 16-Month Losing-Streak—Existing home sales were expected to rebound 2.5% in July after sliding 1.7% in June (while new- and pending-home sales bounced), and hit the number s...
- + Zero Hedge: "This Is The Worse I've Seen It" - Recession Imminent As RV Industry Crashes—To elaborate more on our July report titled "Trade War Chaos: Trump's Tariffs Crash American RV Industry," it seems the RV industry continues to flash...
- + Zero Hedge: Why Markets Think That The Italian Government Crisis Is Not A Big Deal—Submitted by Christopher Dembik of Saxobank Market reaction to Italy’s Prime Minister resignation has rather been quiet. Yesterday, Italy-Germany gov...
- + Zero Hedge: Here Is The "Short Gamma" Reason Behind Today's Market Meltup —Two weeks ago, when we observed the flush in markets as a result of technical selling following the breach of key CTA levels which in turn precipitate...
- + Zero Hedge: Solomon: If Trump Declassifies These 10 Documents, Democrats Are Doomed—As the Russiagate circus attempts to quietly disappear over the horizon, with Democrats preferring to shift the anti-Trump narrative back to "racist",...
- + Zero Hedge: "China Is Making Arrangements On Scenario Of No Deal", Global Times Editor Warns—One day after China warned the US that it won't make trade concessions if the US "plays the Hong Kong card", the famous twitter troll Hu Xijin, editor...
- + Zero Hedge: White House Preps GOP Elite For "Mild Recession" Before Election Day—President Trump's polls show that the issue that voters most trust him on is the economy. But on Wednesday, Politico reported that Trump and his team ...
- + Zero Hedge: The Dog Whistle Heard Around The World—Authored by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott via RealInvestmentAdvice.,com, On August 15, 2019 the Washington Post led with a story entitled Markets s...
- + Zero Hedge: Futures Rebound Amid New Burst Of Trader Optimism Ahead Of FOMC Minutes —Yesterday's market selloff is a distant memory this morning, with US equity futures sharply higher tracking European stocks which rose as much as 1%, ...
- + Zero Hedge: Germany Sells World's First 30-Year Negative Yielding Bond... And It's A Failure —Last night, when we previewed Germany's sale this morning of what would be the world's first ultra-long (30 Year) auction with a negative yield, we sa...
- + Zero Hedge: "A Generation Without A Future": Millennials Struggle To Survive In Modern Hong Kong—As we pointed out yesterday, migration from Hong Kong to Taiwan has surged this year - but not solely because the streets of Hong Kong have been clogg...
- + Zero Hedge: Beijing Confirms Detention Of UK Consulate Worker —China confirmed that it has detained an employee of the UK consulate in Hong Kong, according to BBC and Bloomberg. Nearly two weeks after Simon Cheng...
- + Zero Hedge: Russia-Europe Relations Should Not Be Up In The Air—Authored by Brian Cloughley via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The toxic tide of anti-Russian propaganda and misinformation continues to surge, an...
- + Zero Hedge: Epstein's Former Cellmate Begs Judge For Transfer To Another Jail—Jeffrey Epstein's former cellmate has asked a New York judge to move him to a new prison after he says prison guards have been threatening him in the ...
- + Aljazeera: Open Arms rescue ship faces $1m fine from Spain—The Open Arms saga has not ended with the Italian prosecutor's order to bring the scores of rescued people ashore.
- + Aljazeera: New ruling body ushers in Sudan's complex shift to civilian rule—Top general sworn in as leader of a military-civilian body that will rule Sudan during a three-year transition period.
- + Aljazeera: Trump cancels visit to Denmark after PM rejects sale of Greenland—US president was scheduled to hold talks with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
- + Aljazeera: Redefining 'terrorism' in America—What will it take to call violence inspired by white supremacy 'terrorism'?
- + Aljazeera: India accused of indiscriminately shelling in Pakistan's Kashmir—Pakistan and India trade blame for ceasefire violations, but civilians are suffering most.
- + Aljazeera: Calls for crackdown on illegal eel smuggling from Europe—Legal eel farmers in Europe are pushing for a clampdown on gangs smuggling the fish to Asia in massive quantities
- + Aljazeera: Thousands sign up for Brexit beach party in Netherlands—Organiser says the event will be like 'saying goodbye to a good friend who you hope will return sometime'.
- + Aljazeera: The political impotence of the Muslim American community—Today prominent Muslim American figures and organisations stifle the spirit of political resistance in our community.
- + Aljazeera: India floods: Monsoon rains destroy homes and farms—One MP says more preventive measures are needed to help save lives and property.
- + Aljazeera: General al-Burhan sworn in as head of Sudan's new ruling body—General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been sworn in as chairman of Sudan's new Sovereign Council, state media says.
- + Aljazeera: UK to rip up EU 'freedom of movement' rules—Confusion reigns after officials announce end to migration on day one of Brexit.
- + Aljazeera: Pakistan asks UN to remove Priyanka Chopra as goodwill ambassador—Pakistan calls on UNICEF to remove the Indian actress as goodwill ambassador, accusing her of supporting a nuclear war.
- + Aljazeera: India revokes Kashmir's special status: All the latest updates—Two people, including a police officer, killed in a gun battle between armed rebels and soldiers in Baramulla district.
- + Aljazeera: China confirms detention of UK's Hong Kong consulate employee—Consulate worker Simon Cheng to be held for 15 days by Shenzhen police, says the Chinese foreign ministry.
- + Aljazeera: Indonesia deploys troops to West Papua as protests spread—At least 300 troops arrive in Manokwari as protests spread with reports of a prison break and airport attack in Sorong.
- + Aljazeera: Deadline extended for unregistered Syrians to leave Istanbul—Turkish official says Syrians in Istanbul have until October 30 to return to cities where they were first registered.
- + Aljazeera: 'Kashmir women are the biggest victims of this inhumane siege'—Sense of fear deepens as Indian politicians stoke misogyny with talk of freedom to marry 'white-skinned' Kashmiri women.
- + Aljazeera: US and Venezuela confirm 'secret' talks—Venezuela's Maduro says the countries have been talking 'for months', but it is not known which officials are involved.
- + Aljazeera: Death toll in Afghanistan wedding blast rises to 80—Officials say more than 160 being treated in hospital, 30 of them in critical condition, after Saturday's blast.
- + Aljazeera: Amazon burning: Brazil reports record surge in forest fires—Brazilian Amazon beset by raging fires, prompting fresh scrutiny of President Bolsonaro's environmental stewardship.
- + BBC: Trump's Denmark snub over Greenland sale 'annoys' PM—The Danish PM says she is "annoyed and surprised" after the US president cancels his state visit.
- + BBC: Fidel Castro's crocodile bites man at Swedish aquarium—The man, in his 70s, had been delivering a speech when he was bitten by the animal.
- + BBC: EU migration to UK 'underestimated' by ONS—The Office for National Statistics says it may have also overstated migration from non-EU countries.
- + BBC: Donald Trump and Greenland: Why would he want to buy it?—The US president has cancelled a trip to Denmark because they won't sell him the massive island.
- + BBC: German eight-year-old takes 140km/h joyride on motorway—"I just wanted to drive a little," the child told police after stopping in a motorway lay-by.
- + BBC: Ryanair wins court bid to block Irish strike—A Dublin Court has stopped Irish pilots walking out, as a hearing on a UK-wide strike continues.
- + BBC: Baby dolphin death causes dismay in Bulgaria—The recent death of a baby dolphin has prompted renewed calls for the closure of the Varna dolphinarium.
- + BBC: Brexit will force Scot from German mayor's post—Iain Macnab will lose his job as Burgermeister of a German town as he will no longer be a EU citizen.
- + BBC: Booba attack: Gang targets French rapper video team—Shots were fired and three people were hurt as a video was being filmed, but Booba had already left.
- + BBC: Iran tanker row: Greece closes out ship after US warnings—A Greek minister says the country is "not willing to facilitate the course of this ship to Syria".
- + BBC: Trump cancels Denmark visit amid spat over sale of Greenland—The US president abruptly cancels his visit after the Danish PM says he cannot purchase Greenland.
- + BBC: Brexit: PM to meet Angela Merkel with call to scrap backstop—It comes after the PM said the plan to avoid a hard border in Northern Ireland was "anti-democratic".
- + BBC: Human bone found at Orkney Neolithic site—The find is intriguing because it seems to have been deliberately placed, perhaps as an offering, beneath foundations.
- + BBC: Dukes, aristocrats and tycoons: Who owns Scotland?—It's estimated that fewer than 500 people own half of Scotland's privately-owned rural land.
- + BBC: UK automatically enrols firms for no deal—Business groups urged the government to act after many firms failed to get a customs number.
- + BBC: G7 summit: Inside the climate activist training camp—Campaign groups in France are teaching people how to protest effectively, ahead of the G7 summit.
- + BBC: Russian couple filmed at protest may lose children—Dmitry and Olga Prokazov also face a criminal case after footage featuring their baby was posted online.
- + BBC: Open Arms migrant ship: Italy orders vessel's seizure—An Italian prosecutor orders the immediate evacuation of the refugees on board, Italian media report.
- + BBC: Italy government crisis: PM Conte quits amid coalition row—Giuseppe Conte's resignation came after he accused his coalition partner of being "irresponsible".
- + BBC: Brexit: What are EU countries doing to prepare for no deal?—How are other countries preparing for a possible no deal?
- + CBC Politics: Country music star George Canyon to run for Tories in Nova Scotia— George Canyon has announced he's running as a Conservative candidate in the riding of Central Nova in the upcoming federal election. [...
- + CBC Politics: Opposition parties to push for ethics commissioner to testify on SNC-Lavalin scandal— With just weeks to go before an election call, opposition MPs plan to put Liberals on the spot with a motion to bring Canada's ethics ...
- + CBC Politics: What 35,000 political ads on Facebook reveal about Canada's election-year message battle— We are still two months from the federal election, but industry groups, partisan advocates and unions have been busy spending big mone...
- + CBC Politics: A campaign loss on climate change would turn the issue into a political 'loser': Trudeau— Climate change will be seen as an "electoral loser" by future governments if Canadians vote for a party that doesn't take real action ...
- + CBC Politics: CBSA officer caught leaking police information to family members: internal docs— A Canada Border Services Agency agent breached federal privacy law when she took a photo of confidential police information and emaile...
- + CBC Politics: Meng Wanzhou claims 'covert criminal investigation' by Canadian, U.S. authorities— Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou claim she was the target of a "covert criminal investigation" designed by Canadian and U.S. authorities to il...
- + CBC Politics: Environmental groups can still talk climate change during election, says Canada's chief electoral officer— Canada's chief electoral officer issued a public statement today assuring environmental organizations that they're free to promote act...
- + CBC Politics: CBC's Rosemary Barton to be among federal debate moderators — The location and moderators have been named for the upcoming federal election debates in October. [Author: CBC News] [Category: News/P...
- + CBC Politics: 2 multimillion-dollar loans to Irving company forgiven by ACOA — The federal government has written off the balance of two multimillion dollar loans given to Irving-owned Atlantic Wallboard in Saint ...
- + CBC Politics: 'Jihadi Jack,' stripped of U.K. citizenship, now hopes to come to Canada— Jack Letts, who was dubbed Jihadi Jack after being accused of travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS, and is now a prisoner there, said...
- + CBC Politics: Andrew Scheer promises to make EI maternity, parental benefits tax-free— Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says that, if his party forms the next federal government, he'll make Employment Insurance (EI) bene...
- + CBC Politics: Pierre Nantel's split from the NDP shows how far the party has fallen in Quebec— What are Quebec MP Pierre Nantel's chances of re-election now that he has switched teams to run for the Greens? [Author: Éric Grenier]...
- + CBC Politics: Canadian military investigating whether Winnipeg member involved in hate group— The Canadian Armed Forces is investigating whether one of its own Winnipeg members may be involved with racist extremist activities, i...
- + CBC Politics: U.S. secretary of state to meet with Trudeau, Freeland ahead of G7 summit— U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Canada later this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs M...
- + CBC Politics: Bell scales back rural internet plans after CRTC decision on rates— Bell Canada says it will cut about 200,000 rural households from a broadband internet build-out to offset the impact of a regulatory c...
- + CBC Politics: Federal Court approves Indian day schools class-action settlement— The Federal Court of Canada has approved the settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the government to compensate thousands of Fi...
- + CBC Politics: May confirms ex-New Democrat Pierre Nantel is running as a Green candidate— It's official: former NDP MP Pierre Nantel is switching teams and running for the Greens in the federal election. [Author: CBC News] [...
- + CBC Politics: Conservatives offer media outlets cheaper access to Andrew Scheer's campaign tour— The Conservative Party is offering media organizations the opportunity to cover party leader Andrew Scheer’s campaign this fall at a d...
- + CBC Politics: Canada to grant passport waiver to Venezuelans caught in border limbo— Immigration and Citizenship Canada has reached an agreement that will allow Venezuelans caught up in their country's administrative me...
- + CBC Politics: Chinese Embassy tells Canada to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs— China's embassy in Ottawa told Canada on Sunday to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs a day after the country issued a joint statement...
- + consortiumnews.com: Talk of Moving UK’s Embassy in Israel—As things stand, the EU prohibition on relocating embassies to Jerusalem will fall on Nov. 1, writes Craig Murray. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk ...
- + consortiumnews.com: As Afghan Carnage Continues, US Presidential Candidates Face Key Question—Marjorie Cohn says Democratic contenders should commit to immediate troop withdrawal and to cooperate with international investigations of U.S. war c...
- + consortiumnews.com: The Pseudo Debate Over Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide—Death, sex, power, intrigue, murder, suicide — these are the staples of the 19th century penny press, mass media and the CIA, writes Edward Curtin. By...
- + consortiumnews.com: US Backs Xenophobia & Mob Violence in Hong Kong—The ferociously anti-Chinese network behind the demonstrations has been cultivated with the help of U.S. funding and a Washington-linked local media t...
- + consortiumnews.com: Hong Kong in Crosshairs of Global Power Struggle—The U.S. and other Western powers are working to preserve a capitalist dystopia and manufacture consensus for long-term conflict with China, write Kev...
- + consortiumnews.com: Trump’s Persian-Gulf Car Crash—Trump has taken an insane U.S. policy towards Iran and make it even crazier, writes Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News Traffic...
- + consortiumnews.com: PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hong Kong’s Inevitable Showdown—This reckoning with Beijing’s authority was baked into the cake 22 years ago when the Union Jack came down over Government House. By Patrick Law...
- + consortiumnews.com: FULL VIDEO: CN LIVE!: Webb on Epstein and the Guardian, the NYT and WikiLeaks: Episode 6—Episode 6 of CN Live! Whitney Webb’s powerful interview on Epstein and Mark Davis on The Guardian, the NYT, WikiLeaks and the publication of the...
- + consortiumnews.com: WATCH CN LIVE!: Webb on Epstein and the Guardian, the NYT and WikiLeaks: Episode 6—Episode 6 of CN Live! Whitney Webb’s powerful interview on Epstein and Mark Davis on The Guardian, the NYT, WikiLeaks and the publication of the...
- + consortiumnews.com: WATCH CN LIVE!: Webb on Epstein and the Guardian, the NYT and WikiLeaks: Episode 6 at 2pm EDT—Watch Episode 6 of CN Live! today at 2pm EDT. Whitney Webb’s powerful interview on Epstein and Mark Davis on The Guardian, the NYT, WikiLeaks an...
- + consortiumnews.com: History Runs in Zig-Zags: Crisis in Kashmir, Hope in Argentina—As one door bangs shut in Kashmir, another opens in Argentina, writes Vijay Prashad. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research A...
- + consortiumnews.com: Blaming Each Other for Backing Terrorism—The two sides of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s Qatar rift are far from reconciling as both accuse the other of supporting terrorism, reports Gi...
- + consortiumnews.com: THE ANGRY ARAB: Armies & Politics in the Middle East—As`ad AbuKhalil reviews Middle East rulers’ reasons for distrusting their own militaries. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News A close ass...
- + consortiumnews.com: Mass Shootings in the White Noise of Anywhere USA—Phil Rockstroh muses on how the impulse to possess an unlimited number of firearms fits into the late-imperium scheme of things. By Phil Rockstroh S...
- + consortiumnews.com: JOHN KIRIAKOU: How a Suicide Watch Really Works—If Jeffrey Epstein’s death turns out to have been self-inflicted, it would represent a complete breakdown in the system that was supposed to protect h...
- + consortiumnews.com: Epstein’s Death & the Investigation of Powerful Networks—Craig Murray delves into allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and another suspicious death that the case recalls. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk ...
- + consortiumnews.com: The Epstein Case: Everyone’s a Conspiracy Theorist—The only problem with the term is the meaningless use of it as a pejorative, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Pluto...
- + consortiumnews.com: US Agriculture Needs 21st-Century New Deal—Three scholars look at what can be done for U.S. farms, where bankruptcies were already at a 10-year high before the floods this past spring. Jeff Jo...
- + consortiumnews.com: The 9% Lie: Industrial Food & Climate Change—Ronnie Cummins challenges the widely used official estimate of greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. agriculture. By Ronnie Cummins Independent Science N...
- + consortiumnews.com: RAY McGOVERN: Rich’s Ghost Haunts the Courts—It is verboten to utter his name, but a lawsuit and possible declassification of NSA documents could get to the bottom of the Seth Rich controversy, s...
- + Electronic Intifada: Video: Dabke on wheelchairs in Gaza —Palestinians with disabilities found a way to perform their traditional dance. [Category: video, dabke, disability]
- + Electronic Intifada: Labour's poor excuses for revoking Asa Winstanley's press pass—Party must stop using membership suspension in an attempt to silence journalists.
- + Electronic Intifada: Palestinians boycott German nightclub that recruits for Israeli army—Hollywood actor refuses to audition for Israel-American TV series. [Category: Conne Island, Leipzig, Golden Pudel, Hamburg, ://about blank, Berlin, PA...
- + Electronic Intifada: Israel pushing Palestinians to leave Gaza—Senior official says government is seeking host countries to absorb emigrants. [Category: ethnic cleansing, Gaza siege, Moshe Feiglin]
- + Electronic Intifada: Labour Party revokes Electronic Intifada press pass—Move amounts to an undemocratic limitation on media freedom. [Category: Labour Party, Labour witch hunt, Community Security Trust, Asa Winstanley, Ell...
- + Electronic Intifada: Ilhan Omar lays out Israel's crimes—“The occupation is real. Barring members of Congress from seeing it does not make it go away.”
- + Electronic Intifada: Democrats watch their words as Israel bars congresswomen—Focus on ban on Omar and Tlaib misses bigger picture of subjugation of Palestinians. [Category: Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Democratic Party, denial of...
- + Electronic Intifada: Palestinian boy killed during stabbing attack in Jerusalem—Six Palestinians have been slain by Israeli forces this week. [Category: Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Mosque]
- + Electronic Intifada: Israel lobby's "commando force" taken out—The Israel Project’s fatal funding crisis was worsened by an undercover Al Jazeera expose. [Category: The Israel Project, Eric Gallagher, Josh B...
- + Electronic Intifada: Palestinians denounce India's Israeli-style tactics in Kashmir—“The Israeli weapons that India uses to oppress Kashmiris have been ‘field-tested’ on Palestinian bodies.” [Category: India, India-Israel relations, K...
- + Electronic Intifada: Why Israeli propaganda reminds me of hostage videos—Occupation authorities exploit Palestinian laborers to promote false image of coexistence. [Category: COGAT, propaganda, hasbara, economy, World Bank]
- + Electronic Intifada: Religiously inspired colonial nationalism feeds Israel’s wars—“Thirst for strength” is one driver of Israeli ethnonationalist expansionism. [Category: Uri Ben-Eliezer, ethnonationalism, settler-colonialism, Patri...
- + Electronic Intifada: Chris Williamson sues over "unlawful" Labour suspension—Massive grassroots support for socialist lawmaker. [Category: Chris Williamson, Labour witch hunt, Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, UK High Court, Greg Ha...
- + Electronic Intifada: Whitney resignation doesn't halt weapons trade, says artist—Arms from companies owned by Warren Kanders have almost certainly been used in attacks against Palestinians. [Category: Whitney Museum of American Art...
- + Electronic Intifada: UN religious freedom monitor working with Israel lobby—UN using biased anti-Semitism definition that targets supporters of Palestinian rights. [Category: Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rapporteur on freedom of ...
- + Electronic Intifada: Israel uses Eid to push forward al-Aqsa takeover —Dozens injured with tear gas and stun grenades in al-Aqsa mosque compound. [Category: Al-Aqsa Mosque, Tisha B’Av, Islamic Waqf, Temple Mount, Yitzhak ...
- + Electronic Intifada: Anti-Semitism definition behind secret ban on aid to Palestinian children—Council snitched to police about The Big Ride to Palestine. [Category: The Big Ride for Palestine, IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, International Hol...
- + Electronic Intifada: Republican lawmaker seeks to muzzle students critical of Israel —Misleadingly-named Anti-Semitism Awareness Act introduced in US House of Representatives just before summer recess. [Category: Doug Collins, Internati...
- + Electronic Intifada: Podcast Ep 8: University must unban Palestine group rules court—And we talk to the author of a new thriller on Palestinian resistance to Israel. [Category: Fordham University, Podcast, anti-BDS laws, Radhika Sainat...
- + Electronic Intifada: When Israel destroyed a family's dreams—Several members of a close-knit family left Gaza after their home was razed. [Category: Beit Lahiya, Gaza siege, Immigration]
- + Euractiv: Half of UK digital exports go to the EU, government data reveals—Almost half of the UK's digital exports go to the European Union, recently published UK government figures have revealed, amid growing concerns in the...
- + Euractiv: Vessel with 356 people still stranded, after Open Arms disembarkation—Italy’s justice ordered Spanish rescue vessel Open Arms disembarkation in Lampedusa on Tuesday (21 August)but 356 people are still trapped at sea in S...
- + Euractiv: Prague mayor comes under international spotlight—Zdeněk Hřib is the first mayor of Prague to come from the Pirate Party. In his post for only ten months, Hřib has already drawn the attention of inter...
- + Euractiv: Mayor of the Czech capital comes under international spotlight—Zdeněk Hřib is the first mayor of Prague to come from the Pirate Party. In his post for only ten months, Hřib has already drawn the attention of inter...
- + Euractiv: Tech giants under pressure in the US—About twenty US states are worried about the monopolistic tendencies of tech giants, and are close to launching a joint antitrust investigation next m...
- + Euractiv: Washington needles Germany with threat of US troops relocation to Poland—Washington has talked for some time of relocating US troops from Germany because of its annoyance with Berlin's military spending shortfalls. But Pres...
- + Euractiv: Trump cancels Denmark visit after PM refuses to sell Greenland to US—US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (20 August) called off a visit to Denmark scheduled for early September after the country’s prime minister rebuff...
- + Euractiv: Italy’s Conte blasts Salvini before handing in resignation—Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Tuesday evening (20 August), despite an eleventh-hour attempt by the far-right Lega party to defuse the cris...
- + Euractiv: Trump unsettles G7 with support for Russia return—President Donald Trump on Tuesday (20 August) gave a foretaste of his convention-wrecking diplomacy at next weekend's G7 by calling for Russia - expel...
- + Euractiv: As the sun sets on oil, the sun will rise on solar power—When shares in Saudi Aramco eventually go public, there will doubtless be a feeding frenzy on what promises to be the largest initial public offering ...
- + Euractiv: Rescued migrants disembark as Italy justice probes Salvini—Eighty-three migrants rescued at sea by the Open Arms disembarked early Wednesday (20 August) from the charity rescue vessel in Italy's Lampedusa isla...
- + Euractiv: Johnson, Merkel to face off in first Brexit talks—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Berlin on Wednesday (21 August) to kick off a marathon of tense talks with key European and international ...
- + Euractiv: UK yields voting rights to Finland, officials to skip meetings—The UK government announced on Tuesday (20 August) that its officials will stop attending most EU meetings as of 1 September in order to focus efforts...
- + Euractiv: Commissioners assemble: The names in the game—National governments across the EU have named their candidates for the next European Commission, which will be headed by Germany’s Ursula von de...
- + Euractiv: EU’s Tusk rejects Johnson’s plea to scrap Irish backstop—European Council President Donald Tusk has rejected Boris Johnson’s pleas to scrap the Irish backstop and instead offered veiled criticism of the UK p...
- + Euractiv: France continues to flourish on EU arms sales market—An increasing number of EU member states is buying weapons 'made in France'. After its exports were high in 2018, France is even expected to top those...
- + Euractiv: Lightning strike to blame for massive UK power loss—A huge electricity blackout that left more than one million Brits in the dark earlier this month was caused by a lightning strike, according to prelim...
- + Euractiv: Investigation of Slovak journalist murder uncovers other serious crimes—A year and a half since the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, prosecutors said that the investigation has uncovere...
- + Euractiv: Gulf crisis is testing a new generation of European leaders—A new generation of EU leaders is grappling with the shipping crisis in the Arabian Gulf in a way that could determine the future military posture of ...
- + Euractiv: Italy’s government crisis comes to the boil—Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will clear the air on the political crisis gripping his coalition as he is expected to announce his resignation today (2...
- + Havana: Cuban discus throwers make again the one-two in a Diamond League leg—Cuban discus throwers Yaime Perez and Denia Caballero finished first and second, in that order, at the eleventh stop of the 2019 IAAF Diamond League, ...
- + Havana: Cuban pole vaulter Silva ranked third in Diamond League eleventh leg—Cuban Yarisley Silva, London 2012 Olympic runner-up, won the bronze medal in the women´s pole vault event of the eleventh stop of the 2019 IAAF Diamon...
- + Havana: Cuban Rosillo crowned in World Junior Wrestling Championship—Cuban Gabriel Rosillo (97 kg) won the gold medal in the Greco-Roman style of the 2019 World Junior Wrestling Championship, which concluded last Sunday...
- + Havana: Cuba to participate in Pan American Women's Baseball Championship—Cuba will participate from August 18 to 25 in the 1st Pan American Women's Baseball Championship, to take place in the Mexican city of Aguascalientes....
- + Havana: Cuba reaches three million visitors—Cuba reached the three million international visitors on August 15, sixth days later than in 2018, informed the Ministry of Tourism [Author: yml@ain.c...
- + Havana: New video games developed in Cuba—Two new video games, Coco Pak and Laberinto HD, aimed at people over the age of seven, are now available at the Ludox portal, according to Juventud Re...
- + Havana: Lightning kills five Cubans at a beach—A lightning bolt killed five people, two adults and three minors around 3:30 p.m. this Thursday at La Puntilla beach, in Santa Cruz del Norte, in the ...
- + Havana: Plant to generate energy with rice husks in Pinar del Río is up and running—Cuban specialists, with advice from India, set up a plant that will allow the use of rice husks to generate energy. [Author: yml@ain.cu (Yoandry)] [Ca...
- + Havana: Acosta Danza announces tour of Spain—The Spanish cities Perelada, Santander and Almansa will host this month the performances of the Cuban company Acosta Danza, directed by the first danc...
- + Havana: Sahara dust cause cyclonic calm in the Caribbean—The marked cyclonic tranquility prevailing in the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean is due to the considerable presence of dust clouds from the Saha...
- + Havana: Cuba: More than eight thousand teachers will return to the classrooms—More than eight thousand teachers will return to the classrooms after the government's decision to increase salaries in the sector, informed Ena Elsa ...
- + Havana: Cuban Chancellor condemns US aggression over sovereign states—Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuba´s Foreign Affairs Minister, said today that the international community has the challenge of facing the aggressive and ...
- + irin: Briefing: Hundreds of landmine deaths and injuries each year despite ban—It has been more than five years since most of the world committed to be mine-free by 2025. Many countries won’t meet that deadline.
- + irin: Landmines fuel migrant exodus in Myanmar’s north—Armed clashes leave behind dangerous explosives, pushing young people to flee their villages – and creating new threats for displaced families returni...
- + irin: For Istanbul’s Syrians, a time of hoping and hiding—Today’s deadline for Syrians without proper papers to leave Istanbul has pushed families into hiding and emptied a once-vibrant neighbourhood.
- + irin: Burundi’s humanitarian crisis: An inconvenient truth for the ruling party—Aid workers and analysts say the ruling party is trying to whitewash its image ahead of next year’s elections, but half the country has malaria and ne...
- + irin: Celebrating women in aid: 10 stories for World Humanitarian Day—Read more about the contributions of female humanitarians and gender bias within the aid sector.
- + irin: When risk is part of the job—For World Humanitarian Day, a reflection on risk and resilience among aid workers.
- + irin: Stranded Syrians, democracy in Africa, and women humanitarians: The Cheat Sheet—A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- + irin: Roundup: The civilian toll of decades of unrest in Jammu and Kashmir—Kashmir has been mired in conflict for more than 70 years, but a new move by India may aggravate tensions and change the religious make-up in the Musl...
- + irin: EU-Rwanda plan: Another short-sighted answer to Libya migration crisis—Rwanda’s offer to receive 500 migrants and refugees from Libya is a short-term fix with a political price.
- + irin: EXCLUSIVE: UN probe finds Sudan staff member solicited bribes from refugees—The finding follows a TNH report in May 2018 detailing allegations of widespread corruption and exploitation of refugees involving UNHCR staff in Khar...
- + irin: Saving lives and making money: Can humanitarian impact bonds marry the two?—A public-private financing concept promises a win-win alliance between donors and social investors to fund transformative aid projects. But it’s compl...
- + irin: UN evacuation mission to up pressure on Syrians to leave Rukban—For thousands of Syrians languishing for years in the deteriorating desert camp, return to areas controlled by President Bashar al-Assad is still wors...
- + irin: In Kenya, a stagnating fight against malaria calls for new strategies—Kenya was winning its war against malaria, but drug resistance is now undermining hard-won successes and in danger of overturning them.
- + Le Monde: Man with a mission or deranged drifter—Will the killer of Hendrik Verwoerd, prime minister of South Africa, finally be recognised as a politically motivated assassin rather than a man who, ...
- + libcom: Former child detention center staff speaks out: “This is Legalized Kidnapping”—Heartland alliance.jpg Recently, It’s Going Down was approached about publishing a ...
- + libcom: “They Say in Harlan County… ”: A Look At the Miners’ Blockade Stopping Coal in its Tracks—harlan-county.jpg An interview from the Earth First! Journal about the ongoing coal b...
- + libcom: Zealots and ditherers—demo1.jpg The UK government seems hell-bent on crashing out of the European Union wit...
- + libcom: The Speech of Russian Anarchist Alexei Polikhovich in Moscow—header.jpg For Which He Is Currently Imprisoned read more [C...
- + Mondoweiss: Trump saying he is ‘king of Israel’ is not that far off the mark —The leader of the freefalling world, Donald Trump, took to Twitter today to quote someone who claimed Trump is considered in Israel to be a king and t...
- + Mondoweiss: It is not Netanyahu or Trump who blocks Palestinians from Israel — it is Zionism— Writing in 2000 about the American media’s reporting on the Second Intifada, the late Edward Said spoke of “ America’s last taboo, ” lamenting the...
- + Mondoweiss: In run-up to Canada’s elections, Palestinian activists launch ‘#IVotePalestine’— The federal election in Canada is coming up on October 21, 2019 and once again there is a debate, both within the Palestinian community and the solid...
- + Mondoweiss: If you are Palestinian, it’s just as difficult to leave Palestine as it is to enter it—Last week, US congress members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were barred from entering Israel. Though Israel cited its 2017 law which prohibits entry o...
- + Mondoweiss: ’50-year-old Palestinians… have never lived in freedom their whole lives,’ Rivera says on Fox, defending Tlaib—Israel’s denial of entry to Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar has continued to raise consciousness in the United States. Yesterday Fox News inv...
- + Mondoweiss: When the going was good, with Batya Ungar-Sargon—Batya Ungar-Sargon of the Forward is attacking our website on twitter, implying we’re anti-Semitic. Not long ago she tweeted that I don’t ...
- + Mondoweiss: Lebanon’s labor minister vows to continue crackdown despite wave of protests— A crackdown in Lebanon against unlicensed workers that set off a wave of protests in Palestinian refugee camps over the summer intensified this month...
- + Mondoweiss: Israeli military chief praises ‘lethal army’ as tensions rise amid a tightening Gaza siege—Here is yet another example of why you have to read the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, or Al-Jazeera, instead of the U.S. mainstream press, to learn what’...
- + Mondoweiss: Palestinians show solidarity with Kashmir at protest outside Indian Embassy in Washington DC—India recently revoked Article 370 of their constitution, a provision which gave the Jammu and Kashmir region special status as a self-governing terri...
- + Mondoweiss: ‘The occupation is real’: Tlaib, Omar slam Israel for decision to bar delegation, hint at cutting military aid—US Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib doubled down on their criticisms of the Israeli government for denying them entry to the country, with O...
- + Mondoweiss: Building our power for a free Palestine—This is a transformative moment for Palestine activism in the United States. For decades those of us pushing for freedom, equality, and justice for Pa...
- + Mondoweiss: Political upheaval over Tlaib and Omar shows the power of BDS—We are in the middle of a political upheaval on Israel/Palestine in the United States, and Americans who are concerned with Palestinian human rights l...
- + Mondoweiss: Palestinian killed in occupied West Bank after allegedly ramming settlers with car—West Bank / Jerusalem Update: ‘Army kills one Palestinian near Bethlehem’ IMEMC 16 Aug — The Palestinian Health Ministry and the Dis...
- + Mondoweiss: Netanyahu’s attempts to quash BDS support by banning Tlaib and Omar has backfired—The Israeli government’s decision on Thursday to deny entry to US Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar over their support for the Boycott, Dives...
- + Mondoweiss: PBS ‘News Hour’ allows Congressman to vilify BDS campaign as aimed at Jewish genocide, just like Hitler—The PBS News Hour led off its broadcast last night with coverage of the Israeli ban on U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar entering Palestine. But...
- + NYT Human Rights: European Companies Get Rich in China’s ‘Open Air Prison’—Volkswagen, Siemens and more are making money in Xinjiang, where minorities are being herded into detention camps. [Author: By Benjamin Haas]
- + NYT Human Rights: A Brief History of Slavery That You Didn't Learn in School—A child's shackles, a West African legacy, a black sergeant in the Union Army — these are stories you need to hear. [Author: By Mary Elliott and Jazmi...
- + NYT Human Rights: Évelyn Hernández, joven salvadoreña acusada de homicidio por la muerte de su bebé, fue absuelta—Defensores de derechos humanos dijeron que era una victoria para las mujeres desfavorecidas que a menudo son acusadas por la aplicación de una de las ...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvadoran Woman Cleared of Homicide Charges After Stillbirth—The decision in the case of Evelyn Hernández Cruz was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, which say a strict abortion ban has led to overzea...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvadoran Woman Charged With Homicide After Stillbirth Is Cleared—The decision in the case of Evelyn Hernández Cruz was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, which say a strict abortion ban has led to overzea...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvadoran Woman Cleared of Homicide Charge After Stillbirth—The decision in the case of Evelyn Hernández Cruz was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, which say a strict abortion ban has led to overzea...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvador Court Acquits Woman Charged With Homicide After Stillbirth—The decision was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, who say a strict abortion ban has led to overzealous prosecution of low-income women wh...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvadoran Court Acquits Woman Charged With Homicide After Stillbirth—The decision was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, who say a strict abortion ban has led to overzealous prosecution of low-income women wh...
- + NYT Human Rights: Salvadoran Court Acquits Woman Charged With Homicide After Stillbirth—The decision was hailed as a victory by women’s rights groups, who say a strict abortion ban has led to overzealous prosecution of low-income women wh...
- + NYT Human Rights: India Plans Big Detention Camps for Migrants. Muslims Are Afraid.—Four million people in one state are at risk of being denied citizenship in a government campaign critics say is driven by a Hindu nationalist agenda....
- + NYT Human Rights: Critic of China’s Detention Camps Is Free, but Silence May Be the Price—The terms of his plea deal could force Serikzhan Bilash, a Kazakh who campaigned for Muslims being held in Chinese indoctrination camps, to stop his w...
- + NYT Human Rights: With Trump as President, the World Is Spiraling Into Chaos—Trump torched America’s foreign policy infrastructure. The results are becoming clear. [Author: By Michelle Goldberg]
- + NYT Human Rights: Myanmar Military Uses Threat of Prison to Stifle Criticism Ahead of Elections—The military, known for its brutal ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people, is using defamation laws to solidify its authority ahead of parliamentary ...
- + NYT Human Rights: Trump’s Hong Kong Caution Isolates Him From Congress, Allies and Advisers—In his showdown with Beijing over trade and tariffs, Mr. Trump is ignoring his hawkish advisers, who believe China threatens American interests worldw...
- + NYT Human Rights: The Silence Is the Loudest Sound—The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications blackout. [Author: By Arundhati ...
- + NYT Human Rights: Hong Kong’s Challenge to Xi Jinping’s Iron Rule—The protesters, for the most part, are not terrorists or even radicals. But they are a threat to his monopoly on power. [Author: By The Editorial Boar...
- + NYT Human Rights: ‘Hong Kong Thing’ Is ‘Very Tough,’ but Trump Doesn’t Criticize China—Critics and allies said President Trump’s relative disinterest in human rights and focus on economics have kept him from taking sides between China an...
- + NYT Human Rights: El gobierno de Nicolás Maduro reprime a su ejército para mantenerse en el poder—El mandatario venezolano aún cuenta con la lealtad de los principales líderes militares, pero existen denuncias de que ha usado el aparato represivo d...
- + Open Democracy: Portugal as a strategic target of the far right—Portugal, from the point of view of the international far right, is the weak link for its attack on the European Union.
- + Open Democracy: Love, anarchy, and Emma Goldman—Hidden love letters reveal a great woman who struggled to match her political vision with her personal reality.
- + Open Democracy: Studying capitalist dystopias, and avenues for change—The big questions being discussed at a big conference in Manchester.
- + Open Democracy: When will progressive politics get serious?—The choice currently seems to be either Corbynism that can’t get us out of this mess, or the vapid centrism that helped get us into it.
- + Open Democracy: My truth, your truth, their truth, and “the” truth—In the Americas, especially in South America, the conversation surrounding the establishment of western civilization is still referred to as “the disc...
- + Open Democracy: Regulating Kashmiri lives—“How the Kashmir siege coincided with my PhD defence and how my parents who were eagerly waiting for it all these years are yet to know that I was awa...
- + Open Democracy: "It's time to end the gentleman’s agreement" – an open letter to the IMF—Over 100 organisations and academics sign a letter demanding a fair selection process for the next IMF managing director.
- + Open Democracy: Expiating America’s ‘Original Sin’—The case for a national apology for slavery.
- + Open Democracy: “Diversity: The BBC may fool itself but it won’t fool the Lords”
- + Open Democracy: Outsourcing exploitation: global labor-value chains—Through their control over supply chains, multinationals based in the global north exploit workers in the global south.
- + Open Democracy: Today’s Christian-Jewish Zionist alliance imperils American Jewry—Jews’ long-standing security in the United States has relied on a hard-won consensus now being undermined by an unholy alliance.
- + Open Democracy: The new Polish migration policy – false start—This draft not only creates a false image of Poland as a country wholly culturally, ethnically and religiously homogenous, but fails to uphold importa...
- + Open Democracy: The ‘fallen’ Miss Venezuela: a tragedy of sexual slavery and trafficking—Not only are girls and women who fled Venezuela in urgent need of protection from non-state actors involved in trafficking, child exploitation and sex...
- + Open Democracy: ‘Send them back’: migrant sex workers deported from Europe—Anti-trafficking policies claim to support vulnerable women, however their implementation leads to imprisonment and deportation of migrant sex workers...
- + Open Democracy: What is happening in Kyrgyzstan?—With the arrest of a powerful former president, Kyrgyzstan’s political scene prepares to “clean house” once again.
- + Open Democracy: One nation under stress?—The commodification of stress molds itself to capitalism with ease, but offers no solutions to the structural problems of modern life.
- + Open Democracy: Weekly newsletter: Fearless cities—Istanbul, Hong Kong – will Moscow and Budapest be next? Plus a selection of the week's top stories across openDemocracy.
- + Open Democracy: British navy goes all in with Trump against Iran—Are Boris and Donald the new Blair and Bush? Movements of the UK’s handful of destroyers suggest they might be.
- + Open Democracy: Where are women's voices in 'The Family' Netflix series?—It illuminates a secretive network of influential US Christian conservatives. But it’s also remarkable for excluding diverse women’s voices.
- + Open Democracy: UK rape survivors face ‘digital strip searches’ and other deterrents to justice—The proportion of reported rapes that end in conviction is shockingly low – and new forms of obstacles to justice are making things worse.
- + Open secrets: Ryan Zinke-linked PACs still raising money — and spending it questionably— Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Ryan Zinke resigned from his Interior secretary post in December amid ethic...
- + Open secrets: Trump-tied operatives register as foreign agents of Libyan wealth fund— U.S. President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj of Libya upon his arrival for a meeting at the West Wing of the White House on Dece...
- + Open secrets: The Democratic field shrinks as Hickenlooper heads back to Colorado— former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced the end of his presiden...
- + Open secrets: Leadership PACs place early bets on hot races— Iowa candidate Theresa Greenfield is the top recipient of leadership PAC money among Democratic Senate candidates (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll ...
- + Open secrets: Which donors are giving the most ahead of 2020?— (Image via flickr – 401kcalculator.org) It’s only August, but as the 2020 election season is already well underway, billionaire donors are...
- + Prauge Monitor: Singing is like a top sport: Interview with tenor Vaclav Cizek—by Ona Jarmalavičiūtė | Prague Daily Monitor Vaclav Cizek, one of Czech Republic's lea...
- + Prauge Monitor: Pepper de Callier: Things to Think About —Prague Leadership Institute "Strife is justice: The competition of individuals, groups...
- + Prauge Monitor: Don't Miss: Velvet Comedy Show, Latino Anděl and Festival of Illustration—by Narmin Ismiyeva | Prague Daily Monitor On Wednesday, the pedestrian zone at Anděl w...
- + Prauge Monitor: Don't Miss: Jewish monuments, Beats, and SWAP Prague Market—by Narmin Ismiyeva | Prague Daily Monitor Are you making plans for the weekend? We've ...
- + Prauge Monitor: Don't Miss: Pride, Shakespeare and Tropical Beats—by Narmin Ismiyeva | Prague Daily Monitor Are you making plans for the weekend? We've ...
- + Prauge Monitor: Don't Miss: Beer festival, Etnopicnic and tango on the roof—Prague Daily Monitor What to do in Prague this weekend? Drink beer in Fata Morgana gre...
- + Prauge Monitor: Pepper de Callier: Things to Think About —Prague Leadership Institute "The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something th...
- + Prauge Monitor: Generational tensions grow due to vegan trend in Prague—by Caroline Weinstein | Prague Daily Monitor How is it to be vegan in a meat-loving society with a rich history of cuisine based around meat? And how ...
- + Prauge Monitor: New Study on Brexit & EU Healthcare Workers in the UK—by Olga Lysenkova | Medbelle The Earnings & Savings From Hiring EU Medical Professionals: Data reveals how much the UK has earned in income tax fr...
- + Prauge Monitor: Don't Miss: Raw food, wine tasting and Holi Open Air—by Narmin Ismiyeva | Prague Daily Monitor Are you making plans for the weekend? We've ...
- + PressTV: Saudi-led coalition killed 47 Yemen fishermen, detained over 100 others in 2018: Human Rights Watch—Human Rights Watch says the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 47 Yemeni fishermen in bombing attacks on fishing boats last year.
- + PressTV: Rouhani warns intl. waterways won’t be secure as before if Iran oil exports cut to zero—President Rouhani says international waterways won’t be safe like before if Iran can’t sell its crude oil.
- + PressTV: Iran to scrap rial for good as parseh becomes small currency unit—Iran’s smallest unit of currency, equal to a hundredth of a toman, will be named parseh.
- + PressTV: We will always be united with you, Russia tells Venezuela—Foreign Minister Lavrov reiterates Russia's support for Venezuela.
- + PressTV: Rashida Tlaib wants to cut off US aid to Israel: Trump—Trump has said that Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib “wants to cut off aid to Israel."
- + PressTV: Brexit pioneers with loose ties to UK —Many of the leading Brexiteers choose to live and invest outside the UK.
- + PressTV: US sanctions failed to force Iran to buckle: Report—A Bloomberg report says Iranians are emerging from the impacts of US sanctions.
- + PressTV: More than 2,000 people displaced, 19 killed in Myanmar fighting—Fighting broke out in northern Myanmar last week.
- + PressTV: Photo of the day—Sailors in the women's two person dinghy 470 class competition
- + PressTV: Crew fixing Iran oil tanker broken down in Red Sea —The crew of Iranian oil tanker are fixing the vessel which broke down in the Red Sea, an official at the state-run National Iranian Tanker Company (NI...
- + PressTV: Leader expresses concern about Kashmir, urges India to follow fair policy toward Muslim-majority region —Ayatollah Khamenei expresses concern about tensions in Kashmir and urges India to follow a fair policy toward the Muslim-majority region.
- + PressTV: As Iranians hold nerves, US seeks to scare off trade—The US government is trying to scare commercial flights away from the Iranian airspace, raising the stakes in its “maximum pressure” campaign which ha...
- + PressTV: Why does the UK think it is still controlling China?—The UK has forgotten that Hong Kong "has returned to the embrace of the motherland" and refuses to stop interfering in china’s internal affairs.
- + PressTV: US Reps. Tlaib, Omar sparked a debate against Israel: Analyst—US Muslim Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have triggered widespread debate in the US about Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, an ana...
- + PressTV: US prepared to resume talks with North Korea: Envoy—The United States is prepared to resume nuclear negotiations with North Korea as soon as Pyongyang is ready, a senior US diplomat says.
- + PressTV: US sanctions harming Venezuelan people, experts warn—Experts in Venezuela have warned about the harmful effects of US sanctions on the lives of Venezuelan employees.
- + PressTV: Yemeni air defense forces shoot down Saudi-led drone—Yemeni army forces have intercepted and targeted an unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Saudi-led military coalition.
- + PressTV: Iran FM warns US against ‘serious miscalculation’ in Persian Gulf—Foreign Minister Zarif of Iran cautions the United States against attempting to form a naval coalition against Iran under the guise of ensuring mariti...
- + PressTV: China, Japan, South Korea vow to strengthen ties—China, Japan, and South Korea vow to strengthen trilateral relations in a meeting in Beijing.
- + PressTV: Winston-Salem Open: Shapovalov tops Sandgren —Canadian tennis player, Denis Shapovalov has reached the round of 16 at the Winston-Salem Open following a straight sets win over American Tennys Sand...
- + Preuvian Times: The Skin of the Trees — a unique use of marquetry by Johannes Stöger—By Jorge Smith The Austrian artist Johannes Stöger has inaugurated a new sample of his work under the subtitle, “The art of marquetry taken to t...
- + Pro Publica: Parents Gave Up Custody of Their Children to Help Them Get Financial Aid. Now, Some Are Abandoning That Idea.— by Melissa Sanchez and Jodi S. Cohen Amid state and federal scrutiny as we...
- + Pro Publica: ProPublica Programs Are Helping Diverse Candidates Break Into Newsrooms. Here Are Their Inspiring Stories.— by Lena V. Groeger Four years ago, ProPublica started two programs that ha...
- + Pro Publica: Trump’s Get Out of Jail Free Card for a Convicted Scammer Is Full of Half-Truths and Omissions— by Benjamin Hardy and Moiz Syed ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates ...
- + Pro Publica: The Administration Rushed on a Sweeping Immigration Policy. We Found Substantive, Sloppy Mistakes.— by Dara Lind and Yeganeh Torbati This month, the Trump White House unveile...
- + Pro Publica: Some of the Country’s Worst Prisons Have Escaped Justice Department Action— by Jerry Mitchell , Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Missis...
- + Pro Publica: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why the Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks— by Kevin Wack , American Banker, and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica Sen. Eliz...
- + Pro Publica: Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why The Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks— by Kevin Wack , American Banker, and Jesse Eisinger, ProPublica Sen. Eliz...
- + Pro Publica: Elizabeth Warren Announces Plans to Help Heirs’ Property Owners— by Lizzie Presser Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren ...
- + Pro Publica: The Car Seat Industry Helped Delay a Child Safety Regulation — Again— by Daniela Porat A long-awaited federal safety standard to test child car ...
- + Pro Publica: “No Comment”: Emails Show the VA Took No Action to Spare Veterans From a Harsh Trump Immigration Policy— by Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dara Lind Top officials of the Depa...
- + Pro Publica: Inside The Prison Where Inmates Set Each Other On Fire and Gangs Have More Power Than Guards— by Jerry Mitchell , Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting LEAKES...
- + Pro Publica: How a Video Gambling Company Helped Bankroll Local Politicians— by Logan Jaffe If you don’t know by now, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signe...
- + Pro Publica: “Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It— by A.C. Thompson It was late November 2017, and Matthew Bowen, a veteran B...
- + Pro Publica: ProPublica’s “Flood Thy Neighbor” Investigation Wins 2019 Communication Award— by ProPublica The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine...
- + Pro Publica: A Year After an Inmate Was Choked to Death in Jail, a Murder Charge but Few Details— by Jason Pohl , The Sacramento Bee, and Ryan Gabrielson, ProPublica Prose...
- + Pro Publica: Welcome to the Greenbrier, the Governor-Owned Luxury Resort Filled With Conflicts of Interest— by Ken Ward Jr. , The Charleston Gazette-Mail On a sunny Monday afternoon...
- + Pro Publica: Las Vegas Man Arrested in Plots Against Jews Was Said to Be Affiliated With Atomwaffen Division— by Joe Sexton For two years, the basic description had appeared in reporti...
- + Pro Publica: Senators Call for Closing “Loopholes” That Make Health Care Fraud Easy— by Marshall Allen Following a detailed account of how scam artists can eas...
- + Pro Publica: ProPublica’s Collaborative Data Journalism Guide— by Rachel Glickhouse
- + Pro Publica: Working Together Better: Our Guide to Collaborative Data Journalism— by Rachel Glickhouse Today we’re launching a guidebook on how newsrooms ca...
- + Rabble: How Canada's libraries are bridging social-service gaps—August 20, 2019 How Canada's libraries are bridging social-service gaps Public libraries are changing how they serve vulnerable a...
- + Rabble: How Canada's libraries are bridging social-service gaps—Olivia Robinson A quiet intersection in Calgary's East Village is marked by a futuristic, oblong building. It's meant to resemble an oil la...
- + Rabble: UCP purges NDP appointees from Alberta's boards, agencies and commissions—August 19, 2019 UCP purges NDP appointees from Alberta's boards, agencies and commissions The changes, and the way they were made...
- + Rabble: UCP slaps Alberta Teachers Association … probably not for the last time—David J. Climenhaga Almost completely missed in media coverage of Friday's purge of NDP appointees to agencies, boards and commissions by A...
- + Rabble: UCP purges NDP appointees from Alberta's boards, agencies and commissions—David J. Climenhaga You almost have to admire Alberta's United Conservative Party government for the thoroughness of its sudden purge of ND...
- + Rabble: Imagine Canada's response if the B.C. murder suspects were Muslims—August 16, 2019 Imagine Canada's response if the B.C. murder suspects were Muslims Why do we tolerate certain actions when it com...
- + Rabble: Canadian health care will be front and centre in both Canadian and U.S. elections—August 14, 2019 Canadian health care will be front and centre in both Canadian and U.S. elections Many Canadians perceive our system ...
- + Rabble: Canadian health care will be front and centre in both Canadian and U.S. elections—Karl Nerenberg This year, the Canadian health-care system will be a contentious issue in both the Canadian and U.S. election campaigns. In...
- + Raw Story: Trump comes publicly unglued again – rages at his own Fed chair for acting ‘like a golfer who can’t putt’—President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday, blaming him for keeping the economy from growing much ...
- + Raw Story: ‘That was anti-Semitism!’ ADL leader rips Trump apart on CNN over ‘disloyalty’ smear of US Jews—President Donald Trump’s accusation that American Jews who vote for Democrats are somehow “disloyal” earned him a furious denunciati...
- + Raw Story: Jeff Sessions’ troubling legacy: He may be gone — but his ideas and policies live on—Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have gained some sympathy from the constant attacks he suffered from the president after he r...
- + Raw Story: Trump administration proposes daring cure for the coming recession they say isn’t coming—The Trump administration has floated a new round of tax cuts for the rich and slashing the payroll tax used to fund Social Security and Medicare to ea...
- + Raw Story: ‘IDIOT!’ Fox News viewers fly into a rage after anchor says claims of Facebook being anti-conservative are ‘unfounded’—Fox News Headlines 24/7 morning anchor Brett Larson is facing an angry backlash from some viewers of the network, after saying on Wednesday that claim...
- + Raw Story: IMF tells Trump that his economic plans are not working in unusually-blunt statement—US tariffs on China won’t fix the trade deficit, and neither will weakening the US dollar through interest rate cuts, International Monetary Fun...
- + Raw Story: Longtime Susan Collins voters say they’ll ‘never vote’ for the GOP senator again — thanks to Trump—Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) has regularly cruised to reelection in her state by working as a bipartisan consensus builder. Collins’ image as a mod...
- + Raw Story: WATCH: Black postal worker stays remarkably calm as furious white man has a racist meltdown—A racist man could potentially face federal charges for his profanity-laced tirade against a black postal worker. The older white man became impatient...
- + Raw Story: ‘Was Goebbels Unavailable?’:ABC blasted for ‘normalizing Fascism’ by putting Sean Spicer on ‘Dancing With the Stars’—“Remember when Spicer talked about ‘Holocaust centers’ and defended Hitler, saying he didn’t use chemical weapons?” Disney and ABC Television must hav...
- + Raw Story: Ted Cruz jokingly predicted Trump would ‘nuke Denmark’ during 2016 primary—On Wednesday, Gizmodo unearthed a clip from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) when he was running against Donald Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, and on...
- + Raw Story: Trump just got busted for inflating his golf resorts’ value by $165 million — a jailable offense—President Donald Trump appears to have misstated the value of his Scottish golf resorts by $165 million, an act which could potentially constitute a f...
- + Raw Story: Rudy Giuliani accuses majority of US Jews of ‘disloyalty to Israel’ — and gets torn to pieces—Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday tried to clean up President Donald Trump’s declaration that “any Jewish people” who vote f...
- + Raw Story: ‘Where’s Steve?’ Trump notices a right-wing ally missing from CNN — and wants him back on TV—President Donald Trump has been asking some of his administration officials why one of his favorite boosters has disappeared from CNN’s airwaves...
- + Raw Story: ‘Was Ivanka not available?’ Internet ridicules ‘dweeb’ Sean Spicer’s new gig on ‘Dancing With the Stars’—On Wednesday, Good Morning America reported that Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary to President Donald Trump, will be appearing on ̶...
- + Raw Story: How to invest if you’re worried a recession is coming—Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due to a number of worrying signs. Business i...
- + Raw Story: How Trump’s limited intellectual development has given him a ‘God complex’—Trump’s lack of respect for the country’s long-standing democratic norms and institutions also extends to America’s alliances, secur...
- + Raw Story: Danish media crushes ‘questionable real estate agent’ Trump for his ‘absurd’ snub of their country—President Donald Trump has found himself getting skewered by the Danish media after he abruptly canceled a planned meeting with the Danish prime minis...
- + Raw Story: Amid recession warnings, Trump reportedly considering more tax cuts for rich and corporations—“Two of Trump’s ideas for stimulating the economy are 1) cutting the corporate tax rate a little more (after cutting it a lot didn’t...
- + Raw Story: Trump’s broken at least 8 huge promises he made to his base — and has already started blaming others—President Donald Trump, like all politicians, came into office promising to make bold and dramatic changes. On Wednesday, Axios ran through some of th...
- + Raw Story: Trump insists ‘our economy is sooo strong’ — then blames ‘lamestream media’ if it tanks—President Donald Trump continued laying the groundwork to convince his supporters the looming recession was caused by the media, not his economic poli...
- + Reuters Political: Parkland massacre survivors post sweeping U.S. gun-control plan ahead of 2020 election—Survivors of the Parkland, Florida, high school massacre on Wednesday released a sweeping gun-control plan that would ban assault-style rifles and tak...
- + Reuters Political: Child migrants to be held in detention longer under new Trump administration rule—The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled new rules that would allow officials to detain migrant families indefinitely while judges consider whet...
- + Reuters Political: Explainer: What early U.S. presidential polls tell us about the 2020 race—Anyone paying the slightest attention to the Democratic presidential campaign has likely seen headlines on the latest "horse race" opinion polls, high...
- + Reuters Political: Israel holds back on Trump's Democrat Jews 'disloyalty' remark—Israeli officials on Wednesday offered a muted response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump who said American Jews who vote for the democratic P...
- + Reuters Political: Trump administration expected to announce plan to detain migrant children longer: ABC—The Trump administration is expected to announce new rules that would allow the government to detain families with children crossing the U.S. border l...
- + Reuters Political: Trump looking at possible tax cuts amid economic jitters—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was considering potential tax cuts on wages as well as profits from asset sales, and sought ...
- + Reuters Political: Trump says White House discussing gun legislation; Democrats say talks low-level—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration in "meaningful" talks with Democrats about gun legislation after the latest mass shootings, ...
- + Reuters Political: Trump White House seeks to assuage farmer unrest over biofuel policy: sources—President Donald Trump's administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allo...
- + Reuters Political: Trump, advisers looking at ways to boost U.S. economy as markets fear recession—Even as they reject talk of a looming recession, President Donald Trump and his advisers are examining ways to provide a boost to the U.S. economy sho...
- + Reuters Political: Trump says White House talking to Democrats on gun legislation—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his administration was in meaningful talks with Democrats on gun legislation after the latest mass shootings t...
- + Reuters Political: Trump looking at possible U.S. payroll, capital gains tax cuts—President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration was looking to cut U.S. taxes on wages and on profits from selling assets such as stocks, bu...
- + Reuters Political: Trump White House tries to assuage farmer unrest over biofuel policy: sources—President Donald Trump's administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allo...
- + Reuters Political: Trump says he will decide on foreign aid spending cuts within week—U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was looking at various options for a budget package that could cut billions of dollars in foreign ...
- + Reuters Political: Exclusive: Trump administration tries to assuage farmer unrest over biofuel policy - sources—President Donald Trump's administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allo...
- + Reuters Political: Trump says Deputy Secretary of State Sullivan could be next envoy to Moscow—U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan "could very well be" the next U.S. ambassador to Russia, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. [Cat...
- + Reuters Political: Trump says administration talking to Democrats about meaningful gun legislation—President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration is in discussions with Democrats to produce some sort of meaningful gun legislation fol...
- + Reuters Political: U.S. conservatives say Facebook needs 'significant work' to address concerns: former senator—A review by a former Republican U.S. senator concludes that political conservatives believe Facebook Inc needs to do "significant work" to satisfy the...
- + Reuters Political: House panel says 'time is of the essence' in Trump tax return fight—A U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday urged a federal judge to quickly resolve its bid to obtain President Donald Trump's tax returns, ...
- + Reuters Political: Exclusive: Trump orders cabinet to assuage farmer unrest over biofuel policy - sources—President Donald Trump ordered cabinet members on Monday to stem the tide of rising anger in Iowa and other Farm Belt states over his administration's...
- + Reuters Political: Ex-Republican senator: Facebook has 'significant work' to address conservatives' concerns—A year-long review by a former Republican U.S. senator concludes that Facebook Inc has "significant work to be done to satisfy" concerns on the politi...
- + Shadow Proof: With Record Number Of Immigrants In ICE Detention, Class Action Lawsuit Outlines ‘Atrocious Conditions’—Marco Montoya Amaya is 41 years old. He is currently detained at the Mesa Verde Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center in California. H...
- + Shadow Proof: I’m Still Sorry I Listened To Susan Sarandon During The 2016 Election—There aren’t any matters that are currently more pressing than grappling with the fact that I listened to what actress Susan Sarandon had to say durin...
- + Shadow Proof: Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ by Jimi Hendrix—It was fifty years ago that Jimi Hendrix performed the United States national anthem during a Monday morning for tens of thousands of people at the Wo...
- + Shadow Proof: Media Elites Melt Down Over Bernie Sanders’ Critique Of Washington Post—Senator Bernie Sanders clarified his critique of the Washington Post’s coverage of his presidential campaign. “We are taking on corporate ...
- + SHOAH: Remembering Paul Findley—Paul Findley speaking at the 2015 Israel Lobby conference. Rep. Paul Findley, who served the 20th District of Illinois in the House of Representatives...
- + SHOAH: “Visit your district, not Israel” 65.7 percent of Americans tell Congress—IRmep Polls, Telling Hard Truths Since 2014IRmep Poll: 41 House Democrats are now visiting Israel during the Congressional recess on a trip funded by ...
- + SHOAH: Brazil’s Car Wash Investigation in the Mud: A Dirty War against the Left—By: Edu Montesanti Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been in prison since April 2018, over corruption charges that media leaks exposed as politically moti...
- + SHOAH: A Dangerous Alliance: Governments Collaborate with Surveillance Companies to Shrink the Space for Human Rights Work—Despite the existence of these international laws and standards, states and private companies have been able to buy and use spyware freely and without...
- + SHOAH: Brazil’s Car Wash Investigation in the Mud: A Dirty War against the Left—By: Edu Montesanti Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been in prison since April 2018, over corruption charges that media leaks exposed as politically moti...
- + SHOAH: 2084: Is Donald Trump Big Brother?—Orwell revisited in the age of Trump byTom Engelhardt We are, in other words, already on a dystopian planet. (Photo Detail: Jim Bourg/Reuters, Paneiko...
- + SHOAH: Campaign Renews Demand for Ban on ‘Killer Robots,’ Calls Out US Obstruction—Without a binding treaty requiring “meaningful human control over the use of force,” say campaigners, lives could “be taken based on...
- + SHOAH: Pakistan PM Imran Khan Calls on World to Pay Attention to India’s “Fascist, Racist Hindu Supremacist Ideology and Leadership”—Indian PM Narendra Modi reportedly rejected the comparison in a Monday phone conversation with US President Donald Trump byEoin Higgins Pakistani Prim...
- + SHOAH: America’s “Hybrid War” against China has Entered a New Phase—China and the Zombies of the Past By Christopher Black The hybrid war, being conducted against China by the United States and its gaggle of puppet sta...
- + SHOAH: IndiaIndia Increases Restrictions in Kashmir on Eid Fearing Backlash—India closed down the biggest mosque in Kashmir and people were allowed to gather in small groups to pray on Eid while in Del...
- + SHOAH: Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly Neighborhood—Never Forget: In 1985 Police Dropped a Bomb on a West Philly Neighborhood; Killing 11 and Destroying 61 Homes | Black Main Street On May 13, 1985...
- + SHOAH: Remembering Paul Findley—Paul Findley speaking at the 2015 Israel Lobby conference. Rep. Paul Findley, who served the 20th District of Illinois in the House of Representatives...
- + SHOAH: “Visit your district, not Israel” 65.7 percent of Americans tell Congress—IRmep Polls, Telling Hard Truths Since 2014IRmep Poll: 41 House Democrats are now visiting Israel during the Congressional recess on a trip funded by ...
- + SHOAH: 40th Anniversary of the Sandinista Victory—But So Much More—By: Jorge Capelán and Stephen Sefton The 40th anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista overthrow represents victory over Zamoza dictatorship i...
- + SHOAH: Nazi army demolishes Palestinian water infrastructure in the South—Cody O’RourkeCommunications & Advocacy ‘Israel’ demolishes Palestinian water infrastructure in the South We’ve continued to make...
- + SHOAH: Black lives matter?—Fernando Guevara writes: How is it possible that a black man was towed through the streets in a rope, by mounted police? For trespassing on someo...
- + SHOAH: Jake Tapper Makes the Point—On Sunday’s “State of the Union” show CNN anchor Jake Tapper compared Palestinians to white supremacists as he discussed the mass shootings in ...
- + SHOAH: Five Million Palestinians Deserve Better!—By Ian WilliamsAn old adage passed on by veteran U.N. staff to younger recruits is, “Do nothing whenever possible. It’s safer.” For a junior officer t...
- + SHOAH: How the EU is moving towards drone surveillance of refugees—My major investigation in the UK Observer/Guardian with Daniel Howden and Apostolis Fotiadis was published on 4 August: Amid the panicked sh...
- + SHOAH: UN report on abuses in Myanmar and ties to disaster capitalism—The UN recently released its independent international fact-finding mission report on Myanmar which encouraged the world to sever ties with ...
- + Strategic Culture: 2084: Orwell Revisited in the Age of Trump—Tom ENGELHARDT I, Winston Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — a...
- + Strategic Culture: Getting Real With the US Foreign Policy Establishment Realists—On Russia-related matters, the more sane among us can perhaps be forgiven for becoming sedated by the kind of absurdities regularly spewed by some hig...
- + Strategic Culture: Globalists Plan to Hide Wealth Gap With Divisive Social Issues—FREE WEST MEDIA An analysis released on August 14 by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, found that chief executive compensation...
- + Strategic Culture: Irish-America Upends Trump-Johnson Brexit Plan—The ever-cozy relationship between the Trump administration and Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson was doused with cold water last week by Hou...
- + Strategic Culture: Are Recessions Inevitable?—Ron PAUL Stocks fell last week following news that the yield curve on Treasury notes had inverted. This means that a short-term Treasury note was payi...
- + Strategic Culture: Democrats May Yet Flock to Their Wild Card From the Astral Plane—With two rounds of debates already completed among the 20 Democratic candidates for next year’s US presidential nomination and polling reactions back ...
- + Strategic Culture: 11 Reasons Why So Many Experts Believe That a US Economic Crisis Is Imminent—Michael SNYDER The numbers are telling us that we have never been closer to the next recession than we are right now. The storm clouds that were gath...
- + Strategic Culture: The Dark Side of the Video Game Industry—How the video game industry has grown into a $139 billion a year business and a cultural force. [Category: Culture War]
- + Strategic Culture: Russia-Europe Relations Should Not Be up in the Air—The toxic tide of anti-Russian propaganda and misinformation continues to surge, and it is depressing for those who wish that relations between Russia...
- + Strategic Culture: Moving Past Bolsonaro’s Interpretation of Oblivion—Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is giving practical examples of what happens when a democratically-elected government implements dictatorship-era pr...
- + Strategic Culture: Behind a Made-For-TV Hong Kong Protest Narrative, Washington Is Backing Nativism and Mob Violence—Hong Kong’s increasingly xenophobic protests are devolving into chaos with help from US government regime change outfits and a right-wing local media ...
- + Strategic Culture: Trump Wants to Buy Greenland, But It’s Not for Sale—Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland, an autonomous constituent part of the Kingdom of Denmark. If any other US president proffered such an idea, it wo...
- + Strategic Culture: The Root Cause of Mass Shootings Is the Rage of Alienation—Mass shootings prompt simple explanations of the gunman’s motivation. At Columbine High School in Colorado, the killers supposedly snapped after...
- + Strategic Culture: The Deeper Meaning in a Lost War—It’s pretty clear. Saudi Arabia has lost, and, notes Bruce Riedel, “the Houthis and Iran are the strategic winners”. Saudi proxies in Aden – the seat ...
- + Strategic Culture: Welcome to Ayn Rand’s America—Thom HARTMANN There’s a direct link between a sociopathic killer in 1927 and the GOP’s willingness to embrace a sociopathic president like Trump. That...
- + Strategic Culture: Two Formerly Independent Nations Struggle for Re-emergence—Two re-emergent states on opposite shores of the Gulf of Aden are attempting to rise above the ashes of genocidal civil wars to establish themselves a...
- + Strategic Culture: Hong Kong: Don’t Provoke the Dragon—Time was when flying to Hong Kong was a really big thrill – or maybe scare would be a better term. Its old airport, Kai Tak, was right in the middle o...
- + Strategic Culture: Salvini Thwarted Is Not Salvini Denied—Italian Interior Minister and leader of The League Matteo Salvini was thwarted in his push to get control of Italy’s fractious political landscape rec...
- + Strategic Culture: What Can We Learn From the History of Struggle Against White Supremacy?—White supremacy has a very long history in North America. The Real News discuss its origins and the history of struggle against it with Prof. Gerald H...
- + Strategic Culture: Uncle Sam Was Born Lethal—Paul STREET For revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. – Frederick Douglass, July 4, 1852 One of the occupationa...
- + TASS: Political dialogue between Kiev and Donbass only way to resolve crisis — Russian envoy—According to the Russian envoy, the Ukrainian side makes many statements on its commitment to the Minsk Agreements but few practical steps to implemen...
- + TASS: German vessel owner carries out negotiations on redemption of Russians — embassy—The embassy is being updated on the course of the talks, it reported [Category: World]
- + TASS: Museum of Russian Icons founder among those killed in Greek helicopter crash—The Russian Embassy in Greece earlier confirmed the death of two Russian citizens in the crash [Category: Emergencies ]
- + TASS: S-300 squads repel enemy massive missile strike in south Russia drills—Overall, the drills involved more than 2,500 items of military and special hardware, including more than 100 aircraft and helicopters [Category: Milit...
- + TASS: Worker injured in rockslide in Urals mine—A man was blocked in the mine, rescue operations are ongoing [Category: Emergencies ]
- + TASS: Kiev exits post-Soviet CIS agreement on WMDs—The agreement was signed in Minsk and came into force on June 26, 1992 [Category: World] [Link to media]
- + TASS: Hainan to rely on new water supply system by 2035—For many years, a number of Hainan districts have been experiencing water shortage [Category: Society & Culture]
- + TASS: Russia’s Northern Fleet beefs up Arctic air defense with Tor missile systems—In July, the battalion of Tor-M2DT systems held its first firings on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago [Category: Military & Defense, ARCTIC TODAY]
- + TASS: Responsibility for Persian Gulf security rests with regional countries — IRGC commander—"No one but us is up to this task," the official stated [Category: World] [Link to media]
- + TASS: Putin arrives in Helsinki to hold talks with Finnish president—Earlier, the Kremlin Aide informed that the two aim to discuss the development of bilateral cooperation, cooperation in the sphere of trade, economy, ...
- + TASS: Russian charged in Germany with delivery of goods for military customer in Russia—The prosecutors said that the equipment, worth more than 1.8 million euros, could be used in aerospace industry and so falls under the anti-Russian em...
- + TASS: Belarus invites Russia to jointly promote export to third countries, says PM—The Belarusian PM said poised to discuss proposals on "financing integration projects, export-oriented projects, import substitution projects" [Catego...
- + TASS: Russian team’s center Bolomboy unlikely to play at 2019 Basketball World Cup — head coach—The center has a trauma, the head coach clarified [Category: Sport] [Link to media]
- + TASS: Russian Forestry Agency estimates forest fire damage at $106 mln—The area engulfed by wildfires this year is close to a five-year average, according to the agency [Category: Emergencies , WILDFIRES IN SIBERIA AND FA...
- + TASS: Putin, Mozambique’s president to discuss bilateral ties on August 22—A number of bilateral agreements are expected to be signed following the talks [Category: Russian Politics & Diplomacy]
- + TASS: Kiev not ready to discuss prisoner swap at today’s meeting in Minsk — DPR—The last major exchange of detainees between Ukraine and Donbass took place in December 2017 [Category: World] [Link to media]
- + TASS: Want to fly? You have to comply: A321 bird strike may tighten engine requirements — expert—To date, the tests of large Russian-made engines simulate a strike by a bird weighing 8 kg [Category: Business & Economy]
- + TASS: Thank you, Putin! Venezuelan vice president conveys Maduro’s gratitude to Russian leader—The sanctions illegally introduced by the US against Venezuela opened up new doors for closer cooperation between Moscow and Caracas, according to the...
- + TASS: Two pandas celebrate their first birthday on Hainan—The big panda is known as an unofficial symbol of China [Category: Society & Culture]
- + TASS: Russians kidnapped off Cameroon’s coast are in satisfactory condition — embassy—Antimalarial medicines are going to be delivered to them, according to the embassy official [Category: World]
- + The Plum Line: Trump just nixed his Denmark trip. Does he fear Obama will humiliate him?—At the core of Trump's rash decision are narcissism and megalomania.
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: Americans are growing more accepting of immigrants. Take note, Democrats.—The Trump effect, in action.
- + The Plum Line: Here comes another Trump cave. It will showcase his worst instincts.—Despite mass shootings, Trump will likely do the NRA's bidding and back off gun control
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: The Democratic divide over battling Trump on the economy—Which Democratic approach can beat Trump in the general election?
- + The Plum Line: Trump’s scam is failing him, and he’s in a panic over it—The president privately fears the economy could harm his reelection chances.
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: The single clearest choice voters will face in 2020—Do they want to do something about climate change, or make it worse?
- + The Plum Line: Donald Trump is terrified, and he wants you to be, too—The prospect of an economic downturn is sending the president off the deep end.
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: Why Democratic voters need to stop thinking about ‘electability’—It's the worst way to choose your primary candidate.
- + The Plum Line: Trump says he wants to pass gun legislation. But he’s not up to the task.—Does anyone think the world's worst negotiator is capable of pulling this off?
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: Could managing the economy be more complicated than Donald Trump thought?—His trade war is a disaster, and signs of a coming recession are growing.
- + The Plum Line: Bernie Sanders’s real media problem—It's not 2016 anymore.
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + The Plum Line: Are Democrats missing the most important fight of 2020?—They should be pouring money into Stacey Abrams's effort to secure the ballot.
- + The Plum Line: What Trump doesn’t understand about culture war politics—The key to victory will not be found in the battle over straws.
- + The Plum Line: Happy Hour Roundup—Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
- + TomDispatch: Tomgram: Engelhardt, Is Donald Trump Big Brother?—I, Winston Smith... I mean, Tom Engelhardt... have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one -- and I suspect I’ve been...
- + TomDispatch: Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, How the U.S. Created the Central American Immigration Crisis—It’s hard to believe that more than four years have passed since the police shotAmílcar Pérez-López a few blocks from ...
- + Washington Post: Italy’s political crisis marks a populist failure—A major experiment in populist governance in Europe collapsed this week.
- + Washington Post: Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter—Start receiving analysis on the most important global story of the day, interesting ideas and opinions in your inbox every weekday.
- + Washington Post: The Latest: France says no-deal Brexit is central scenario—A French diplomat says Britain’s no-deal exit from the European Union at the end of October now is the central scenario
- + Washington Post: Greenland fallout: Trump’s canceled trip blindsides Denmark—Danish PM Mette Frederiksen says she is “disappointed and surprised” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his visit to Denmark after sh...
- + Washington Post: Uganda, Rwanda presidents agree to cease hostilities—The leaders of Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to resume normal operations along the border following a summit mediated by Angola
- + Washington Post: Bolsonaro claims NGOs could be setting Amazon fires—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is suggesting that non-governmental organizations could be to blame for an unusually high number of wildfires in th...
- + Washington Post: The Latest: Iran-backed militias blame US for attacks—Iran-backed militias in Iraq have said they hold the United States responsible for a series of attacks targeting militia bases across the country
- + Washington Post: Danish lawmakers furious at Trump’s cancelled visit, as prime minister voices regret—Danish politicians likened Trump’s behavior to a “spoiled child.”
- + Washington Post: Hong Kong protesters mark brutal mob attack with sit-in—Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters have held a sit-in at a suburban train station to mark a month since a violent attack there by masked assailants on s...
- + Washington Post: Danish prime minister expresses ‘regret’ and ‘surprise’ at Trump’s cancellation of visit, but won’t impact good relations—Danish politicians have likened Trump’s behavior to a “spoiled child” while the government remains silent.
- + Washington Post: Dutch man suspected of illegally exporting garbage—Dutch authorities have searched two properties and seized a company’s business documentation in an investigation into the alleged illegal export of 12...
- + Washington Post: It’s not just Denmark. Trump has a history of canceling foreign trips—From bad deals to bad weather to not being able to buy Greenland...
- + Washington Post: South African court restricts displays of apartheid-era flag—South Africa’s Equality Court has restricted the display of the country’s old apartheid-era flag, ruling that its gratuitous use amounts to hate speec...
- + Washington Post: The Latest: Danish PM ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Trump—Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she is “disappointed and surprised” by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel his visit to Denm...
- + Washington Post: Italian politicians try to keep election, Salvini, at bay—Some Italian political leaders are trying for a deal that could keep at bay elections and Matteo Salvini, the right-wing leader who’s rising in popula...
- + Washington Post: Danish Prime Minister: ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Trump’s decision to cancel trip over Greenland sale.—Danish Prime Minister: ‘disappointed and surprised’ by Trump’s decision to cancel trip over Greenland sale.
- + Washington Post: Japan builds an ‘island wall’ to counter China’s intensifying military, territorial incursions—A quiet confrontation is growing in the East China Sea, in a slow-moving but high-stakes ‘game of chicken.’
- + Washington Post: Merkel hosts UK PM Johnson in Berlin as Brexit drama grows—German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Berlin as Britain and the European Union are hurtling toward a cost...
- + Washington Post: The Latest: EU stands ready to supervise migrant relocation—The European Union says it stands ready to supervise the relocation of more than 80 people evacuated from a migrant rescue ship in Italy
- + Washington Post: Iraq probe: Drone strike caused explosion at Baghdad base—Iraqi probe of massive munitions explosion at depot run by Iran-backed militia near Baghdad says drone strike set it off
- + Washington Post: A foreign leader finally said what she really thought about Trump’s ideas. And Trump clearly didn’t like it.—For once, foreign leaders didn't pretend Trump's idea wasn't ridiculous. The result is what we're seeing now.
- + Washington Post: A foreign leader finally said what she really thought about Trump’s ideas. And Trump clearly didn’t like it.—For once, foreign leaders didn't pretend Trump's idea wasn't ridiculous. The result is what we're seeing now.
- + Washington Post: Bernie Sanders responds to Trump: ‘I am a proud Jewish person’ with ‘no concerns about voting Democratic’—The president said Tuesday that Jewish people who vote for Democrats are showing “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty.”
- + Washington Post: Trump is ramping up his economic double-talk to tamp down recession fears—As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump warned about the perils of President Barack Obama’s economic management. Now as president, Trump often fails...
- + Washington Post: Trump is ramping up his economic double-talk to tamp down recession fears—As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump warned about the perils of President Barack Obama’s economic management. Now as president, Trump often fails...
- + Washington Post: The Daily 202: Trump’s erratic style becomes more problematic as the economy slows—The president undercuts aides and himself on Denmark, the payroll tax, the Squad, guns and tariffs.
- + Washington Post: The Technology 202: Facebook attracts swift blowback from report on anti-conservative bias—Neither Republicans nor civil rights groups are happy.
- + Washington Post: Trump quotes conspiracy theorist claiming Israelis ‘love him like he is the second coming of God’—In morning tweets, the president shared praise from a conservative radio host who has been leading a movement to convince Jews to leave the Democratic...
- + Washington Post: The Energy 202: Here’s why Newark’s lead crisis is different—Experts say it’s hard to know the damage already done to kids
- + Washington Post: The Health 202: Fewer Americans are abusing opioids. But the improvements vary dramatically by state.—States that expanded Medicaid under the ACA saw better results.
- + Washington Post: The Finance 202: Here are eight reasons to be skeptical of Trump's payroll tax cut talk—Can you say 'Infrastructure Week?'
- + Washington Post: The Cybersecurity 202: L.A. County voting system pits cybersecurity vs. disability advocates—The new $250 million ballot-marking device was developed over a decade to be ultra-accessible
- + Washington Post: Trump critics eye GOP primary race, even if defeating him seems ‘preposterous’—Joe Walsh and Mark Sanford are leaning toward a Republican primary challenge to President Trump, while Jeff Flake is taking recruitment calls and John...
- + Washington Post: Parkland students unveil sweeping gun-control proposal and hope for a youth voting surge in 2020—The March for Our Lives “Peace Plan” calls for a gun registry, an assault weapons ban and mandatory buybacks.
- + Washington Post: Power Up: March for Our Lives has a sweeping new gun control proposal—It comes just as President Trump is backing away from background checks.
- + Washington Post: Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland—The move comes two days after President Trump told reporters that owning Greenland “would be nice” for the United States from a strategic perspective.
- + Washington Post: Fact-checking President Trump’s remarks on the economy—Trump appears worried about the economy, but his claims continue to be misleading or false.
- + Washington Post: Trump goes full parody on Greenland—You couldn't have written this script if you tried.
- + Washington Post: Trump goes full parody on buying Greenland—You couldn't have written this script if you tried.
- + Washington Post: Trump goes full parody on buying Greenland—You couldn't have written this script if you tried.
- + Arc Technica Science: Your heatwave could be worse because of a drought somewhere else—Enlarge / Temperatures during the third week of July, 2019. (credit: NASA Earth Observatory) Long-lived heatwaves in the mid-latitudes are typi...
- + Arc Technica Science: Record-breaking 20 qubits entangle to make “Schrödinger’s cat” in the lab—Enlarge / In quantum computing, a cat state is a quantum state composed of two diametrically opposed conditions simultaneously. Physicists have succ...
- + Arc Technica Science: German physicists build “Schrödinger’s cat” out of 20 entangled qubits—Enlarge / In quantum computing, a cat state is a quantum state composed of two diametrically opposed conditions simultaneously. Physicists have succ...
- + Arc Technica Science: With Artemis, NASA at risk of repeating Apollo mistakes, scientist warns—Enlarge / The surface of the Moon as seen from Apollo 11 while in lunar orbit. (credit: NASA) In the nearly five months that have passed sinc...
- + Arc Technica Science: Super-Earth at a nearby star is a Mercury-like hunk of rock—Enlarge / An artist's view of what's undoubtedly the cooler side of the planet. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt) The most common star in our ...
- + Arc Technica Science: The ambitious Europa Clipper has cleared an important step toward flight—Enlarge / This is an earlier design of the Europa Clipper spacecraft. (credit: NASA) NASA has given its ambitious Europa Clipper mission a gree...
- + Arc Technica Science: Neanderthals suffered from a veritable epidemic of swimmer’s ear—Enlarge / The arrows point to bony growths called external auditory exostoses, or swimmer's ear, in the skull of a Neanderthal from La Chapelle-aux-...
- + Arc Technica Science: Newt Gingrich proposes a $2 billion prize for a human Moon lander—Enlarge / Blue Origin has proposed a "Blue Moon" lander to send cargo and potentially humans to the Moon. (credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Du...
- + Arc Technica Science: Vaping linked to 94 mysterious cases of severe lung disease in 14 states—Enlarge / A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Sa...
- + Arc Technica Science: I put myself through hell as an IPCC convening lead author, but it was worth it—Enlarge / A view of the building of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), hosting the 50th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas—Enlarge (credit: NREL) This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks back on the state of wind power in the US by running t...
- + Arc Technica Science: NASA chief alienates Senators needed to fund the Moon program—Enlarge / NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks in front of a large hydrogen tank Friday at Marshall Space Flight Center. (credit: NASA) Wh...
- + Arc Technica Science: Check out the gory, cringy images the FDA wants to put on cigarettes—Enlarge / Sick kids, chest scars, and bloody urine are just some of the new warnings. (credit: FDA) The Food and Drug Administration on Thursda...
- + Arc Technica Science: How a new antibiotic destroys extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis—Enlarge / A security guard mans the gate January 23, 2008 of the ward of extreme drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), a near-untreatable strain of ...
- + Arc Technica Science: Rocket Report: SpaceX nets another boat, Air Force competition heats up—Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. (credit: Aurich Lawson/SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 2.11 of the Rocket Repor...
- + Arc Technica Science: President Trump praises reusable rockets, omits Moon in space remarks—Enlarge / President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally in Manchester on August 15, 2019 in Manchester, New Hampshire. On Thursday ev...
- + Arc Technica Science: Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at Pompeii—Enlarge / All these items were contained within a wooden box unearthed at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. (credit: Cesare Abbate (ANSA)) Cr...
- + Arc Technica Science: Jupiter may have had a head-on collision with a massive protoplanet—Enlarge (credit: K. Suda & Y. Akimoto/Mabuchi Design Office) Planet-forming disks start out as a mix of dust and gas, but the gas doesn't sti...
- + Arc Technica Science: People are still drinking bleach—and vomiting and pooping their guts out—Enlarge / Bottles of Clorox bleach sit on a shelf at a grocery store. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The US Food and Drug Administration thi...
- + Arc Technica Science: These bats can use leaves as “sound mirrors” for better navigation—Enlarge / The leaf-nosed bat, native to Central and South America, has noseleaves that may help project its echolocation calls. (credit: Thomas Lo...
- + Ars Technica Software: Badge life: The story behind DEFCON’s hackable crystal electronic badge—Enlarge / The unadorned "human" badge from DEFCON 27: hackable jewelry. (credit: Joe Grand/ DEFCON) LAS VEGAS—There are many things that make t...
- + Ars Technica Software: The year-long rash of supply chain attacks against open source is getting worse—(credit: Wired UK/Shuttershock) A rash of supply chain attacks hitting open-source software over the past year shows few signs of abating, follow...
- + Ars Technica Software: AT&T brings cable TV prices to online streaming with $135 monthly plan—Enlarge / An AT&T store in Chicago. (credit: Getty Images | jetcityimage) AT&T is now charging up to $135 a month for the online video ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Anonymous “Anonymous Cowards” are, for now, not welcome on Slashdot—Enlarge / What's to come of Slashdot's Anonymous Coward feature? It was down, then it came back with a change; will it get changed once more? (credi...
- + Ars Technica Software: How malformed packets caused CenturyLink’s 37-hour, nationwide outage—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | RiverNorthPhotography) CenturyLink's nationwide, 37-hour outage in December 2018 disrupted 911 service for millio...
- + Ars Technica Software: 85 Google Play apps with 8 million downloads forced fullscreen ads on users—Enlarge (credit: Trend Micro) Researchers found 85 Google Play apps with more than 8 million downloads that forced users to view fullscreen ads. ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Ransomware strike takes down 23 Texas local government agencies—Enlarge / They did. (credit: Getty Images) Early on August 16, a total of 23 local government organizations in Texas were hit by a coordinated ...
- + Ars Technica Software: New Attack exploiting serious Bluetooth weakness can intercept sensitive data—Enlarge Researchers have demonstrated a serious weakness in the Bluetooth wireless standard that could allow hackers to intercept keystrokes, ad...
- + Ars Technica Software: Apple sues company that sells “perfect replicas” of iOS without a license—Enlarge / An image from Apple's lawsuit shows a real iPhone X and Corellium's service running a virtual iPhone X. (credit: Apple) Apple yesterd...
- + Ars Technica Software: Kaspersky AV injected unique ID that allowed sites to track users, even in incognito mode—(credit: Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock) Antivirus software is something that can help people be safer and more private on the Internet. But its prot...
- + Ars Technica Software: Disney fights streaming account sharing with help from cable industry—Enlarge / Here they come, all together in a streaming bundle. (credit: Disney / Sam Machkovech) Disney and Charter Communications are teaming u...
- + Ars Technica Software: A look at the Windows 10 exploit Google Zero disclosed this week— As you can see, we're an unprivileged local user who's not allowed to monkey with things under C:W...
- + Ars Technica Software: Woman accused of Capital One hack had stolen data from 30 companies, authorities say—Enlarge / Paige Thompson, 33, a former Seattle technology company software engineer, was arrested after she boasted about a massive data theft from ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Evacuation of village near explosion of nuclear cruise-missile engine called off—Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) In the wake of an apparent explosion of the nuclear-powered engine of an experimental cruise missi...
- + Ars Technica Software: Found: World-readable database used to secure buildings around the globe—Enlarge / Passwords stored in a database for BioStar 2. (credit: vpnMentor) Researchers said they have found a publicly accessible database con...
- + Ars Technica Software: AT&T and T-Mobile fight Caller ID spoofing with number verification system—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Tero Vesalainen) AT&T and T-Mobile announced a joint anti-robocall initiative today, but they didn't promise ...
- + Ars Technica Software: Apple’s new credit card comes with forced arbitration—here’s how to opt out—Enlarge / Shiny! Apple's new credit card is rolling out in stages to interested users (I got mine on Monday) and the early reception is genera...
- + Ars Technica Software: Hack in the box: Hacking into companies with “warshipping”—Enlarge / The "warshipping" rig, exposed, with solar recharging panel. (credit: Sean Gallagher) LAS VEGAS—Penetration testers have long gone to...
- + Ars Technica Software: Four wormable bugs in newer versions of Windows need your attention now—Enlarge (credit: Frank Lindecke / Flickr) Microsoft is warning of a four new Windows vulnerabilities that are “wormable,” meaning they can be exp...
- + Ars Technica Software: A look at LibreOffice’s new 6.3.0 “fresh” release— An Ubuntu Xenial LTS system, showing the system base version of LibreOffice (5.1.6) as well as the...
- + Computer Weekly: Box aims to shield businesses from data loss threat
- + Computer Weekly: Healthcare faces triple cyber threat, says FireEye
- + Computer Weekly: Security concerns blocking UK digital transformation
- + Computer Weekly: Human error a big risk to ICS cyber security, study shows
- + Computer Weekly: Malware still top security threat, say infosec pros
- + Computer Weekly: Huawei to US: Ban violates free market principles
- + Computer Weekly: Even fintech startups battling to meet cyber security challenges
- + Computer Weekly: UK financial account takeovers up, report warns
- + Computer Weekly: Q2 shows ransomware proliferation, Kaspersky warns
- + Computer Weekly: US extends temporary stay on Huawei ban
- + Computer Weekly: Google finds that web users log in with compromised credentials
- + Computer Weekly: Passwordless enterprise already possible, says RSA
- + Computer Weekly: New approach to risk management needed, says Gartner
- + Computer Weekly: ICO to probe facial recognition at King’s Cross
- + Computer Weekly: 2019 set to be another record year for data breaches
- + Computer Weekly: Most UK financial firms hit by cyber attack in the past year
- + Computer Weekly: Security Think Tank: Data architecture and security must evolve in parallel
- + Computer Weekly: Publicly accessible biometric database highlights key failings
- + Computer Weekly: DCMS funding aims to increase diversity in cyber sector
- + Computer Weekly: GDPR faces growing pains across Europe
- + dangerous: The “terrible” 3 cent MCU – a short survey of sub $0.10 microcontrollers— Tim (cpldcpu) writes: Like many others, I was quite amazed to learn about a microcontroller sold for only 0.03 USD via the EEVblog last year. How was...
- + dangerous: Teardown and modification of an Electrophoresis power supply— Kerry Wong did a teardown of an EC600-90 electrophoresis high voltage power supply: Electrophoresis power supplies are commonly found in biology and ...
- + dangerous: App note: Silicon Labs’ TS3004 VS. the CMOS 555 – Determining lowest supply current for battery-powered applications— Good read on this app note from Silicon Labs comparing their low power but obsolete timer. Link here (PDF) The 555 timer is the workhorse of ICs, wit...
- + dangerous: App note: Single-cell regulated Q-pump draws low quiescent current— Q-pump an alternative to inductor charge pump boost regulator for low power and sleepy microcontroller from Silicon Labs. Link here (PDF) In the swit...
- + dangerous: Free PCB coupon via Facebook to 2 random commenters— Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. This post was announced on Facebook, and on Monday we’ll send coupon codes to two random comm...
- + dangerous: Sweeperino, Arduino based test instrument— Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE) made an Arduino based sweeper for ham radio homebrewing, that is available on GitHub: The Sweeperino a very useful Arduino bas...
- + dangerous: “Cigarette Pack”- 14MHz SSB QRP Micro-Transceiver— Peter Rachow (DK7IH) built a 14MHz SSB QRP Micro-transceiver into a cigarette packet size case: This article describes the “Cigarette Pack” SSB QRP t...
- + Dark Reading: 'Phoning Home': Your Latest Data Exfiltration Headache—Companies phone enterprise customer data home securely and for a variety of perfectly legitimate and useful reasons. The problems stem from insufficie...
- + Dark Reading: 7 Big Factors Putting Small Businesses At Risk—Small organizations still face a long list of security threats. These threats and vulnerabilities should be top of mind. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: How to Avoid Technical Debt in Open Source Projects—Engineering teams have only a certain amount of capacity. Cutting down the volume of rework inherent in the open source business model begins with thr...
- + Dark Reading: CISOs Struggle with Diminishing Tools to Protect Assets from Growing Threats—Most CISOs see the risk of cyberattacks growing and feel they're falling behind in their ability to fight back, a new survey finds. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Apple Misstep Leaves iPhones Open to Jailbreak—Newest version of iOS contains a critical bug that the company had previously already patched. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Who Gets Privileged Access & How to Enforce It—Let's begin by re-evaluating IT infrastructures to determine who has access to what, why, and when. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: What Americans Think About Ransomware—New Harris Poll survey says most will weigh candidates' cybersecurity positions. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Instagram Added to Facebook Data-Abuse Bounty Program—Social media giant also launches invitation-only bug bounty program for 'Checkout on Instagram'. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Towns Across Texas Hit in Coordinated Ransomware Attack—The state government and cybersecurity groups have mobilized to respond to a mass ransomware attack that simultaneously hit 22 different towns statewi...
- + Dark Reading: VxWorks TCP/IP Stack Vulnerability Poses Major Manufacturing Risk—A new analysis shows the scale of risk posed by networking vulnerabilities in a popular embedded real-time operating system. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: US Chamber of Commerce, FICO Report National Risk Score of 688—While the score was up for large businesses and down for small firms, the report urges all to prioritize third-party risk management. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Tough Love: Debunking Myths about DevOps & Security—It's time to move past trivial 'shift left' conceptions of DevSecOps and take a hard look at how security work actually gets accomplished. [Link to me...
- + Dark Reading: Modern Technology, Modern Mistakes—As employees grow more comfortable using new technologies, they could inadvertently be putting their enterprises at risk. And that leaves security tea...
- + Dark Reading: This Week in Web Application Attacks and Enterprise Threats—The latest on the number of attacks, types of attacks, and threats to enterprises' most critical IT infrastructure. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Slide Show
- + Dark Reading: Compliance Training? What Compliance Training?—Employees can run ... but they can't hide. Or can they? [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Google Analyzes Pilfered Password Reuse—Password Checkup data shows some users still reuse their exposed passwords. [Link to media]
- + Dark Reading: Project Zero Turns 5: How Google's Zero-Day Hunt Has Grown—At Black Hat USA, Project Zero's team lead shared details of projects it has accomplished and its influence on the security community. [Link to media]
- + Hack a Day: Fantastic Micrometeorites And Where To Find Them—Space is very much the final frontier for humanity, at least as far as our current understanding of the universe takes us. Only a handful of countries...
- + Hack a Day: Launching a Custom Kerbal Panel—[Matthew Peverill] is a busy PhD student who loves to make time for a little Kerbal Space Program. He was tired of using such pedestrian controls as a...
- + Hack a Day: Sushi Roll Helps Inspect Your CPU Internals—[Gamozolabs’] post about Sushi Roll — a research kernel for monitoring Intel CPU internals — is pretty long. While we were disappoin...
- + Hack a Day: Rocket Jacket Looks Sharp For CCCamp 2019—Making your own clothing can be fun, but it’s even better if you can throw some LEDs into the mix and give a new meaning to the term “glow...
- + Hack a Day: Dirty Tricks For 6502 Programming—We know the 6502 isn’t exactly the CPU of choice for today’s high-performance software, but with the little CPU having appeared in so many...
- + Hack a Day: Get Ready For Games Night With 3D Catan—Settlers of Catan is a staple for boardgaming aficionados. Some fans like to express themselves by building a custom set of their own, and [Maclsk] is...
- + Hack a Day: A Range-Extended Electric Van—The only thing limiting the range on any electric vehicle isn’t really battery technology, but cost. Customers don’t want to pay more mone...
- + Hack a Day: Lithophanes Ditch the Monochrome with a Color Layer—3D printed lithophanes are great, if a bit monochromatic. [Thomas Brooks] (with help from [Jason Preuss]) changed all that with a tool for creating co...
- + Hack a Day: Circuit VR: Advanced Falstad Logic with Geniac—I find that if I’m trying to make a point with a student or a colleague about a circuit, sometimes the Falstad online simulator is worth a few t...
- + Hack a Day: Behold the Crimson Axlef*cker (Do Not Insert Finger)—Are your aluminum extrusions too straight? The Crimson Axlef*cker can help you out. It’s a remarkable 3D printed, 4-stage, 125:1 reduction gearb...
- + Hack a Day: Echos of the Cold War: Nuclear-Powered Missiles Have Been Tried Before—On August 8th, an experimental nuclear device exploded at a military test facility in Nyonoksa, Russia. Thirty kilometers away, radiation levels in th...
- + Hack a Day: Putting The Coanda Effect To Work On A Quadcopter—The Coanda effect is an aerodynamic principle regarding the way fluids tend to flow along curved surfaces. This can be used to direct a flow, and [Tom...
- + Hack a Day: Game On with these Open Source Arduino Buzzers—Planning a game of Hacker Jeopardy at your next meetup? You’re going to want some proper buzzers to complete the experience, but why buy when yo...
- + Hack a Day: Fail Of The Week: How Not To Light Pipe—You’d think that something made out of glass and epoxy would transmit a decent amount of light. Unfortunately for [Jeremy Ruhland], it turns out...
- + Hack a Day: A Friendly Reminder That You Might Be In Danger—Product recalls are one of those things that most people don’t pay attention to until things get really bad. If it’s serious enough for so...
- + Hack a Day: DIY Geiger Counter is Sure to Generate Clicks—On the outside, a Geiger counter seems like a complicated thing. And you might think a device that detects a dangerous, mostly invisible threat like r...
- + Hack a Day: Old Chainsaw Repurposed For Kitchen Use—There are many ways to keep critical appliances running during a power outage. Maybe a UPS for a computer, a set of solar panels to charge your phone,...
- + Hack a Day: Tiny Two-Legged PCB Robot—YouTuber and electronics engineer [Carl Bugeja] has a knack for finding creative uses for flexible PCBs. For the past year, he has been experimenting ...
- + Hack a Day: Milspec Teardown: ID-2124 Howitzer Data Display—It’s time once again for another installment in “Milspec Teardown”, where we get to see what Uncle Sam spends all those defense doll...
- + Hack a Day: Life at JPL Hack Chat—Join us on Wednesday, August 21st at noon Pacific for the Life at JPL Hack Chat with Arko! There’s a reason why people use “rocket scien...
- + Network World: How to avoid using RDP in Windows—Several new vulnerability disclosures in Windows Remote Desktop Protocol suggest it’s time to stop using it. Here’s how. [Category: Security, Windows]
- + Network World: Get ready for the convergence of IT and OT networking and security—Most IT networking professionals are so busy with their day-to-day responsibilities that they don’t have time to consider taking on more work. But for...
- + Network World: How SD-Branch addresses today’s network security concerns—Secure software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has become one of the hottest new technologies, with some reports claiming that 85% of companies are actively con...
- + Network World: How to set up Edge Chromium security options—Edge Chromium can provide more protection for organizations that use older versions of Windows. [Category: Security, Windows, Microsoft Edge, Microsof...
- + Network World: Microsoft finds Russia-backed attacks that exploit IoT devices—The STRONTIUM hacking group, which has been strongly linked by security researchers to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was responsible for ...
- + Network World: Is your enterprise software committing security malpractice?—Back when this blog was dedicated to all things Microsoft I routinely railed against the spying aspects of Windows 10. Well, apparently that’s nothing...
- + Network World: Black Hat 2019 and DEF CON 27: What to expect at hacker summer camp | TECH(talk)—Every year, thousands of hackers arrive in Las Vegas for three large security conferences -- DEF CON, Black Hat and Bsides Las Vegas -- taking place f...
- + Network World: Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit—Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state a...
- + Network World: The latest large-scale data breach: Capital One | TECH(feed)—Just a few days after Equifax settled with the FTC over its 2017 data breach, Capital One announced it was the target of a March attack. Identifying i...
- + Network World: Remote code execution is possible by exploiting flaws in Vxworks—Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in WindRiver’s VxWorks, a real-time operating system in use across an advertised 2 billion connected devices have been...
- + Network World: How an attacker can target phishing attacks—There are a number of ways attackers can exploit public information about your organization's employees. CSO Online's Susan Bradley walks through how ...
- + Network World: The role of next-gen firewalls in an evolving security architecture—As the commercial enterprise firewall approaches its 30th birthday, it is hard to overstate how dramatically the product has evolved. This 2,700-word ...
- + Network World: Reports: As the IoT grows, so do its threats to DNS—The internet of things (IoT) is shaping up to be a more significant threat to the Domain Name System (DNS) through larger IoT botnets, unintentional a...
- + Network World: When it comes to the IoT, Wi-Fi has the best security—When it comes to connecting internet of things (IoT) devices, there is a wide variety of networks to choose from, each with its own set of capabilitie...
- + Network World: How to set up Azure AD to spot risky users—You have several options to set up alerts in Azure Active Directory to help spot risky user behavior. [Category: Security, Windows, Microsoft, Azure]
- + Network World: What is the dark web? And what will you find there?—The dark web may sound ominous, but it’s really a catch-all term for the part of the internet that isn't indexed by search engines. Stay tuned for a g...
- + Network World: The best enterprise level firewalls: Rating 10 top products—You know you need to protect your company from unauthorized or unwanted access. You need a network-security tool that examines the flow of packets in ...
- + Network World: REVIEW: Best VPN routers for small business—When selecting VPN routers, small businesses want ones that support the VPN protocols they desire as well as ones that fit their budgets, are easy to ...
- + NYT Bombs and Explosives: Man Charged in Connection With Rice Cooker Scare, Police Say—The man, who was found in the Bronx on Saturday, faces three charges of placing a false bomb. [Author: By Derrick Bryson Taylor]
- + NYT Bombs and Explosives: Man Sought in Connection With Rice Cooker Scare Is in Custody, Police Say—The man was found in the Bronx on Saturday. No charges have been filed so far, the authorities said. [Author: By Derrick Bryson Taylor]
- + NYT Bombs and Explosives: The Man Who Wrote the Guidebook for Civilian Bomb-Squad Technicians—At War talked to Tom Gersbeck, a retired Marine Corps bomb-disposal officer, who recently published the second edition of his book, “Practical Militar...
- + NYT Bombs and Explosives: Rice Cookers That Prompted Bomb Scare in Subway Investigated as ‘Hoax Devices’—The police are seeking a man who was seen leaving the appliances at Fulton Street station. But they cautioned that his intent wasn’t clear. [Author: B...
- + NYT SciTech: Is Josh Hawley the Future of the G.O.P.?—One-on-one with the Missouri senator.
- + NYT SciTech: Meeting a Russian Scientist? He Might Need to Report on You—Russia’s government is trying to put Soviet-style restrictions on scientists’ contact with foreign peers, requiring them to ask permission and report ...
- + Parabolic Arc: Newest Chinese Communications Satellite Experiencing Problems in Orbit— China’s new communications satellite, ChinaSat 18, is suffering problems on orbit, according to media reports. The satellite’s la...
- + Parabolic Arc: Delta IV Set to Launch GPS III Satellite on Thursday— Delta IV on the launch pad at Vandenberg. (Credit: ULA) CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla., August 20, 2019 (ULA PR) — The ULA Launc...
- + Parabolic Arc: ISRO Chairman K. Sivan Gives Press Briefing on Chandrayaan-2 Mission— Chandrayaan2 Vikram lander (Credit: ISRO) BENGALURU, India (ISRO PR) — A Press Meet was organised today (August 20, 2019) at ISRO Headqu...
- + Parabolic Arc: NASA Asks American Companies to Deliver Supplies for Artemis Moon Missions— Astronauts explore a crater at the lunar south pole. (Credit: NASA) By Tammy Long NASA’s Kennedy Space Center In another major step to...
- + Parabolic Arc: MDA Wins Contracts to Build Robotic Interfaces for Canadarm3 on NASA-led Gateway— Gateway with Orion over the Moon (Credit: ESA/NASA/ATG Medialab) BRAMPTON, Ont. (MDA PR) — MDA, a Maxar company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR...
- + Parabolic Arc: Chandrayaan-2 Enters Lunar Orbit— Chandrayaan 2 orbiter near the moon. (Credit: ISRO) Bengaluru, India (ISRO PR) — Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was completed succ...
- + Parabolic Arc: Newt’s Back in Town, Pushing a Moon Prize— Newt Gingrich (Credit: Gage Skidmore) by Douglas MessierManaging Editor Many of you know that I am not a big fan of President Donald Trump. ...
- + Parabolic Arc: Europa Clipper’s Mission to Jupiter’s Icy Moon Confirmed— Europa Clipper in orbit around Europa. (Credit; NASA) WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us mo...
- + Parabolic Arc: Astrobotic Selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch its First Mission to the Moon— Astrobotic of Pittsburgh has proposed to fly as many as 14 payloads to a large crater on the near side of the Moon. (Credit: Astrobotic) Pittsb...
- + Parabolic Arc: A Brief History of Spaceport America— Sunset at the “Virgin Galactic Gateway to Space” terminal hangar facility at Spaceport America. (Credit: Bill Gutman/Spaceport America) ...
- + Parabolic Arc: This Week on The Space Show— This week on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston: 1. Monday, August 19, 2019; 7-8:30 PM PDT (9-10:30 pm CDT; 10-11:30 PM EDT) No show on...
- + Parabolic Arc: Softbank Writes Down $424.7 Million Investment in OneWeb— Ouch! Citing a story in the Sunday Telegraph, City A.M. reports that Softbank took a £380 million ($424.7 million) impairment loss on its in...
- + Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab’s Electron Booster Orbits Four Satellites—Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket successfully orbited four small satellites on Monday from its launch complex on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand,...
- + Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab Electron Rocket Orbits Four Satellites—Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket successfully orbited four small satellites on Monday from its launch complex on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand,...
- + Parabolic Arc: Aevum Wins USAF Contract to Explore Autonomous Launch Capabilities for Responsive Launch and Space Logistics— Ravn air-launch system (Credit: Aevum) Huntsville, Alabama – The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has awarded Aevum a Small Business Innovation Research...
- + Parabolic Arc: NASA Television Coverage Set for Uncrewed Soyuz Mission to Space Station— Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft docking at the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA) HOUSTON (NASA PR) — An uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraf...
- + Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab Launch Reset for Tuesday New Zealand Time— Electron lifts off with U.S. Air Force satellites. (Credit: Rocket Lab) After a scrub due to high winds, Rocket Lab has rescheduled its latest ...
- + Parabolic Arc: Kleos Space Luxembourg: A Space-powered Data Business— Andy Bowyer (Credit: Luxembourg Space Agency) Andy Bowyer, CEO and Founder of Kleos Space Luxembourg, shines a light on dark activity at sea. ...
- + Parabolic Arc: Luxembourg, NorthStar to Cooperate on a Common Clean Space Initiative— MONTREAL (Luxembourg Space Agency PR) — During the visit of Luxembourg’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy, Étienne Schneide...
- + Parabolic Arc: New Chinese Booster Launches 3 Satellites—Xinhua reports that a new Smart Dragon-1 booster launched three satellites into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on its maiden flight. ...
- + Scientific American: Virtual Physical Therapy Could Help Fill Gaps in Treating All Too Real Pain—At-home video sessions and apps could reduce costs and expand treatment in rural areas -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [Category: He...
- + Scientific American: A Once Common Gecko Is Vanishing from Parts of Asia—With millions of tokay geckos trapped each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine, conservationists are calling for international protections -...
- + Scientific American: NASA Has Committed to a Rocket for the Europa Mission--and It Won't Be Ready on Time—Although alternatives such as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy exist, the space agency is legally required to launch its Europa Clipper spacecraft on the b...
- + Scientific American: California's Mount Shasta Loses a Historical Eruption—Clues from an old map erase a false 1786 event and are part of a global volcanic-record cleanup -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [Cat...
- + Scientific American: Astronomers Spy a Black Hole Devouring a Neutron Star—If confirmed, the detection could be the first of its kind and would open new vistas on Einstein’s general theory of relativity and the physics ...
- + Scientific American: Scientists Mull the Astrobiological Implications of an Airless Alien Planet—A rocky world devoid of atmosphere arouses debate over the habitability of the Milky Way’s most common star systems -- Read more on ScientificA...
- + Scientific American: Panama Risks Becoming a Broken Link in an Intercontinental Wildlife Route—A survey of nine large mammals found fragmented habitats throughout the country, suggesting the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor is failing -- Read m...
- + Scientific American: An Innovative Robotic Exosuit Boosts both Walking and Running—The soft wearable could prove useful for military applications, emergencies and medical rehabilitation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ...
- + Scientific American: A Flash on Jupiter, the Death of Mitochondria and the World under Your Skin: The Week's Best Science GIFs—Enjoy and loop on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [Category: The Sciences, Biology, Space]
- + Scientific American: The Reason Antarctica Is Melting: Shifting Winds, Driven by Global Warming—A new study helps solve the puzzle of why the continent’s western glaciers are melting so fast -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ...
- + Scientific American: Your Employer May Be Spying on You--and Wasting Its Time—New technologies help companies monitor their workers’ every move. But do those data tell them anything useful? -- Read more on ScientificAmeri...
- + Scientific American: Scientists Seek Better Guidelines for Editing Genes in Human Embryos—In the first of two meetings, an international commission discussed the criteria required before such experiments should be conducted—if ever -...
- + Scientific American: Can We Rely on Our Intuition?—As the world becomes more complex, making decisions becomes harder. Is it best to depend on careful analysis or to trust your gut? -- Read more on Sc...
- + Scientific American: Antisense Drugs for Huntington's, ALS and Prion Diseases Could Meet the Dire Need for Brain Treatments—A genetic therapy that increases or lowers levels of a protein raises hopes for a treatment for neurological disorders -- Read more on ScientificAmer...
- + Scientific American: Airborne Plastic Is Blowing All the Way to the Arctic—Tiny plastic particles have turned up in samples of Arctic snow, pointing to their ubiquity in the environment -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com...
- + Scientific American: Earth Could Be a Lens for a Revolutionary Space Telescope—Stationed beyond the moon, the proposed “terrascope” would use our planet’s atmosphere to magnify light from distant objects -- Rea...
- + Scientific American: Despite Controversy, Human Studies of CRISPR Move Forward in the U.S.—The technology that produced a global scandal in China last year has entered into clinical trials to treat sickle cell anemia and an eye disease -- R...
- + Scientific American: Debate Arises over Teaching "Growth Mindsets" to Motivate Students—Research shows conflicting data on the impact of the intervention, but a major new study confirms it can work -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com ...
- + Scientific American: Ballistic Maggots, Synthetic Winks and Why You're Not Goop: This Week's Best Science GIFs—Enjoy and loop on -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [Category: Sustainability, EARTH, Environment, Tech, Engineering, The Sciences, Bi...
- + Scientific American: The Scientific Underpinnings and Impacts of Shame—People who feel shame readily are at risk for depression and anxiety disorders -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com [Category: Mind, Beha...
- + Security Affairs: Thousands credit card numbers of MoviePass customers were exposed online—A security expert discovered that the popular movie ticket subscription service MoviePass has exposed thousands of customer card numbers and persona...
- + Security Affairs: Damage from Silence APT operations increases fivefold. The gang deploys new tools on its “worldwide tour”—Experts from Group-Ib that exposed the most recent campaigns carried out by Silence reported that damage from the APT group operations increases fivef...
- + Security Affairs: A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries—Maintainers of the RubyGems package repository have removed 18 malicious versions of 11 Ruby libraries that contained a backdoor. Maintainers of t...
- + Security Affairs: Flaw in New Facebook Design Allowed Removal of Profile Photos—A security vulnerability in the Facebook design (FB5) could have allowed attackers to remove any photo from profiles of the users. The security e...
- + Security Affairs: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself from IP Address Hacking—Your IP address represents your digital identity online, hacking it not only allows attackers to access your device or your accounts, but it may cause...
- + Security Affairs: Twitter bans 936 accounts that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong—Twitter announced it has banned 936 accounts managed by China-linked actors that attempted to sow political discord in Hong Kong. Twitter has obse...
- + Security Affairs: Backdoored Webmin versions were available for download for over a year—Webmin, the popular open-source web-based interface for Unix admin contained a remote code execution vulnerability for more than a year. Webmin...
- + Security Affairs: Hacker publicly releases Jailbreak for iOS version 12.4—Apple accidentally unpatched a vulnerability it had already fixed, making current versions of iOS vulnerable to hackers. A public Jailbreak for ...
- + Security Affairs: Watch out! Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization—A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at th...
- + Security Affairs: 5 Common Phishing Attacks and How to Avoid Them?—Phishing is one of the oldest methods of cyberattacks. It uses deceptive and manipulated emails as a tool for gathering personal and organizational da...
- + Security Affairs: Galaxy S10 is the first 5G phone that can be used by US DoD—Samsung announced that the Galaxy S10, the Galaxy S9, and Galaxy Note 9 have obtained the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) approval ...
- + Security Affairs: At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks—At least 23 local governments were impacted by a wave of ransomware attacks that according to the experts are the result of a coordinated effort. ...
- + Security Affairs: Security Affairs newsletter Round 227—A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the new...
- + Security Affairs: Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers in just 3 seconds—Bluetana App allows detecting Bluetooth card skimmers installed at the gas pumps to steal customers’ credit and debit card information in just 3...
- + Security Affairs: Intel addresses High-Severity flaws in NUC Firmware and other tools—Intel released security updates to address high-severity vulnerabilities in NUC firmware, the Processor Identification Utility, and the Computing Impr...
- + Security Affairs: Capital One hacker suspected to have breached other 30 companies—Federal prosecutors revealed that Paige Thompson, who was arrested after the Capital One data breach, may have hacked more than 30 other organizatio...
- + Security Affairs: New DanaBot banking Trojan campaign targets Germany—The DanaBot banking Trojan continues to evolve and spread across the continents, now moving from Australia to European countries. DanaBot is a...
- + Security Affairs: Trend Micro addressed two DLL Hijacking flaws in Trend Micro Password Manager—Trend Micro addressed 2 DLL hijacking flaws in Trend Micro Password Manager that could allow malicious actors to escalate privileges and much more. ...
- + Security Affairs: Expert shows how to bypass a fix for a recently discovered Steam flaw—A security researcher demonstrated how to bypass a fix released by Valve for a recently discovered Steam vulnerability re-enabling the attack. A f...
- + Security Affairs: USBSamurai — A Remotely Controlled Malicious USB HID Injecting Cable for less than 10$—USBSamurai — A Remotely Controlled Malicious USB HID Injecting Cable for less than 10$. than 10$. The Video is self-explanatory. ( Wanna know ho...
- + Security Magazine: How to avoid using RDP in Windows—Several new vulnerability disclosures in Windows Remote Desktop Protocol suggest it’s time to stop using it. Here’s how. [Category: Security, Windows]
- + Security Magazine: Get ready for the convergence of IT and OT networking and security—Most IT networking professionals are so busy with their day-to-day responsibilities that they don’t have time to consider taking on more work. But for...
- + Security Magazine: How SD-Branch addresses today’s network security concerns—Secure software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has become one of the hottest new technologies, with some reports claiming that 85% of companies are actively con...
- + Security Magazine: How to set up Edge Chromium security options—Edge Chromium can provide more protection for organizations that use older versions of Windows. [Category: Security, Windows, Microsoft Edge, Microsof...
- + Security Magazine: Microsoft finds Russia-backed attacks that exploit IoT devices—The STRONTIUM hacking group, which has been strongly linked by security researchers to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency, was responsible for ...
- + Security Magazine: Is your enterprise software committing security malpractice?—Back when this blog was dedicated to all things Microsoft I routinely railed against the spying aspects of Windows 10. Well, apparently that’s nothing...
- + Security Magazine: Black Hat 2019 and DEF CON 27: What to expect at hacker summer camp | TECH(talk)—Every year, thousands of hackers arrive in Las Vegas for three large security conferences -- DEF CON, Black Hat and Bsides Las Vegas -- taking place f...
- + Security Magazine: Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit—Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state a...
- + Security Magazine: The latest large-scale data breach: Capital One | TECH(feed)—Just a few days after Equifax settled with the FTC over its 2017 data breach, Capital One announced it was the target of a March attack. Identifying i...
- + Security Magazine: Remote code execution is possible by exploiting flaws in Vxworks—Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in WindRiver’s VxWorks, a real-time operating system in use across an advertised 2 billion connected devices have been...
- + Security Magazine: How an attacker can target phishing attacks—There are a number of ways attackers can exploit public information about your organization's employees. CSO Online's Susan Bradley walks through how ...
- + Security Magazine: The role of next-gen firewalls in an evolving security architecture—As the commercial enterprise firewall approaches its 30th birthday, it is hard to overstate how dramatically the product has evolved. This 2,700-word ...
- + Security Magazine: Reports: As the IoT grows, so do its threats to DNS—The internet of things (IoT) is shaping up to be a more significant threat to the Domain Name System (DNS) through larger IoT botnets, unintentional a...
- + Security Magazine: When it comes to the IoT, Wi-Fi has the best security—When it comes to connecting internet of things (IoT) devices, there is a wide variety of networks to choose from, each with its own set of capabilitie...
- + Security Magazine: The best enterprise level firewalls: Rating 10 top products—You know you need to protect your company from unauthorized or unwanted access. You need a network-security tool that examines the flow of packets in ...
- + Security Magazine: REVIEW: Best VPN routers for small business—When selecting VPN routers, small businesses want ones that support the VPN protocols they desire as well as ones that fit their budgets, are easy to ...
- + Security Magazine: 7 free network tools you must have—"I am all about useful tools. One of my mottos is 'the right tool for the right job.'" –Martha StewartIf your "right job" involves wrangling computer ...
- + Space Ref: Europa Clipper Mission Confirmed—An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the potential for life on other worlds is coming into focus with confirmation of ...
- + Space Ref: A Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface—A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope provides a rare glimpse of conditions on the surface of a rocky planet orbiting a star beyo...
- + Space Ref: Big Data Rate Increase on the International Space Station—NASA recently doubled the rate at which data from the International Space Station returns to Earth, paving the way for similar future upgrades on Gate...
- + Space Ref: Microgravity Changes Brain Connectivity—An international team of Russian and Belgian researchers, including scientists from HSE University, has found out that space travel has a significant ...
- + Space Ref: A Second Planet Has Been Discovered In The Beta Pictoris System—A team of astronomers led by Anne-Marie Lagrange, a CNRS researcher at the Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (CNRS/Université Gr...
- + Space Ref: NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 16 August 2019 - Preparing for the 5th US Spacewalk of the Year—Three NASA astronauts remain focused on preparations for next week's spacewalk at the International Space Station. The rest of the Expedition 60 focus...
- + Space Ref: This Week at NASA: Marshall Gets Human Landing System Development—An update on development of a human lunar landing system, the final four sites selected for our first asteroid sample return mission, and our Parker S...
- + Space Ref: NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for August 16, 2019—NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station. [Author: Marc Boucher] [Category: Internation...
- + Space Ref: NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space—NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA devel...
- + Space Ref: Such A Big Planet. Every Picture Is A Gem.—Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Christina Koch of NASA looks through the station's "window to the world," the seven-windowed cupola. Koch was photograph...
- + Space Ref: Constraining the Formation of the Four Terrestrial Planets in the Solar System—To reproduce the orbits and masses of the terrestrial planets (analogs) of the solar system, most studies scrutinize simulations for success as a batc...
- + Space Ref: Explosion of Monster Star Requires New Supernova Mechanism—Scientists have announced the discovery of the most massive star ever known to be destroyed by a supernova explosion, challenging known models of how ...
- + Space Ref: Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun In Images From NASA's Fermi—If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That's how NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Te...
- + Space Ref: NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space—NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA devel...
- + Space Ref: NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 14 August 2019 - Canadian Robotics Supporting Exploration—The Expedition 60 crew is busy conducting space research everyday inside the International Space Station. While they work, scientists and engineers on...
- + Space Ref: A Young Jupiter Was Smacked Head-on By A Massive Newborn Planet—A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early solar system, about 4.5 billion years ago, could explain surpris...
- + Space Ref: Finding A Cosmic Fog Within Shattered Intergalactic Pancakes—To understand the most ordinary matter in the universe -- and the extraordinary things that happen to it -- a Yale-led team of astronomers took a deep...
- + Space Ref: NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 13 August 2019 - Ongoing Microgravity Research—The International Space Station will soon see U.S., Russian and Japanese spaceships arriving and departing over the next several weeks. [Author: Marc ...
- + Space Ref: Moonrise On Orbit—A full Moon is pictured from the International Space Station as the orbiting complex flew 270 miles above the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sou...
- + Space Ref: Simulations Uncover Why Some Supernova Explosions Produce So Much Manganese And Nickel—Researchers have found white dwarf stars with masses close to the maximum stable mass (called the Chandrasekhar mass) are likely to produce large amou...
- + Tech Dirt: New Hampshire Supreme Court: Of Course It's Not Defamatory To Call A Patent Troll A Patent Troll— Earlier this year, we wrote about a legal fight in New Hampshire, where patent trolling firm ATL, had sued a bunch of critics for defamation for call...
- + Tech Dirt: Huawei Busted Helping African Governments Spy On The Press, Political Opponents— While the Trump administration's war on Huawei may be largely fueled by evidence optional protectionism, that certainly doesn't mean Huawei is an eth...
- + Tech Dirt: Intra-Family Trademark Violence: SR Sues JR For Using His Own Name In Law Firm Marketing— With the chief hurdle for infringement in trademark law being potential public confusion as to the source of a good or service, we sometimes toss tha...
- + Tech Dirt: White House Suspends Another Reporter's Press Pass, Once Again, Raising 1st Amendment Concerns— As you'll recall, last year, the White House tried to remove CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass over a silly made up controversy claiming that he h...
- + Tech Dirt: Techdirt Podcast Episode 221: What's Really In The FTC's Facebook Settlement, Part Two— Last week, we featured part one of our discussion with lawyer Joshua de Larios-Heiman, about the details of the FCC's Facebook settlement, beyond...
- + Tech Dirt: DOJ/Copyright Office File An Amicus Brief In Support Of Led Zeppellin— As announced by the Copyright Office's General Counsel, the DOJ and the Copyright Office have now filed an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit in support...
- + Tech Dirt: The Attorney General Who Doesn't Respect Or Comply With His Oversight Wants Citizens To Respect And Comply With Cops— The "law and order" administration is flexing its muscles. New Attorney General William Barr has been particularly vocal since his appointment, going...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: The Ultimate Microsoft Excel Training Bundle— The Ultimate Microsoft Excel Training Bundle has six courses designed to help you master Excel. You'll learn about Macros, VBA, Pivot Tables, advance...
- + Tech Dirt: YouTube Sues Guy Who Tried To Extort People Through Bogus DMCA Takedowns— We've talked in the past about how Section (f) of the DMCA Section 512 is more or less a dead letter. 512(f) is the part that is supposed to stop bog...
- + Tech Dirt: It's On: Details Emerge Of Polish Government's Formal Request For Top EU Court To Throw Out Upload Filters— Earlier this year, Techdirt wrote about an intriguing tweet from the account of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, which announced: "To...
- + Tech Dirt: Gizmodo Media's Clueless New Owners Tell Reporters They Can't Use Encrypted Email Any More— G/O Media is the latest incarnation of Gizmodo Media, after it was sold by Univision to private equity firm Great Hill Partners earlier this year. Un...
- + Tech Dirt: THE Ohio State University Applies For THE Stupidest Trademark In THE World— We've talked ongoing about how ridiculous and aggressive many universities are becoming on trademark matters. Now colleges and universities do many, ...
- + Tech Dirt: Twitter And Facebook Removing Chinese Disinfo Campaigns Shows That, Contrary To Popular Opinion, They Do Moderate Against Disinfo— Leaving aside the ridiculous and ignorant suggestions from some that no internet platforms should moderate anything, many, many people seem to believ...
- + Tech Dirt: Moviepass Changed User Passwords So They Couldn't Use The Flopping Service— Originally, the Moviepass business model seemed like a semi-sensible idea, though we were quick to wonder if it would ever actually make a profit. Un...
- + Tech Dirt: NC Appeals Court Withdraws Its Horrendous, Free Speech-Damaging Opinion On Retaliatory Arrests— Late last week, the North Carolina State Court of Appeals released an astounding decision. Ignoring a number of precedential rulings finding otherwis...
- + Tech Dirt: Beto O'Rourke Joins The Silly Parade Of Confused Politicians Looking To Destroy Section 230— Earlier this year it was revealed that Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke was a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow when he was a kid. To lots of fo...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: Google Analytics Training— The Google Analytics certification is more than just a bullet point on your resume. This credential tells employers you're a data-driven guru capable...
- + Tech Dirt: Latest 'Google Whistleblower' To Prove Anti-Conservative Bias Doesn't Prove Anything And Appears To Be Bigoted Conspiracy Theorist— So, we had just pointed out that the "fired ex-Googler whistleblower" whom everyone was pointing to last week as "proof" of "anti-conservative bias" ...
- + Tech Dirt: As The NSA Declares Phone Record Program Dead, Trump Administration Asks For A Permanent Reauthorization— The NSA decided to abandon its phone data collection earlier this year, stating that it was having all sorts of technical issues collecting only the ...
- + Tech Dirt: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt— This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is HegemonicDistortion with a response to the FBI's latest encryption fearmongering: From...
- + Tech News World: Yubico Offers Dual Lightning, USB-C Dongle to Secure Devices— Owners of iPhones looking for an extra measure of protection when using applications and logging into websites can get it with a new dongle from Y...
- + Tech News World: Cerebras Debuts Big Chip to Speed Up AI Processes— Startup chip developer Cerebras has announced a breakthrough in high-speed processor design that will hasten the development of artificial intelli...
- + Tech News World: Sanity-Saving Tips From a Heavy Traveler— I'm on the road about 50 percent of the time, and I'm often asked by those who don't travel much for advice on how to have a better trip -- what t...
- + Tech News World: Slackel Linux Works Well Inside Its Openbox— The latest release of Slackel Linux renews and improves the mashup of Slackware and Salix built around an Openbox pseudo desktop environment. Slac...
- + Tech News World: YouTube as Political Influencer Takes the Spotlight— YouTube, which operates as one of Google's subsidiaries, is under increased scrutiny after a report earlier this month highlighted the role it pla...
- + Tech News World: 28M Records Exposed in Biometric Security Data Breach— Researchers associated with vpnMentor discovered a data breach involving nearly 28 million records in a BioStar 2 biometric security database belo...
- + Tech News World: How to Distro Hop With a Web Browser— Getting familiar with Linux up close and personal is easy to do with a free service provided by DistroTest.net, which allows testing without ISO d...
- + Tech News World: Snap Unwraps $380 High-Tech Specs— With the announcement of its Spectacles 3 sunglasses, Snap must be hoping three times will be the charm. Unlike the two previous generations of th...
- + TMC: New Allianz Claims Report Identifies 7 Trends Making Engineering and Construction Projects Bigger and Costlier
- + TMC: Hughes Partners with Startup to Create New Solutions for Extending LTE Coverage Using Helicopters, UAVs
- + TMC: NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space
- + TMC: UrtheCast Reports Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results
- + UFO Sightings: ‘Storm Area 51’ Turns Into Festival, May Feature Surprise Performance by Limp Bizkit—Conspiracy theorists and UFO enthusiasts who were originally planning to storm Area 51 may now just be going to party in the... [[ This is a content ...
- + UPI Science: Trump proposes longer-term detention for migrant families— The Trump administration proposed new rules Wednesday that would allow migrant families with children to be held in detention centers for longer peri...
- + UPI Science: March for Our Lives proposes sweeping gun control laws— The March for Our Lives group proposed new gun control laws Wednesday that would raise the age to purchase guns from 18 to 21 while requiring longer ...
- + UPI Science: Australia to send ship, aircraft to Strait of Hormuz— Australia announced Wednesday that it will add military assets to help patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
- + UPI Science: South Korea Jeju Massacre victims awarded $4M in damages— South Korean survivors of killings that took place during an anti-communist crackdown in 1948 are to receive more than $4 million in compensation.
- + UPI Science: Greece pledges no help for Iranian tanker after U.S. warning— Greece said Wednesday it won't allow a controversial Iranian oil tanker to pass through territorial waters on its way to Syria, following a stern war...
- + UPI Science: U.S. North Korea envoy dismisses Russia posting rumors— The United States' special envoy for North Korea said Wednesday he will not be serving as the top U.S. diplomat to Russia.
- + UPI Science: Ireland High Court nixes planned strike by Ryanair pilots— The High Court of Ireland moved Wednesday to block a planned strike by Ryanair pilots, granting an injunction to halt the work stoppage less than a d...
- + UPI Science: 3 women file new civil suits against Epstein estate— Three women have filed three new lawsuits against the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, detailing more incidents of sex trafficking -- for which he was jail...
- + UPI Science: Australia appellate court upholds sex conviction for former Cardinal George Pell— An Australian court rejected an appeal Wednesday for Catholic Cardinal George Pell, the highest-ranking member of the church to be convicted of a sex...
- + UPI Science: President Donald Trump cancels Denmark visit because it won't sell Greenland— President Donald Trump has postponed a trip to Denmark to meet with its prime minister, apparently because the Danish government won't sell Greenland...
- + UPI Science: Derogatory student loan debt is growing at 'stunning' pace, Fed report says— The total amount of household debt in the United States has grown for the 20th consecutive quarter and student loans have become the most prevalent t...
- + UPI Science: China confirms detention of British consulate employee— China has detained a British consulate employee who has been missing for almost two weeks, the country's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
- + UPI Science: At least 3 wounded in shooting at Clark Atlanta University— Atlanta police said officers were investigating a shooting at Clark Atlanta University that left at least three people injured.
- + UPI Science: Top diplomats of S. Korea, Japan hold talks amid high tensions over trade, history— The top diplomats of South Korea and Japan held bilateral talks in Beijing on Wednesday as Seoul is considering whether to renew a military informati...
- + UPI Science: Operation Triple Beam removes 355 violent criminals from Missouri streets— Missouri and federal law enforcement agents arrested hundreds of repeat offenders during a U.S. Marshals' operation aimed at removing violent crimina...
- + UPI Science: Scientists try to mass produce seaweed that reduces methane in cow burps— Marine scientists around the world are seeking a way to mass produce an obscure tropical pink seaweed that can stop cows from burping so much methane...
- + UPI Science: On This Day, Aug. 21: Hawaii becomes 50th state— On Aug. 21, 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state of the United States.
- + UPI Science: Watchdog: Child migrant shelters failed to meet safety, cleanliness standards— A Texas-based nonprofit organization contracted by the U.S. government to care and house unaccompanied migrant children failed to meet safety and cle...
- + UPI Science: Police release sketch, video of suspect in Cal State Fullerton death— Police on Tuesday released a sketch and surveillance video of the suspect who fatally stabbed a retired California State University Fullerton adminis...
- + UPI Science: Man charged with shipping sanctions-controlled machines to Iran— Federal authorities have accused a man of scheming to export metal-processing machines to Iran in violation of U.S. non-nuclear proliferation and ter...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: APS discuss process for Board member replacement—The APS Board of Education held a work session Monday to determine what process they will take to fill the District 5 school board vacancy. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Alamogordo woman struck by vehicle in Hobbs dies from injuries—An Alamogordo woman was struck by a vehicle in Hobbs Monday night [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Li...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Highlights from Alamogordo Public School Aug. 19 Workshop—Highlights from Alamogordo Public School Aug. 19 Workshop [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to me...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: STEM summer interns present projects—This year’s STEM intern program included students from New Mexico State University, the University of Texas El Paso and other area schools. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Business briefs: The big give at the Boys & Girls Club—Business news from Otero County and Alamogordo. [Author: Alamogordo Daily News] [Link to media]
- + Alamogordo Daily News: On track: Toy Train Depot could benefit from event center—City Commission discussed building an event building to house large event space, the Chamber of Commerce, the Toy Train Depot and more. &#...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: State AG responds to District Attorneys about election law changes—State Attorney General Hectpr Balderas issued response to district attorneys' filings about state election law changes. &...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Plane crashes near Sierra Blanca Regional Airport in Ruidoso—Plane crashes at Sierra Blanca Regional Airport in Ruidoso with two people airlifted to hospital [Aut...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Air Force Environmental Workshop focuses on installation support—Building resilient installations was the theme of an Air Force Civil Engineer Center workshop from August 13-15 in San Antonio. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Travis AFB produces first certified 3-D printed aircraft parts—The 60th Maintenance Squadron is the first field unit in the USAF to be certified with a 3-D printer that is authorized to produce aircraft parts. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: ‘Better for Veterans’: Exchange named a 2020 Military Friendly® Employer—For the eighth consecutive year, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has been named a “Better for Veterans” Military Friendly&circle...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: ‘Exchange Inc.’ vehicle scams leaving service members feeling overheated—Scammers using the name “Exchange Inc.” are trying to fool Soldiers and Airmen into thinking they are with the Army & Air Force Exchan...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Playing it Safe: HAFB marks Safe and Sound Week—Aug. 12-18 was Safe and Sound week, a week created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promote improving safety nationwide. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Battle of the Bases bring New Mexico Air Force Bases together in Ruidoso—Airmen from Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Cannon AFB, N.M., and Kirtland AFB, N.M., competed in Battle of the Bases at racetrack in Ruidoso. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Alamogordo Community Calendar—The Alamogordo Daily News publishes events, meetings and government meetings in Community Calendar that’s happening in Alamogordo and Otero Coun...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Police, medical workers to address opioid addiction in Alamogordo—Law enforcement, medical workers are looking to fill in the gap created after a major local drug treatment clinic closure in August ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: Mescalero Apache hold blessing ceremony at WSMR—More than 100 years have passed since a blessing ceremony of this type was performed by the Mescalero Apache Tribe. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: New Mexico Space Museum being sued for breach of contract—The New Mexico Museum of Space History is being sued by an artist whose merchandise used to be sold in the museum's gift shop. ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: City Commission discusses election issues—The City Commission looked at campaign finance disclosures and how they impact elections at Tuesday's meeting ...
- + Alamogordo Daily News: County and City Commissions approve ICIP for 2021-2025—The plans are due to the state by Sept. 6 and serve as a way for municipalities to define their capital planning efforts. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Loving man charged with DUI in death of 19-year-old—Francisco Liman was charged with DUI resulting in great bodily injury or death. [Author: Carlsbad Cur...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: State vows assistance for Eddy County road construction—High ranking officials from the New Mexico Department of Transportation briefed Eddy County Commissioners on impending construction projects Tuesday. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: NWP: Community grant recipients announced—Thirteen organizations in Carlsbad, Loving and Hobbs received over $75,000 in funding. [Link to media...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Q&A: How a North Dakota oil boom town could inform Carlsbad's future—The Current-Argus sat down with the director of economic development at the City of Williston to discuss how it survived sudden growth from an oil boo...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: 2019 Energy Summit: Here's what you need to know about the upcoming summit—The Summit is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Walter Gerrells Performing Arts Center Annex, 4012 National parks Highway. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Informed Carlsbad public could put dent in trash problems—The City of Carlsbad and Eddy County with the help of Dona Ana County present a workshop Aug. 22 to fight illegal dumping. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: American oil reaches 'record-high- production, driven by Permian Basin—April brought an average production of 12.2 million barrels per day (b/d), per a Monday report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: What we know about Mike Pence's visit to Artesia, New Mexico, to promote USMCA—Here's what we know about how to get tickets, watch a livestream and more for Mike Pence's New Mexico visit to promote the USMCA, a NAFTA re...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Artesia oil services company Elite Well Services prepares for Mike Pence visit—Elita Well Services, an oil services company in Artesia, New Mexico, was founded in 2011 and is owned by Chase Energy Services. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: El Paso's strong but wounded heart—In a personal essay, Maria Garcia, senior editor of arts and culture at WBUR in Boston, reflects on the strength and resilience of her hometown, El P...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Operating expenses increase for City of Carlsbad—Tuesday night Carlsbad City Councilors a final $129 million budget for 2019-2020. [Author: Carlsbad C...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: How do other cities recycle waste to water? We're heading cross country to find out.—Oil and gas industries continue to grow in New Mexico and water is becoming scarce. Journalists are searching for wastewater recycling solutions. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Public invited to learn more on dementia—The event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon at the Pecos River Village conference Center, 711 Muscatel Avenue in Carlsbad. ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Carlsbad City Council approves capital project plan—The City Council approved the plan Tuesday night/ [Author: Carlsbad Current-Argus] [Link to media]
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Vice President Mike Pence to speak at Artesia trade rally—Vice President Mike Pence will tout the positives of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. [Auth...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Carlsbad man sentenced in 2017 death of girlfriend—Fabian Carrasco was sentenced Aug. 8 on two counts by District Judge Jane Shuler Gray. [Author: Carls...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Missing Carlsbad man facing drug charges—Juan Pesante was charged with drug related crimes in a July 26 criminal complaint. [Author: Carlsbad ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Rawhide Fire to help maintain a healthy Lincoln National Forest—An additional 3,000 acres are target in the plan near Rawhide Canyon and Indian Creek area. [Author: ...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Artesia Intermediate School initiated lock down as police investigated shots fired nearby—Artesia Police responded to shots fired call near Artesia Intermediate School Tuesday afternoon. [Aut...
- + Carlsbad Current Argus: Waste to Water: 6 things we know about wastewater problems—The amount of wastewater increases alongside the booming oil and natural gas industry. Here are key takeaways on the problem of produced water. ...
- + Deming Headlight: Constables arrest El Paso man suspected of slashing patrol vehicle's tire in video—El Paso County constables arrest 44-year-old man suspected in patrol vehicle tire slashing case caught on video. &...
- + Deming Headlight: What to know about the oil and gas industry in Texas and New Mexico—The oil and gas industry is boosting New Mexico's economy, while pipeline access is improving between the Permian Basin and the Texas Gulf Coast....
- + Deming Headlight: Mike Pence heads to New Mexico to hail new USMCA trade deal. How does it differ from NAFTA?—Vice President Mike Pence is expected to drum up support for the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. How does the USMCA differ from NAFTA? ...
- + Deming Headlight: EPISD board upholds previous decision to close Beall and Burleson elementary schools—In a 5-2 vote, the EPISD board of trustees decided to upheld the January decision to close Beall and Burleson Elementary Schools. &#...
- + Deming Headlight: EPISD revisits decision to close schools—EPISD board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 20, at EPISD Boeing Education Center in El Paso. [Author: El Paso T...
- + Deming Headlight: El Paso Chihuahuas fall to Fresno in second game of series—The El Paso Chihuahuas fell to the Fresno Grizzlies on Tuesday night at SWUP. Fresno scored five runs in the ninth and erased an early deficit &...
- + Deming Headlight: Wild El Paso police pursuit ends with driver arrested after crashing U-Haul—Gun shots were fired, a patrol vehicle was rammed and spikes deployed in a U-Haul truck police pursuit in Northeast El Paso. &...
- + Deming Headlight: El Paso police investigate shooting behind Chico's Tacos on Dyer Street—Shooting near Chico's Tacos on Dyer Street under investigation by El Paso police. [Author: El Pa...
- + Deming Headlight: Fatal New Mexico crash temporarily closes I-10 East between El Paso, Las Cruces—A fatal wreck near Vado, New Mexico, temporarily closed Interstate 10 East as state police investigated the accident. &#...
- + Deming Headlight: What to know ahead of the third Democratic debate in Texas—Texas Southern University in Houston will host the candidates in its in its Health & Physical Education Arena. ...
- + Deming Headlight: Fred Loya Sr.' s grandson arrested in stabbing in Cincinnati Entertainment District fight—A Fred Loya Insurance family member was arrested in connection with a stabbing during a fight in the Cincinnati Entertainment District. &#...
- + Deming Headlight: Ysleta ISD to hold $425 million bond election in November—Voters in the YISD will decide on a $425 million bond measure to fund new school construction, renovations and campus improvement projects. ...
- + Deming Headlight: It's official: The Sun Bowl grabs 'Tony the Tiger' as a sponsor—Today, a new era of college football begins as Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes is announced as the title sponsor of the newly-named Tony the Tiger...
- + Deming Headlight: El Paso City Council overrides Mayor Dee Margo's budget veto, adopts higher 2020 tax rate—The El Paso City Council overrode Mayor Dee Margo's veto of the fiscal year 2020 budget and adopted a 6.4 cent increase per $100,000 valuation. ...
- + Deming Headlight: Juárez police arrest reputed Mexicles gang member suspected of bribery, human trafficking—Juárez police arrest an alleged Mexicles gang member suspected of smuggling migrants across the U.S. border. ...
- + Deming Headlight: El Paso mass shooting widower receives free vehicle after his is wrecked—Vanessa Kondow, who works for a towing company, said in an Aug. 18 social media post that Antonio Basco’s vehicle was stolen and wreck...
- + Deming Headlight: Chihuahuas Saturday game against Sacramento River Cats to feature El Paso Strong Night—The Chihuahuas said El Paso Strong Night Saturday is a celebration of the El Paso community and a commemoration of the victims of the Aug. 3 attack. ...
- + Deming Headlight: Authorities: Vandal on video slashes tire of El Paso County constable SUV in East El Paso—Home security camera video shows the suspect in the Aug. 11 vandalism of an El Paso County constable's patrol vehicle. &#...
- + Deming Headlight: Video: El Paso County constable vehicle vandalized—Home security camera recorded a man vandalizing a parked El Paso County constable vehicle in El Paso on Aug. 11, 2019, authorities say. &#...
- + Deming Headlight: El Paso mass shooter on suicide watch in jail, Sheriff's Office says—Crusius, a 21-year-old White male from a Dallas-area neighborhood, was placed on suicide watch today under the recommendation of medical staff at the ...
- + El Paso Times: Constables arrest El Paso man suspected of slashing patrol vehicle's tire in video—El Paso County constables arrest 44-year-old man suspected in patrol vehicle tire slashing case caught on video. &...
- + El Paso Times: What to know about the oil and gas industry in Texas and New Mexico—The oil and gas industry is boosting New Mexico's economy, while pipeline access is improving between the Permian Basin and the Texas Gulf Coast....
- + El Paso Times: Mike Pence heads to New Mexico to hail new USMCA trade deal. How does it differ from NAFTA?—Vice President Mike Pence is expected to drum up support for the new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. How does the USMCA differ from NAFTA? ...
- + El Paso Times: EPISD board upholds previous decision to close Beall and Burleson elementary schools—In a 5-2 vote, the EPISD board of trustees decided to upheld the January decision to close Beall and Burleson Elementary Schools. &#...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso Chihuahuas fall to Fresno in second game of series—The El Paso Chihuahuas fell to the Fresno Grizzlies on Tuesday night at SWUP. Fresno scored five runs in the ninth and erased an early deficit &...
- + El Paso Times: EPISD revisits decision to close schools—EPISD board meeting Tuesday, Aug. 20, at EPISD Boeing Education Center in El Paso. [Author: El Paso T...
- + El Paso Times: Wild El Paso police pursuit ends with driver arrested after crashing U-Haul—Gun shots were fired, a patrol vehicle was rammed and spikes deployed in a U-Haul truck police pursuit in Northeast El Paso. &...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso police investigate shooting behind Chico's Tacos on Dyer Street—Shooting near Chico's Tacos on Dyer Street under investigation by El Paso police. [Author: El Pa...
- + El Paso Times: Fatal New Mexico crash temporarily closes I-10 East between El Paso, Las Cruces—A fatal wreck near Vado, New Mexico, temporarily closed Interstate 10 East as state police investigated the accident. &#...
- + El Paso Times: What to know ahead of the third Democratic debate in Texas—Texas Southern University in Houston will host the candidates in its in its Health & Physical Education Arena. ...
- + El Paso Times: Fred Loya Sr.' s grandson arrested in stabbing in Cincinnati Entertainment District fight—A Fred Loya Insurance family member was arrested in connection with a stabbing during a fight in the Cincinnati Entertainment District. &#...
- + El Paso Times: Ysleta ISD to hold $425 million bond election in November—Voters in the YISD will decide on a $425 million bond measure to fund new school construction, renovations and campus improvement projects. ...
- + El Paso Times: It's official: The Sun Bowl grabs 'Tony the Tiger' as a sponsor—Today, a new era of college football begins as Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes is announced as the title sponsor of the newly-named Tony the Tiger...
- + El Paso Times: Wild El Paso police pursuit ends with driver arrested after crashing his U-Haul—Gun shots were fired, a patrol vehicle was rammed and spikes deployed in a U-Haul truck police pursuit in Northeast El Paso. &...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso City Council overrides Mayor Dee Margo's budget veto, adopts higher 2020 tax rate—The El Paso City Council overrode Mayor Dee Margo's veto of the fiscal year 2020 budget and adopted a 6.4 cent increase per $100,000 valuation on...
- + El Paso Times: El Paso mass shooting widower receives free vehicle after his is wrecked—Vanessa Kondow, who works for a towing company, said in an Aug. 18 social media post that Antonio Basco’s vehicle was stolen and wreck...
- + El Paso Times: Chihuahuas Saturday game against Sacramento River Cats to feature El Paso Strong Night—The Chihuahuas said El Paso Strong Night Saturday is a celebration of the El Paso community and a commemoration of the victims of the Aug. 3 attack. ...
- + El Paso Times: Ysleta ISD to hold $425 million November bond election—Voters in the Ysleta Independent School District will decide on a $425 million bond measure on Nov. 5, 2019. ...
- + El Paso Times: Authorities: Vandal on video slashes tire of El Paso County constable SUV in East El Paso—Home security camera video shows the suspect in the Aug. 11 vandalism of an El Paso County constable's patrol vehicle. &#...
- + El Paso Times: Video: El Paso County constable vehicle vandalized—Home security camera recorded a man vandalizing a parked El Paso County constable vehicle in El Paso on Aug. 11, 2019, authorities say. &#...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Karen Trujillo named interim superintendent of Las Cruces Public Schools—Karen Trujillo was removed as New Mexico's secretary of education last month. Greg Ewing resigned as LCPS superintendent last week. &...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Las Cruces man struck by four vehicles trying to cross I-10—David Holguin, 40, of Las Cruces, was pronounced dead at the scene, police reported. [Author: Las Cru...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Suspect accused of threatening family, striking dad at cookout—Las Cruces police arrested a man suspected of pointing a handgun at several relatives and striking his father’s head with the weapon. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: NMSU professor of music awarded service medal—The Advisory Council of the International Horn Society, voted unanimously to honor Nancy Joy with the IHS Service Medal of Honor. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Summer Jam at the Pan-Am to feature Tyga, Mustard, A-Trak, Naray and more—The event will also feature a mix of hip-hop and EDM artists such as Mustard and A-Trak, and will be opened by DJ and recent NMSU ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Jorge Sanchez, 20, aims to be Las Cruces' youngest mayor in city's history—A real estate agent and small business owner at age 20, Sanchez says a new generation is needed in city leadership. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Las Cruces police badge found in storage unit belonged to Rep. Torres Small's grandfather—U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small was among the extended family receiving her grandfather's retirement badge from his time as a Las Cruces policeman...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Congresswoman present as grandfather's police badge reunited with family—U.S. Rep Xochitl Torres Small was present when her grandfather, LCPD Lt. Angel S. Torres' long missing service badge was presented to the family....
- + Las Cruces Sun: PHOTOS: Carlsbad reporters traveled the country researching the oil and gas industry—Carlsbad reporters traveled to North Dakota and Pennsylvania researching the oil and gas industry and its affect on communities in those states. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: How a small North Dakota town manages the boom and bust cycle of the oil and gas industry—What Carlsbad can learn from how a small town in North Dakota manages the boom and bust cycle of the oil and gas industry. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Group of nearly 200 migrants detained at Antelope Wells—The majority in the group were from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador and some were unaccompanied juveniles, according to Border Patrol. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Suspect in deadly Sunland Park trailer fire denied pretrial release—The judge denied the motion to release Ontiveros, saying there were no conditions of release that would protect other members of the community. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Soroptimists kick off 50th year in Las Cruces—Soroptimist International is a global women's organization whose members volunteer to improve the lives of women and girls through programs. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: New Mexico on pace for record $7.8 billion revenue thanks to oil production—Total state revenue collections were about $273 million above projected levels through April largely due to oil production in southeastern New Mexico....
- + Las Cruces Sun: Authorities identify man crushed by tractor—Sheriff's deputies confirm the deceased man in Saturday's tractor accident as Albert Miller, 74. &...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Oil boom: How technology changed the economy of a small North Dakota town—Oil was first discovered in Williston in 1951. Years later, oil and gas became one of the major economies for the small North Dakota town. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: What to know about GOP Senate candidate Gavin Clarkson—Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gavin Clarkson lives in an experimental tiny home that is 15 feet long and wide, according to new financial fili...
- + Las Cruces Sun: New Mexico Attorney General suing about 50 companies; here's why—The pending litigation is against companies such as Dollar General, FastBucks, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Purdue Pharma. ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: Meet Ryan Stewart, New Mexico's new secretary of public education—"Leading with our compelling 'why' is something I feel confident about," he said. [Author: ...
- + Las Cruces Sun: New Mexico Foundation for Open Government: Dixon Award honors 'people's right to know'—The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government is honoring one news organization and six New Mexicans. ...
- + NMSU News: Faculty, staff members honored during NMSU fall convocation ceremony—Faculty, staff members honored during NMSU fall convocation ceremony Date: 08/20/2019 Writer: Jane Moorman, 505-249-05...
- + NMSU News: NMSU design studio creates educational technology for national, international audiences—NMSU design studio creates educational technology for national, international audiences Date: 08/19/2019 Writer: Adria...
- + NMSU News: NMSU College of Education receives state help to fund scholarships for aspiring teachers—NMSU College of Education receives state help to fund scholarships for aspiring teachers Date: 08/19/2019 Writer: Adri...
- + NMSU News: HRTM student explores wine, food industry in Italy—HRTM student explores wine, food industry in Italy Date: 08/19/2019 Writer: Carlos Andres Lopez, 575-646-1955, carlope...
- + NMSU News: NMSU and University of Washington students learn community health first-hand in rural NM—NMSU and University of Washington students learn community health first-hand in rural NM Date: 08/16/2019 Writer: Kait...
- + NMSU News: Potential quorum notice for NMSU Fall Convocation Aug. 20—Potential quorum notice for NMSU Fall Convocation Aug. 20 Date: 08/15/2019 Writer: Darrell J. Pehr, 575-646-3223, pehr...
- + NMSU News: NMSUs Juniper Hall to open in time for students on Friday—NMSUs Juniper Hall to open in time for students on Friday Date: 08/14/2019 Writer: Justin Bannister, jbannist@nmsu.ed...
- + NMSU News: NMSU alumni help bring Summer Jam concert to Las Cruces —NMSU alumni help bring Summer Jam concert to Las Cruces Date: 08/14/2019 Writer: Faith Schifani, 575-646-6233, schifa...
- + NMSU News: NMSU to host healthy cow workshop in Abiquiu Sept. 6—NMSU to host healthy cow workshop in Abiquiu Sept. 6 Date: 08/14/2019 Writer: Jane Moorman, 505-249-0527, jmoorman@nms...
- + Silver City Sun News: Why back-to-school still means something to us—The bus pulls up and mom waves goodbye. A new school year has begun and a season of growing and learning has arrived. &#...
- + Silver City Sun News: WNMU to kick off semester with Welcome Back Bash—WNMU President Dr. Joseph Shepard will give a State of the University address at The Fry House at 5 p.m. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: New Mexico cosmetology school doles out free haircuts to 381 students—Glitz School of Cosmetology in Las Cruces doled out free haircuts to 381 students ages 4 to 17 Wednesday, Aug. 7. &...
- + Silver City Sun News: In southern New Mexico, NASA scientists test engine that will take man back to the moon—Important testing that will get humankind one step closer to returning to the moon is happening at NASA's White Sands Test Facility. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: See who won Farmington's first local food 'Iron Chef' cook-off—See who won Farmington's first local food 'Iron Chef' cook-off [Author: hgrover@dail...
- + Silver City Sun News: Live updates: President Donald Trump leaves UMC El Paso after visit with patient families—Following a visit to Dayton, Ohio, President Donald Trump visited University Medical Center of El Paso and the critical care unit. &...
- + Silver City Sun News: Buckhorn Saloon lease ends Sept. 30—The Buckhorn had been at the location for 11 years. [Author: Silver City Sun-News] [Link to media]
- + Silver City Sun News: President Trump visits to El Paso, Dayton prompt tears, anger, debate—In El Paso, after an earlier trip to Dayton, Ohio, President Trump met with two survivors' families, but none of the eight wounded in the massacr...
- + Silver City Sun News: Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes—On the first day of school for kids in Mississippi this week, what would typically be a day of happiness and new beginnings, turned into a nightmare. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: Trump gets icy welcome from officials in visit after El Paso mass shooting—As President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting, officials did not seem to be thrilled to see him. &n...
- + Silver City Sun News: Pro-Trump supporters welcome president to El Paso even as protesters join their rally—Dueling demonstrations outside El Paso's University Medical Center for President Trump's visit were civil. But division was not far from the...
- + Silver City Sun News: As Donald Trump heads to El Paso, Beto O'Rourke makes stops in community—The 2020 presidential candidate is expected to attend a protest opposed to Trump's visit that will take place at an El Paso park. &#...
- + Silver City Sun News: President Donald Trump visits El Paso after Walmart shooting—President Donald Trump visits El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, after the shooting by a white supremacist killed 22 people at a Walmart. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: Protesters gather in El Paso ahead of Trump's visit with Walmart shooting victims—El Pasoans gather Wednesday in advance of President Trump's visit to hold a vigil for the victims of last weekend's mass shooting. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: El Paso shooting: Khalid plans August benefit concert for Walmart victims, families—El Pasoan Khalid, who graduated from Americas High School, plans a benefit concert for the victims of the Walmart mass shooting in August. ...
- + Silver City Sun News: Farmington Museum receives donation of 450 Navajo weavings—The weavings were donated by the estate of the late collector Bob Culpepper. [Author: Farmington Dail...
- + Silver City Sun News: Nonprofit workshop in Silver City offers insights for building collaboration—The Nonprofit Resource Group will host a workshop on “Nonprofit Collaboration and Opportunities for Grant Funding” ...
- + Silver City Sun News: El Paso shooting was at one of the busiest Walmarts in U.S. — but it lacked security—Despite the attack in El Paso that killed 22 people, a Walmart spokesman said no changes are planned in security at the company's stores. &...
- + AmSat UK: Highlights of CITEL WRC Preparatory Meeting: August 12-16 Ottawa—CITEL, the telecommunications committee of the Organization of American States, concluded a week of meetings on Friday, August 16 at the Shaw Centre i...
- + AmSat UK: Ideas sought for the next FUNcube satellite—In November the FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next satellite The t...
- + AmSat UK: Threat to Amateur Radio 23cm band—A joint paper by France, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia and The Netherlands for the CEPT CPG meeting in Ankara, August 26-30, attacks the continued use by...
- + AmSat UK: QO-100 geostationary satellite talk at Hamfest 2019—Paul Marsh M0EYT gave a presentation titled ‘All you need to know to get going on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite’ at Ham...
- + ARRL News: Radio Amateurs in India Support Rescue and Relief Operations in Wake of Flooding—Radio amateurs in at least three western Indian states along the Arabian Sea coast are pitching in to support communication for rescue and relief oper...
- + ARRL News: Candidates for ARRL Directors and Vice Directors Announced—Two races for the office of ARRL Director and one contest for Vice Director are set for this fall. In the Southeastern Division, incumbent Director Gr...
- + ARRL News: Somalia Operation Set for September
- + ARRL News: Alexanderson Alternator Station SAQ Hails “Incredible” Number of Listener Reports
- + ARRL News: WWV Centennial Committee Prepares for Trial Run of WW0WWV Special Event
- + ARRL News: Department of Defense Message Prompts Listeners to Take WWV/WWVH Survey—Through Saturday, August 24, WWV and WWVH will transmit a US Department of Defense (DOD) message in conjunction with the COMEX 19-3 interoperability e...
- + ARRL News: ARRL Contest and DXCC Rules Now Prohibit Automated Contacts—Following the direction of the ARRL Board of Directors, ARRL has incorporated changes to the rules for all ARRL-sponsored contests and DXCC, prohibiti...
- + ARRL News: FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding—An FCC Report and Order (R&O) released August 2 in the so-called “small satellite” rulemaking proceeding, IB Docket 18-86, failed to address conce...
- + ARRL News: The K7RA Solar Update—No sunspots were visible over the recent reporting week, Thursday through Wednesday, August 8 through 14.According to Spaceweather.com, 67% of the day...
- + ARRL News: 2 Meter Sharing Proposal is on CEPT Conference Preparatory Group Agenda
- + ARRL News: FCC Staff Recommends Designating 988 as National Suicide, Mental Health Crisis Hotline—The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and its Office of Economics and Analytics have sent a report to Congress that recommends that the Commission con...
- + ARRL News: Chinese Satellite Profiles Earth’s RF Spectrum as Seen from Lunar Orbit— The Chinese DSLWP-B (LO-94) satellite that had been in lunar orbit provided a profile of Earth’s HF spectrum as seen from the moon. The microsatellit...
- + ARRL News: Questions Raised About Current Process for Awarding the E.T. Krenkel Medal
- + ARRL News: Australian Radio Amateur Reports First FT8 Contact on 122 GHz
- + ARRL News: Ulrich L. Rohde, N1UL, Named as Honorary Fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers—The Governing Council of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) has conferred its Honorary Fellowship on noted research...
- + ARRL News: 22nd International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend Set for August 17 – 18 —Amateur Radio operations at some 400 lighthouses and lightships will commence on August 17 as the 22nd International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend (ILL...
- + ARRL News: The Doctor Will See You Now!
- + ARRL News: Dayton Hamvention Radio Club of the Year to Hold Ham Bootcamp at New England Convention—The Nashua (New Hampshire) Area Radio Society (NARS) will conduct a free Ham Bootcamp at the ARRL New England Division Convention next month to encour...
- + ARRL News: ARRL Board Pledges to Oppose French Proposal for 2 Meters
- + Astronomy: Second giant planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris—If confirmed, this massive super-Jupiter could change our understanding of the still-forming Beta Pictoris system.
- + Astronomy: Astronomy magazine’s Space & Beyond subscription box—Bring the wonders of the universe into your home.
- + Astronomy: A brief history of Saturn's amazing rings—Although the rings of Saturn may look like a permanent fixture of the planet, they are ever-changing. New analyses of the rings reveal how and when th...
- + Astronomy: Exoplanet's vaporized atmosphere reveals rare look at its rocky surface—Astronomers studied a rocky exoplanet 1.3 times as wide as Earth with 100 hours of Spitzer telescope time to find that it is probably a bare rock lack...
- + Astronomy: A massive star completely destroyed by a supernova is puzzling scientists—The death blast of a star some 200 times the mass of the Sun, challenges theories about how such massive stars die.
- + Astronomy: The Sky This Week from August 16 to 25—Jupiter gleams on August evenings as it passes near a 10th-magnitude globular star cluster. At the opposite end of the night, Mercury shines brightly ...
- + Astronomy: Spitzer spots a sideways galaxy in infrared—The lightsaber looking galaxy lives 44 million lightyears away
- + Astronomy: The windswept craters of Mars' Terra Cimmeria—New images provide clues about Mars' windy and watery past.
- + Astronomy: Jupiter may have been hit by a massive proto-planet long ago—NASA’s Juno mission revealed Jupiter’s “fuzzy” core, leading astronomers to theorize the gas giant was smacked by a Uranus-siz...
- + Astronomy: ExoMars fails another parachute test, threatening 2020 mission—The joint ESA/Roscosmos mission to the Red Planet is set to launch in 2020, but a string of failed parachute tests may threaten that departure date.
- + Astronomy: New date for 'Late Heavy Bombardment' may change life's timeline on Earth—Our planet may have been last pummeled by asteroid impacts longer ago than previously thought, explaining why life began to form almost 4 billion year...
- + Astronomy: Supernova dust found hidden in antarctic snow—Astronomers melted 1,000 pounds of Antarctic snow and found iron that most likely fell to ground as Earth passed through a cloud of supernova debris.
- + Astronomy: The origin of life: Not as coincidental as once thought?— Researchers find that membranes may have helped the building blocks of life come together.
- + Astronomy: Hubble captures dance of two merging galaxies—The iconic space telescope caught UGC 2369 as gravity pulls the galaxies together.
- + dx Zone: FT CALC 1.3 - Ferrite Toroidal Core HF Calculator—Software/Circuit DesignThis EXCEL Program Worksheet calculates the safe operating conditons for a toroidal transformer operating between 1 and 50 MHz....
- + dx Zone: Vanity Call Sign History—DX Resources/Callsigns/Vanity Call SignsA document partially scripted by Wikipedia and washington readout about history of vanity call signs, [Author:...
- + dx Zone: Fighting Antenna Corrosion - Antenna Maintenance—Antennas/Repair and MaintenanceHow to make proper maintenance of your antenna. Fighting Antenna Corrosion is a QST article published in 1993 that help...
- + dx Zone: How to Find Old Amateur Radio Call Signs—DX Resources/CallsignsMany times, persons doing research about their ancestors know that a relative was a ham radio operator, and they are interested ...
- + dx Zone: The Easy Way Antenna Systems—Antennas/Theory/Antenna GainThis document is a must read for anyone considering building a good low cost HF multi-band antenna system. The author comb...
- + dx Zone: About The Beverage Antennas - Receiving Antennas—Antennas/BeverageAn article about the Beverage antennas, super long wire receiving antennas thar are unidirectional and have a very low noise that mak...
- + dx Zone: HamVoip - Asterisk Allstar on the Raspberry Pi—Operating Modes/Internet Linking/AllStarLinkReference site of the HAMVOIP AllstarLink AllstarLink provides hams with a means of connecting radios, rep...
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 1530 21 Aug 2019—Solar Flux: 67 | Ap: 4 | Kp 1
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 1530 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 1530 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 1530 21 Aug 2019—(0000 UTC) 6h hi (none) 24h hi (none)
- + hfRadio: Sunspots 1530 21 Aug 2019—SSN: 0 (08/20/2019)
- + hfRadio: Solar Wind 1530 21 Aug 2019—Solar Wind: 360 km/s @ 6.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 2019 Jan 15 0951Z at 1.6 nT
- + hfRadio: Global Conditions 1530 21 Aug 2019—Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1500Z on 21 Aug, 2019 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
- + hfRadio: Space Weather on Twitter—Follow our Twitter feed for hourly updates of space weather information and more: @hfradiospaceweather - and also, follow @NW7US (Tomas)
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 1345 21 Aug 2019—Solar Flux: 67 | Ap: 4 | Kp 1
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 1345 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 1345 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 1345 21 Aug 2019—(0000 UTC) 6h hi (none) 24h hi (none)
- + hfRadio: Sunspots 1345 21 Aug 2019—SSN: 0 (08/20/2019)
- + hfRadio: Solar Wind 1345 21 Aug 2019—Solar Wind: 369 km/s @ 7.0 protons/cm3 Bz: 2019 Jan 15 0951Z at 1.6 nT
- + hfRadio: Global Conditions 1345 21 Aug 2019—Global HF Propagation Conditions for 1300Z on 21 Aug, 2019 High Latitude: Normal Middle Latitude: Normal Low Latitude: Normal
- + hfRadio: Solar Report 1230 21 Aug 2019—Solar Flux: 67 | Ap: 4 | Kp 1
- + hfRadio: Observed Space Weather 1230 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Forecast Space Weather 1230 21 Aug 2019—No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
- + hfRadio: Flares 1230 21 Aug 2019—(0000 UTC) 6h hi (none) 24h hi (none)
- + hfRadio: Sunspots 1230 21 Aug 2019—SSN: 0 (08/20/2019)
- + kb6nu: Help the Tokelau DXpedition to help locals get on the air—The ZK3A Tokelau Island (IOTA OC-048) DXpedition 2019 will be on the air from October 1, 2019 through October 11, 2019. One of the DXpedition crew is ...
- + kb6nu: A new QSL card for KW1L—A couple of weeks ago, my friend Paul, KW1L, sent me a scan of the QSL card below, and asked, “Any advice on how I can make the same QSL card as...
- + kb6nu: ARRL Lifelong Learning program looking for teachers….and they’re paying!—I got this via email this morning from Kris Bickell, K1BIC, the ARRL’s Lifelong Learning Manager: Thanks for registering as a teacher with ARRL...
- + kb6nu: From my inbox: Nuts and Volts, Morse Code clock—I get a lot of interesting things via email. Here are a few things that I think you might find interesting, too…..Dan Every year at Dayton, I p...
- + kb6nu: ARRL Board addresses digital mode bandwidth and automatically-controlled digital stations—Among the items address by the ARRL Board, at its July 19-20 meeting was the issue of digital mode bandwidth and automatically-controlled digital stat...
- + South Gate Club: WWV Centennial Committee prepares for trial run of WW0WWV special event—The WWV Centennial Committee reports that it will conduct a trial run of special event station WW0WWV over the August 24/25 weekend
- + South Gate Club: Airborne radio may hinder 144 MHz ham radio—Sweden's national amateur radio society, the SSA, has written again to their regulator, the PTS, pointing out the interference the Aeronautical Mobile...
- + South Gate Club: India: Ham radio operators help reunite family—On August 16, a few policemen arrived at the house of Vadamalai Raman in village Purandarai located in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu with photogra...
- + South Gate Club: United States POW-MIA Special Event—Look for special event station K4MIA/8 to be active between September 13-22nd. Activity is to honor and support our Veterans
- + South Gate Club: The 'Amateur' tech that could penetrate the Kashmir blackout—The Wire reports shortwave radio transmission presents an effective way to communicate when conventional networks are down
- + South Gate Club: United States Special Event—Members of the Lake County Amateur Radio Association (LCARA, N8BC) will activate special event station W4G for the 103rd anniversary celebration of th...
- + South Gate Club: AMSAT Space Symposium call for papers—AMSAT has issued a call for papers for the 50th Anniversary AMSAT Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 18 – 20 at T...
- + South Gate Club: Greenland operation—Operators Thomas/OZ1AA, Bo/OZ1DJJ, Dave/OZ5DM, Mikkel/OZ7AKT, Alex/OZ7AM and possibly others will be active as OX7A from Kangerlussuaq during the CQWW...
- + South Gate Club: Highlights of CITEL WRC Preparatory Meeting: August 12 to 16 in Ottawa—CITEL, the telecommunications committee of the Organization of American States, concluded a week of meetings on Friday, August 16 at the Shaw Centre i...
- + South Gate Club: Three starts using 3.5 GHz for 5G—The telecommunications and internet service provider Hutchison 3G UK Limited has started using its 5G spectrum at 3580-3680 MHz in a very limited numb...
- + South Gate Club: Photo tour of the Huntsville Hamfest—The Huntsville Hamfest was an amazing event - I understand the attendance on Saturday may have broken a few records
- + South Gate Club: W/VE Island QSO Party—The 2019 W/VE Island QSO Party is this coming weekend
- + South Gate Club: NASA TV coverage of uncrewed Soyuz mission to Space Station—An uncrewed Russian Soyuz spacecraft is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Aug. 21 on a test flight to validate th...
- + South Gate Club: Ideas sought for the next FUNcube satellite—In November the FUNcube-1 CubeSat will have been in orbit for 6 years and the FUNcube team are now soliciting suggestions for the next satellite
- + South Gate Club: ICQPodcast - Long Island CW Club—In this episode, Martin M1MRB is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Edmund Spicer M0MNG, Matthew Nassau M0NJX, Dan Romanchik KB6NU, Ruth Willet KM4LA...
- + South Gate Club: WIA Contest Champion—G'day, this is Peter VK2PR with the WIA Contest Champion results for 2018. The WIA Contest Champion is awarded annually for the best combined effort i...
- + South Gate Club: Bisho Hammies provide communication—Sunday 11 August in South Africa saw the latest running of the King Williams Town Adventure Race. This challenges participants to a series of fun acti...
- + South Gate Club: Amateur Radio Is There When All Else Fails—Jefferson Public Radio (JPR) reports on the vital role played by radio amateurs when disaster strikes
- + South Gate Club: Altrincham Wireless Society 2QV—In the second of his mini documentary series Lewis M3HHY covers the history of the Altrincham Wireless Society 2QV
- + South Gate Club: Cuba DX Group celebration—The Cuba DX Group will be celebrating its 39th anniversary with special activity on September 1st
- + Space: NASA Rehearses Astronaut Launch — and Rescue — with SpaceX, Boeing (Photos)—Both SpaceX and Boeing are busily preparing for the first crewed launches of their commercial spacecraft, and in case something goes wrong, they're si...
- + Space: August New Moon 2019: Invisible 'Supermoon' Rises with Jupiter and Saturn—The new moon occurs Aug. 30, at 6:37 a.m. EDT (1037 GMT), just a few hours before the moon reaches perigee — the closest point in its orbit to Earth. ...
- + Space: Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day—Two years ago today, a rare coast-to-coast total solar eclipse swept across the continental United States, briefly turning day into night for millions...
- + Space: Snoopy and NASA Discover Space in New McDonald's Happy Meal—Kids can now join Astronaut Snoopy as he blasts off on his NASA adventures with a new McDonald's Happy Meal. [Author: Robert Z. Pearlman] [Link to med...
- + Space: On This Day in Space! Aug. 21, 1914: Total Solar Eclipse Expedition Crashed by WWI—On Aug. 21, 1914, a total solar eclipse temporarily darkened skies across Europe and Asia. See how it happened in our "On This Day in Space" video ser...
- + Space: Russia Launching Humanoid Robot to Space Station Tonight: Watch Live—Russia is launching a Soyuz spacecraft on a test flight to the International Space Station tonight (Aug. 21), and you can watch the action live. [Auth...
- + Space: Watch Live: Spacewalking Astronauts to Install Space Station Docking Port!—Two NASA astronauts will take a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today to install a new docking adapter for future private space taxi...
- + Space: Comedian Tig Notaro Talks NASA's James Webb Space Telescope on Twitter—Comedian Tig Notaro took to Twitter to support NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. [Author: Chelsea Gohd] [Link to media]
- + Space: Two Astronauts Are Spacewalking Outside the International Space Station Today! Watch It Live—Two astronauts are taking a spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (August 21) to install a new docking port. [Author: Passant Rabie...
- + Space: NASA's Europa Clipper Mission to Jupiter's Icy Moon Clears Big Hurdle on Path to Launch—A highly anticipated NASA mission to Jupiter's possibly life-supporting moon Europa remains on track for a mid-2020s launch. [Author: Mike Wall] [Link...
- + Space: Look Up! Uranus and the Waning Gibbous Moon Share the Sky—Just before dawn today (Aug. 21), skywatchers will be able to spot both Uranus and the waning gibbous moon. [Author: Chelsea Gohd] [Link to media]
- + Space: Nuclear Propulsion Could Be 'Game-Changer' for Space Exploration, NASA Chief Says—Humanity's next giant leap could be enabled by nuclear thermal propulsion, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. [Author: Mike Wall] [Link to media...
- + Space: Meet Skybot F-850, the Humanoid Robot Russia Is Launching into Space—When a Russian Soyuz spacecraft launches from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station Wednesday, it will carry a humanoid robot called Skybo F-...
- + Space: Elon Musk: Revolutionary Private Space Entrepreneur—Elon Musk is an entrepreneur best known in space circles for launching SpaceX, the first private company to ship cargo to the International Space Stat...
- + Space: New US Space Command Will Launch Next Week, VP Pence Says—The United States Space Command will officially be up and running by the end of the month, Vice President Mike Pence said today (Aug. 20) at a meeting...
- + Space: This Weird, Rocky Planet Has No Atmosphere—A nearby, rocky exoplanet may be just a plain rock with no atmosphere — supporting a theory that planets orbiting small stars are more susceptible to ...
- + Space: NASA Wants Ideas for Private Cargo Ships to Supply a Lunar Gateway —NASA has called for companies to submit proposals to create spacecraft that will deliver cargo to the lunar gateway. [Author: Chelsea Gohd] [Link to m...
- + Space: India's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Mission Successfully Enters Lunar Orbit—India's Chandrayaan-2 mission has ticked off another key milestone in its journey to land safely on the moon: The spacecraft has successfully entered ...
- + Space: Did a Black Hole Swallow a Neutron Star 900 Million Years Ago? —Researchers at LIGO and Virgo may have detected a gravitational-wave signal from the merger between a black hole and neutron star. This would be a maj...
- + Space: Astrobotic's Private Moon Lander Will Launch on a Vulcan Centaur Rocket in 2021—A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will send Astrobotic's Peregrine lander on its way toward Earth's nearest neighbor two years from now. ...
- + All Gov. News: Trump Wills White House and Presidency to Daughter Ivanka— Sources close to President Donald Trump report that in updating his will, in case of his death while in office, he has given the White House and the...
- + Antiwar: NPR Mocks Cancer Survivor in Drumbeat of Syria Propaganda—It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her ...
- + Antiwar: America’s Interventionist Middle East Policy Started 66 Years Ago—As the late-summer date of August 20th passes stateside, very few Americans will recognize the significance of it in our nation’s history. It ma...
- + Antiwar: The Deeper Meaning in a Lost War—It’s pretty clear. Saudi Arabia has lost, and, notes Bruce Riedel, “the Houthis and Iran are the strategic winners.” Saudi proxies in Aden – the...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: Another Ammo Dump Explosion; Eight Killed in Iraq—Another ammunition dump caught fire or was bombed. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Another Ammo Dump Explosion; Eight Killed in ...
- + Antiwar: When, If Ever, Can We Lay This Burden Down?—Friday, President Donald Trump met in New Jersey with his national security advisers and envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who is negotiating with the Taliban t...
- + Antiwar: As Naval Arms Race Heats Up, It Threatens Sea Life—Remember The Hunt for Red October? Tom Clancy’s first novel (1985), it was also the first novel ever published by, of all things, The United Sta...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: Turkish Strikes Wound Civilians; Eight Killed in Iraq—An uptick in Turkish strikes against the PKK wounded and terrified various civilians. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Turkish Strikes...
- + Antiwar: War Party Hates Putin – Loves al-Qaeda—In both Yemen and Syria, the War Party has found an ally that they can get behind, you know, one that really supports our values: al-Qaeda. From time ...
- + Antiwar: What Fareed Zakaria Gets Wrong About Afghanistan: Everything.—Since when does a (mostly) respected press pundit sound just like an army general? Well, for a while now, in fact. Politicians and reporters will argu...
- + Antiwar: Mr. President: Send Sam Nunn to Moscow—Nowadays it is hard for anyone much under the age of 50 to imagine, but once upon a time the threat of nuclear war and the prospect of planetary extin...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: New Anti-ISIS Operation in Nineveh; 14 Killed or Found Dead in Iraq—Iraqi forces launched a new operation south of Mosul. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: New Anti-ISIS Operation in Nineveh; 14 Kil...
- + Antiwar: President Moon Loses the Trust of North Korea as Prospects for Peace Look Grim—"His shameless talk of dialogue between the North and South [at a time like this] raises questions about his mental faculties… We have nothing to ...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: Random Attacks on Militia; Four Killed in Iraq—Attacks on militiamen occurred. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Random Attacks on Militia; Four Killed in Iraq appeared first on ...
- + Antiwar: Ex-Blackwater Guard Nicholas Slatten Sentenced to Life for Nisour Square Massacre—Former Blackwater USA guard Nicholas Slatten was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison nearly eight months after a jury found him guilty of first-d...
- + Antiwar: Iraq Daily Roundup: Ammo Depot Casualties Rise; 15 Killed in Iraq—The number of casualties from an ammo depot fire and explosion was revised. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Ammo Depot Casualties Ris...
- + Antiwar: The US Government Doesn’t Care About Afghan Women—This article originally appeared at TruthDig. In once, and to some extent still, relatively cosmopolitan Baghdad, Iraq, I once saw three young female ...
- + Antiwar: Americans Oppose Israel Lobby Junkets—Seventy members of the U.S. Congress (16% of the total membership) are visiting Israel during recess. Most of the private funding for the junket arriv...
- + Def Talk: Russia and China blast US missile test—Russia and China warned Tuesday that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms race, weeks after Washington r...
- + Def Talk: US State Dept approves sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan—Washington: The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of 66 F-16 fighters to Taiwan, in a move expected to anger Beijing. Taiwan will get t...
- + Def Talk: US urges India to free detainees, restore rights in occupied Kashmir—The United States called on India on Tuesday to quickly release detainees and restore basic liberties in Indian-occupied Kashmir to ease tensions in t...
- + Def Talk: Pakistan to take Kashmir dispute with India to International Court of Justice—The government announced on Tuesday it would take the Kashmir dispute with India to the International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked specia...
- + Def Talk: Hypersonics Remain Top Priority for Pentagon—A hypersonic weapon moving at five times the speed of sound can travel across the Pacific Ocean in just over 100 minutes. U.S. adversaries are develop...
- + Def Talk: US Army Futures teaming with industry on advanced robotics, sensors—ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND: Army Futures Command is soliciting industry for information on emerging technologies in robotics and sensors to enhance the t...
- + Def Talk: ‘World must seriously consider safety, security of India’s nuclear arsenal in control of fascist Modi’—Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday expressed concern about the “safety and security of India’s nuclear arsenal” and urged the inter...
- + Def Talk: India says may rethink ‘no first use’ policy on nuclear weapons—India has stuck to its commitment of ‘no first use’ of nuclear weapons but future policy will depend on the situation, the defence ministe...
- + Def Talk: North Korea fires missiles, rejects further talks with South—North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles into the sea on Friday and launched a scathing attack on “foolish” calls fo...
- + Def Talk: UNSC set to hold Kashmir meeting after 50 years—UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) holds a consultative meeting on Friday (today) to discuss the Kashmir issue as Pakistan urg...
- + Defense One: Houthis down Reaper drone; US troops shuttle into Syria; Space Command launch date; Military AI vs. opioids; And a bit more.— [Category: News]
- + Defense One: Military Scientists Harness AI To Fight Synthetic Opioids —A DIA group that scans millions of websites is overwhelming law enforcement with solid tips. [Category: Technology]
- + Defense One: US Army: No Afghanistan Withdrawal Plans Yet —“We have not received any direction to do anything at this point,” says Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy. [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: Risks Grow As Countries Share Electricity Across Borders—The world needs the efficiency of shared energy grids, so it also needs a way to prevent them from being used for coercion. [Category: Ideas]
- + Defense One: How Does This War End? Afghanistan Endgame, Part 2—If the Haqqani network collapses the Afghan government, Pakistan threatens to make winning the next war even more difficult. [Category: Ideas]
- + Defense One: US tests post-INF missile; Russia squelches nuke data; Twitter axes Chinese accounts; Ransomware hits 23 Texas towns; And a bit more.— [Category: News]
- + Defense One: Twitter, Facebook Turn Off Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Chinese Disinformation about Hong Kong Protests—In simultaneous press releases, the social-media companies say they have shut down large amounts of Beijing-controlled activity. [Category: Technology...
- + Defense One: The US Just Launched a Long-Outlawed Missile. Welcome to the Post-INF World—Sunday’s test sent a ground-launched missile more than 500 kilometers, a test that would have been illegal last month. [Category: Threats]
- + Defense One: DARPA Wants AI to Help Make Weapons More Hacker-Proof—Artificial intelligence might speed up the design of arms and other network-connected platforms — and suggest improvement that humans haven’t yet conc...
- + Defense One: Afghanistan at 100; Iranian launch coming?; Hamas turns to Bitcoin; Turkish convoy bombed in NW Syria; And a bit more.— [Category: News]
- + Defense One: The Aging Spacecraft of Deep Space—NASA is rationing watts to keep its oldest mission going. [Category: Technology]
- + Defense One: Trump’s Foreign-Policy Crisis Arrives—Competition between the U.S. and China may be inevitable, but if Trump and Xi mishandle the Hong Kong crisis, they could lose the ability to calibrate...
- + Defense One: Trump's Afghan cabinet meeting; North Korea's 6th missile test in 3 weeks; China, Russia prod RoK air defense; And a bit more.— [Category: News]
- + Defense Update: IDF Protects Eitan APCs and D9 Bulldozers With Iron-Fists—Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced today the selection of Elbit Systems’ Iron-Fist Active Protection System (APS) for the protection of some of th...
- + Global Research: What Globalism Did Was to Transfer the US Economy to China—The main problem with the US economy is that globalism has been deconstructing it. The offshoring of US jobs has reduced US manufacturing and industri...
- + Global Research: A Nightmare of Homelessness: A Knapsack Full of Dreams—Cathy Crowe’s book A Knapsack Full of Dreams: Memoirs of a Street Nurse comes out of decades of witnessing and challenging a growing blight of desti...
- + Global Research: Half a Billion Bees Drop Dead in Brazil Amid Jump in Pesticide Use—Bee apocalypse has unfolded in four of Brazil’s southern states in 1Q19. More than half a billion bees died earlier this year, in a short period...
- + Global Research: Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s 200 Million-acre Expansion of Bee-killing Pesticide—The Center for Biological Diversity and Center for Food Safety sued the Trump administration today over its July decision to approve use of the bee-ki...
- + Global Research: History: US Encroachment Encouraged Japan To Support Hitler and Mussolini—During late September 1940, Japanese representatives like Saburō Kurusu flew to Berlin where they were greeted by the ruler of Europe, Adolf Hitler. K...
- + Global Research: Omar, Tlaib, and the United States of Israel—I’m trying to remember when Israel wasn’t the fifty-first state. It receives my tax money and a blank check by the United States government to torture...
- + Global Research: Fast Bowling, Concussions and Jofra Archer—We should all be cheering on some level. So much in this age of cricket favours the pampered bat over the stifled ball. The game of duration has suf...
- + Global Research: Selected Articles: Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange—A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media “NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize”, a...
- + Global Research: Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange—At a Sydney “Politics in the Pub” meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposi...
- + Global Research: Video: Syrian Tiger Forces Advance to Encircle Khan Shaykhun—Government forces are rapidly advancing in southern Idlib inflicting large casualties to radical militant groups. During the weekend, the Syrian Arab ...
- + Global Research: Colonization and Americanization of Hawaii: Replacing Hawaiian Culture—Summary In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 1469 relieving the U.S. from the reporting requirements under Article 73 e, after finding ...
- + Global Research: The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say They Will Seek PM Mahathir Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men—Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s help to prevent the trial of ...
- + Global Research: The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say The Will Seek PM Mahathir Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men—Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s help to prevent the trial of ...
- + Global Research: Jeffrey Epstein and the Spectacle of Secrecy—When phrases such as “the deep state” and “conspiracy theory” become staples of both the corporate mainstream media and the alternative press, we know...
- + Global Research: Video: Militant Groups Lose Lots of Equipment in Southern Idlib—Units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and the Tiger Forces, backed up by the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces, have liberated Umm Zaytu...
- + Global Research: Trump-Netanyahu: The Disgraceful President and the Contemptible Prime Minister—Much has been said and written about Trump’s disgraceful pointed “advice” to Prime Minister Netanyahu not to allow two duly elected Muslim Democrat co...
- + Global Research: Russiagate: The Miserable Truth—Introductory Disclaimer: I have never voted Republican for Federal office and I deplore most of what Fox News has to offer. I am currently registered ...
- + Global Research: Brexit – or Not? Fearmongering. Masters of Manipulating Public Opinion—BREXIT deadline is 31 October 2019. On 23 June 2016, the British people voted 52% against 48% to leave the European Union. In England alone, the margi...
- + Global Research: Video: Khan Shaykhun Is About to Fall into the Hands of Syrian Army—Militants’ defense in southern Idlib and northern Hama has collapsed. On August 19, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies back...
- + Global Research: Sob o “escudo” de mísseis nucleares USA na Europa—A instalação de mísseis da NATO em Deveselu, na Roménia, que faz parte do sistema Aegis americano de “defesa anti-mísseis”, terminou a “actualização”...
- + Janes: Poland reopens 32nd Air Base—Poland’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced on its website on 19 August the reopening of the 32nd Air Base at Łask, where a pair ...
- + Janes: Portuguese Army seeks small UASs—The Portuguese Army is looking to acquire additional NATO Class 1 (under 150 kg) hand-launched unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) to enhance tactical si...
- + Janes: Malaysia enhances naval, coastguard interoperability with US—Key Points Malaysia and the US have concluded a maritime exercise that saw inaugural participation of vessels from the respective countries’ co...
- + Janes: Bahraini fast attack craft upgraded—The Royal Bahrain Naval Force’s fast attack craft RBNS Abdul Rahman al-Fadel has been upgraded with what appears to be a new electro-optical fir...
- + Janes: Iraq imposes restrictions on coalition air operations—Coalition flights over Iraq now have to be pre-approved by the Baghdad government after a suspected Israeli airstrike on a Shia-militia base close to ...
- + Janes: Assassination attempt against Afghan Taliban leader indicates factional conflict and greater Islamic State capability after US withdrawal—On 16 August, at least four people were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack at a mosque in Kuchlak in Pakistan’s Balochistan provinc...
- + Janes: USN EASR tests start at Wallops Island—Raytheon and the US Navy (USN) recently completed the first system-level tests of the AN/SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) at th...
- + Janes: French Army seeks new utility trucks—After production began for the VT4 4×4 light tactical vehicle (LTV) for the French Army at Arquus’s facility in Saint Nazaire, the French D...
- + Janes: SSDS contract secures Lockheed Martin role as USN surface-fleet combat manager—Lockheed Martin’s recent contract win to provide combat system engineering support on the Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) has put the company sq...
- + Janes: Moldovan action plan addresses future of armed forces—Moldova is discussing and receiving feedback on a draft government action plan published on 30 July, with public meetings with civic society to discus...
- + Janes: India hints at change in nuclear weapons doctrine—India’s defence minister has suggested that Delhi could change its nuclear no-first-use (NNFU) doctrine for employing its strategic weapons. “India r...
- + Janes: Kim continues to let his missiles do the talking—Key Points North Korea has continued to mount a series of weapon tests The tests have been a reaction to US-South Korean military drills and most re...
- + Janes: Myanmar military academy comes under rebel attack—Myanmar’s Defence Services Technological Academy (DSTA), the military’s leading training institute for cyber operations and signals intelligence, has ...
- + Janes: Taiwan proposes record-high defence budget for 2020—Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has approved a national defence budget of TWD411.3 billion (USD13.1 billion) for 2020. The new budget – announced amid rising ...
- + Janes: US THAAD task force returns home from Romania—The US 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command’s 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) task force began wit...
- + Janes: Indonesia receives two more upgraded Su-30s—The Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU) has taken delivery of two more Su-30 aircraft that underwent upgrades i...
- + Janes: New Russian divisional base to be ready by end of year—Construction of a permanent garrison for the 150th Motor Rifle Division near Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia is to be completed by the end of the yea...
- + Janes: Philippines reveals space technology ambitions—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law new legislation intended to support the development of space-related science and technologies...
- + Janes: USAFE prepares for F-35—US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) has been preparing to base F-35 Joint Strike Fighters in the UK through a series of activities with NATO countries, it...
- + Janes: Seoul commits to 2020–24 defence spending boost—South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has released details about its defence spending plans between 2020 and 2024. Its mid-term defence pla...
- + Military Today: Russian Corvette Gremyaschy Kicked Off State Trials—On Tuesday, August 20, at 10:00 (Moscow time), the lead Project 20385 corvette Gremyaschy left Severnaya Verf shipyard ant put out to the Gulf of Finl...
- + Military Today: Experts in Marine Robotics Commented on UKs Ban on Submersibles Exports to Russia—The British government adopted an amendment to the export control act for dual-use products. The document coming into force on August 14, 2019 imposes...
- + Military Today: MAKS-2019: UAV Berta Gets Turbojet —The ground-launched overhead platform E08M Berta designed and produced by ENICS will be powered by a turbojet engine. The drone equipped with a new po...
- + National Interest: North Korea: 5 Ways the U.S. Marines Would Crush Kim in a War—Kyle Mizokami Security, As in 5 killer weapons systems. The LAV-25’s combination of firepower and portability makes it dangerous foe for those o...
- + National Interest: Eagles Away: Inside Israel's Plan to Replace Its Aging F-15 Fighter Jets—Dario Leone Security, Middle East Everything you wanted to know. As reported by Globes former senior IAF officers told that the service future sq...
- + National Interest: Stealth Is Overrated: This Plane Might be The Most Important to the U.S. Navy—Sebastien Roblin Security, Meet the Growler. If Beijing wanted to, it could probably develop a carrier-based equivalent to the J-16D. The J-15 F...
- + National Interest: Trump Is Using Netanyahu's Political Ambitions to His Benefit—Dov S. Zakheim Security, Middle East Benjamin Netanyahu wants to win the upcoming election and he'll do almost anything Donald Trump asks in order ...
- + National Interest: A How-To Guide for Identifying Terrorists by Their Behavior—Stratfor Worldview Politics, Middle East Regardless of ideology, they all share common actions. In the aftermath of an attack, people who had pre...
- + National Interest: The U.S. Marines And the F-35 Could Be Joining Forces in To Wage 'War'—David Axe Security, Well, more like electronic warfare, that is. “Future Marine aviation E.W. capabilities will also be provided by MUX,” the 20...
- + National Interest: Why Bitcoin May Have Doomed Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency—Stratfor Worldview Economics, Americas No get-rich schemes here. Unlike Bitcoin, Libra's blockchain will also be run by a corporate umbrella comp...
- + National Interest: The Army's New M17 & M18 Sig Sauer Guns Will Be a Combat Game Changer —Kris Osborn Security, “This adds a whole new dynamic to close-quarter combat. A standard pistol cannot change grips or allow a soldier to switch f...
- + National Interest: Why Is China Thinking of Sending Its Mighty Warships to Patrol off the Coast of Iran?—Stratfor Worldview Security, Middle East Let's find out! Washington might similarly fear that China could use participation in Operation Sentinel...
- + National Interest: How 4 F/A-18 Super Hornets Were Taken Out Aboard a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier—Dario Leone Security, What happened? According to the Naval Safety Center on Aug. 9, 2019 an E-2D Hawkeye propeller aircraft struck two F/A-18 S...
- + National Interest: Why Boeing's B-47 Stratojet Bomber Was a Game Changer for the Air Force—Dario Leone Security, Every large jet aircraft today is a descendant of the B-47. The Boeing B-47 Stratojet represented a milestone in aviation h...
- + National Interest: Why Did This Old (And Gigantic) B-36 Bomber Buzz a Fort Worth Neighborhood?—Dario Leone Security, This picture is terrifying. The impressive footage in this post shows a Convair B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber performin...
- + National Interest: Study This Picture Closely: Did This French Fighter Jet Kill a Drone in Battle?—Dario Leone Security, What we know. An interesting marking has been spotted on a French Air Force Rafale fighter indicating it has ‘killed’ an u...
- + National Interest: This Picture Means an Aircraft Carrier Just Went to the 'Bottom' (In a Simulation)—David Axe Security, Americas Submarines can kill modern-day navy aircraft carriers. Period. The public may not fully appreciate submarines’ lopsid...
- + National Interest: The U.S. Navy's Secret Wish: Bring Back the F-14 Tomcat? —Dave Majumdar Security, Americas Ok, maybe not. But they never really replaced it. The Navy’s F/A-XX program could be used to fill the service’s a...
- + National Interest: President Trump Can't Attack Venezuela with Navy Aircraft Carriers—David Axe Security, Americas No. Can. Do. Here's why. History explains why the Florida-based Southern Command is the smallest and least heavily-ar...
- + National Interest: The Image No Military Commander Wants to Think About: 1 Million North Korean Troops—Dave Majumdar Security, Asia Scary stuff. Meanwhile, North Korea is also modernizing its armored forces—but the mechanized troops are not the main...
- + National Interest: President Trump Needs Battleships to Wage a War Against China—Salvatore Babones Security, Asia Don't listen to the critics. A 21st century battleship is possible. A contemporary battleship would combine advan...
- + National Interest: Russia: We Can Track Those Stealth F-35s, America—Mark Episkopos Security, Europe Should Washington be worried? The Kremlin is engaged in a long-running PR campaign to sell potential investors on ...
- + National Interest: How Two Islamic Groups Fell from Power to Persecution: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Turkey’s Gulenists—Ahmet T. Kuru Security, Middle East Mohammed Morsi, a member of the controversial Islamist political organization the Muslim Brotherhood, was Egypt...
- + Space Wars: U.S. Space Command to start Aug. 29, officials say—Washington (UPI) Aug 20, 2019 The U.S. Space Command will begin operations Aug. 29, Vice President Mike Pence and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Ge...
- + Space Wars: Lockheed nets $80M contract for Aegis system upgrades—Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2019 Lockheed Martin received an $80 million contract from the U.S. Navy for electronic equipment upgrades to the Aegis mi...
- + Space Wars: US 'prepared to engage' with N. Korea in nuclear talks: envoy—Seoul (AFP) Aug 21, 2019 The United States is ready to sit down with North Korea to resume long-awaited working-level nuclear talks, a US envoy sai...
- + Space Wars: Pompeo wishes North Korea would not test missiles—Washington (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea's series of missile tests, but said...
- + Space Wars: US urges UN to extend Iran arms embargo, travel ban—United Nations, United States (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 The US urged the United Nations Tuesday to extend an arms embargo on Tehran that is due to expire ...
- + Space Wars: Pearl White cubesats launched by Rocket Lab—Mahia, New Zealand (SPX) Aug 21, 2019 Rocket Lab's Electron rocket lifted off Monday AUg 19, at approximately 6 a.m. MDT. Onboard the rocket was Pe...
- + Space Wars: Philippines' Duterte to visit Beijing amid China sea tensions—Manila (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 President Rodrigo Duterte will visit Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping next week to raise their conflicting claims to the Sou...
- + Space Wars: Russia and China blast US missile test—Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2019 Russia and China warned Tuesday that a new US missile test had heightened military tensions and risked sparking an arms r...
- + Space Wars: U.S. military tests ground-based cruise missile—Washington (UPI) Aug 19, 2019 A ground-launched cruise missile was successfully fired in a test, the Defense Department announced on Monday. The ...
- + Space Wars: Raytheon nets $47.9M contract for laser-guided Maverick missiles—Washington (UPI) Aug 19, 2019 The Defense Department awarded a $47.9 million contract to Raytheon Missile Systems to purchase AGM-65E2/L laser-guid...
- + Space Wars: Japan steps in to supply key component to Russia's space program—Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 A UK firm refused to export carbon fiber to Russia for use in the construction of its only space radio telescope, Spe...
- + Space Wars: Robotic tool operations bring in-space refueling closer to reality—Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission 3 (RRM3) completed an initial set of tool operations, bringing the idea of using w...
- + Space Wars: Tiny GPS backpacks uncover the secret life of desert bats—Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 17, 2019 A new study from the University of Helsinki using miniaturized satellite-based tags revealed that during drier...
- + Space Wars: China launches 3 satellites wth Jielong-1 rocket—Beijing (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 China's new Jielong-1 (Smart Dragon-1 or SD-1) rocket, which is designed for commercial missions, launched three sat...
- + Space Wars: Does ET exist ponders UVA astronomer—Charlottesville VA (SPX) Aug 19, 2019 Many people have a knee-jerk reaction when it comes to extraterrestrial life. Claims of sightings often are i...
- + Space Wars: UK seeking to enlist 'Five Eyes' for rival Galileo GPS system —London, UK (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 In March 2018, the European Commission in Brussels confirmed the UK after Brexit was likely to be excluded from s...
- + Space Wars: Russia says US cruise missile test 'escalation of military tensions'—Washington (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 The US Defense Department on Monday announced the test of a medium-range ground-launched cruise missile, just weeks af...
- + Space Wars: US power waning in Pacific, warns top Australian think tank—Sydney (AFP) Aug 19, 2019 The United States no longer has military primacy in the Pacific and could struggle to defend allies against China, a top ...
- + Space Wars: Iran may soon make another satellite launch attempt—Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 20, 2019 There are increasing signs that Iran may be preparing to launch another satellite into orbit. Between comments ma...
- + Space Wars: NASA's portable trash bin-sized nuclear power module to be ready by 2022—Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 14, 2019 The reactor is expected to fulfil a variety of tasks on the red planet, ranging from supplying astronauts with...
- + SpaceWar Drones: Skyfront Perimeter Drone Performs The First Beyond-Line-of-Sight Flight under FAA Part 107— Fairbanks AK (SPX) Aug 15, 2019 - Skyfront's Perimeter 4 long-range hybrid gas-electric drone successfully performed the first civilian beyond-visu...
- + SpaceWar Drones: Teams Test Swarm Autonomy in Second Major OFFSET Field Experiment— Washington DC (SPX) Aug 12, 2019 - During the second field experiment for DARPA's OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, teams of autono...
- + SpaceWar Drones: General Atomics to build parts, equipment for MQ-1C Gray Eagle drone— Washington (UPI) Jul 31, 2019 - General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. received a $21.7 million contract modification for work on the MQ-1C unman...
- + Anti-Media: Joe Biden’s Wife Says Vote for Husband Even If You Like Other Candidates More—"Jill Biden may have settled for her husband, but I'm not sure why anyone else should." [Category: News, Politics, United States]
- + Anti-Media: Pentagon Officials Eager to Present a Recovering ISIS, but Facts Don’t Support It—The Pentagon clearly wants this to be true, because they are using it to spin a US military withdrawal from Syria as dangerous. [Category: Foreign Pol...
- + Anti-Media: Mystery Airstrikes Rock Baghdad Base With US Forces Present; Deaths Reported—The attack is already being blamed on Israel. [Category: Iraq, Middle East, News, World]
- + Anti-Media: Sudan’s Bashir “Took Millions in Cash From Saudi Crown Prince,” Trial Hears—Detective tells court the deposed president was handed the money by Mohammed bin Salman's envoys. [Category: Middle East, News, Saudi Arabia, World]
- + Anti-Media: Psychedelic Drugs Are Finally Being Used to Treat Depression in US Hospitals—Scientists and psychiatrists are now embracing psychedelic drugs as “game-changers” in the fight to treat depression. [Category: Health, News, United ...
- + Anti-Media: Turkey-Syria War on the Horizon: Airstrikes Target Invading Turkish Army Convoy—Turkey and Syria could be headed for war as their armies increasingly clash on front lines in southern Idlib. [Category: Middle East, Syria, Turkey, W...
- + Breitbart: Mitt Romney: Putin, Kim Deserve 'Censure,' Not 'Flattery'—Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Monday took a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump's diplomatic approach to Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Ko...
- + Breitbart: Swedish Police Accidentally Blow up Own Building After Motorbike Bomb Discovery—A Swedish police warehouse building in Linköping was destroyed after the bomb squad detonated a motorbike filled with explosives. The moped containing...
- + Breitbart: Another Gaffe: Joe Biden Claims MLK, RFK Assassinated in the ‘Late ‘70s'—Joe Biden continued his string of public gaffes while campaigning in Iowa Tuesday, inaccurately claiming that Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King...
- + Breitbart: Saudi Arabia Eases Travel Restrictions for Women—Long-promised new laws allowing Saudi women over 21 to travel without permission from a male guardian came into effect Tuesday. [Author: Simon Kent...
- + Breitbart: Two Underage Girls Raped At Swedish Summer Festival—Two girls, believed to be around 15-years-old, were reportedly raped at a Swedish festival over the weekend and another dozen have reported being vict...
- + Breitbart: DHS Issues Regulation Closing the Flores Catch-and-Release Loophole—The Department of Homeland Security is issuing a Flores regulation which will allow border agencies to detain migrants and children for multiple weeks...
- + Breitbart: Australia Joins U.S.-Led Shipping Protection Mission in Strait of Hormuz—Australia will join the United States and the UK in an international maritime coalition protecting oil tankers and cargo ships from threats posed by I...
- + Breitbart: Booker: Jill Biden's Voting Advice 'Kind of Frightening' - 'Biden Should Be Worried' About Polls—On Tuesday’s “CNN Tonight,” 2020 presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) stated that former Second Lady Dr. Jill BidenR...
- + Breitbart: Tucker Carlson Examines Sen. Mike Lee's Evolution on Google -- 'Maybe It's Every Bit as Corrupt as It Seems'—Tuesday during his prime time Fox News Channel program, Tucker Carlson offered an assessment of Sen. Mike Lee's (R-UT) evolution on Google. [Author: ...
- + Breitbart: Greta Thunberg's Team Taking Transatlantic Flights as She Sails in Solar Yacht—Greta Thunberg took a sailboat instead of flying to a U.N. summit to fight climate change, but some people on her team will take planes. [Author: P...
- + Breitbart: Audit: U.S. May Still Be Funding Afghan 'Ghost' Soldiers—Corrupt leaders in Afghanistan may still be inflating the number of Afghan troops receiving U.S.-funded salaries with so-called "ghost," or nonexisten...
- + Breitbart: U.N. Official: 'Disastrous' Corruption by Aid Agencies 'Cannot Go Unpunished'—The United Nations must reprimand corrupt officials who diverted millions of dollars in donated money, food, and medicine from starving Yemenis, a top...
- + Breitbart: Spike Lee on Trump: 'Why Are We Still Asking Is This Guy a White Supremacist?' -- 'It’s Not Even the Question'—Tuesday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” director Spike Lee declared President Donald Trump was a white supremacist. Discussing the l...
- + Breitbart: Joe Biden Attacks Reporter: ‘You're Going To Go After Me No Matter What’—Joe Biden lashed out at a reporter in Iowa on Tuesday, after the journalist fact checked him for claiming to draw the largest crowds of any Democrat r...
- + Breitbart: Poll: 60% of Americans Favor Free Public Four-Year College—A new poll published at school reform journal Education Next states a free ride at a public four-year college is a popular concept in the country, wit...
- + Breitbart: 1,000+ Kentucky Teachers Get Warning: They Broke Law in #RedforEd 'Sick Outs'—More than 1,000 Kentucky teachers broke the state's labor laws when they called in sick to participate in #RedforEd promoted protests over their pensi...
- + Breitbart: Poll: 63% Democrats, 20% Republicans Support In-State College Tuition Rates for Illegal Aliens—A new poll at school reform journal Education Next finds Democrats and Republicans are polarized over whether illegal aliens should be eligible to rec...
- + Breitbart: Trump to Stop Fast-Tracking Work Permits for Migrants to Take U.S. Jobs—President Trump will tighten rules for a federal parole program that has allowed thousands of foreign nationals, who would otherwise be deemed inadmis...
- + Breitbart: Joe Biden Gets Shut Down Bragging About Crowd Size in Iowa—Former Vice President Joe Biden got shutdown on Tuesday when attempting to brag about the size of the crowds his campaign was drawing in Iowa. [Author...
- + Breitbart: Republican Matt Rosendale Lowers Healthcare Costs for Montanans—Montana state auditor and Republican congressional candidate Matt Rosendale said Monday that he will continue to fight to lower Montanans' health care...
- + BRICS Post: Iran’s Zarif willing to work with Europe to save JCPOA— File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd from right) with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, and Foreign Minister Za...
- + BRICS Post: Japan Credit Rating Agency rates BRICS Bank AAA—The BRICS New Development Bank is also rated AA+ by Fitch and S&P Ratings The first president of the New Development Bank K. V. Kamath speaks at...
- + BRICS Post: Ford to expand, upgrade R&D in China operations—The municipal government of Jiangsu Province in eastern China announced today that it had reached an agreement with the US-based Ford Motor company to...
- + BRICS Post: Botswana: Minergy set to unlock vast coal resources—“One small step for Minergy, one giant leap for Botswana’s coal industry,” says Minergy CEO Morne du Plessis. A Minergy pit in the country’s so...
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: Fifth International Army Games Highlights— MOSCOW – The International Army Games is a Russian military sports event organized by the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MoD). The annual Internatio...
- + Fort Russ: MAJOR: Maduro confirms contacts with Trump government officials— CARACAS – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has acknowledged that he has been in contact with US officials for months and said they happen w...
- + Fort Russ: As Pompeo threatens Iranian oil vessel, Greece abandons Syrian Christians to serve US Empire— WASHINGTON DC – The US will take steps to prevent Iranian tanker Grace 1 from delivering oil to Syria, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo....
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: Macron wants Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok— Fort de Bregancon, France – On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron held a meeting in a French...
- + Fort Russ: Russia and China berate US for hypersonic missile announcement— WASHINGTON DC – US Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy said yesterday that as a result of the US withdrawal from the INF treaty, Washington is see...
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: Trump wants Greenland, refuses visit to Denmark after Danish PM’s rebuff— WASHINGTON, D.C./COPENHAGEN – In order to deter Russia in the Arctic, the American President (that’s Donald Trump, for now) intends to b...
- + Fort Russ: Trump and Macron agree to invite Russia to next year’s G8 Summit— The plan is that the US President will raise this issue of inviting Russia at the meeting of the "Big Seven" in the upcoming weekend in Biarritz. Th...
- + Fort Russ: Trump claims China is suffering from tariff’s, but its the US who has recession fears— WASHINGTON DC – US President Donald Trump said his country is taking advantage of China’s trade dispute as China lost millions of jobs i...
- + Fort Russ: Japan admits North Korea has already produced miniaturized nuclear missile warhead— TOKYO – North Korea has managed to create a miniature nuclear charge and produce a nuclear warhead, according to findings from the recently re...
- + Fort Russ: Russians unimpressed: ‘There are 50 journalists for every protester’ (VIDEO)— MOSCOW – The latest protests in Moscow got a lot of coverage in the Western mainstream media. The protests have been covered by the most promi...
- + Fort Russ: Astronomers discover new planet orbiting Milky Way star— Astronomers at the National Center for Scientific Research at Grenoble Alpes University in France have discovered a second planet revolving around t...
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: Kiev Cuts Water Supply Through North Crimean Canal— MOSCOW/KIEV – Kiev won’t enter into negotiations with Russia on the resumption of water supply to Crimea through the North Crimean Canal...
- + Fort Russ: Iran advises North Korea not to trust the US— TEHRAN – Iran has advised its allies in Pyongyang not to trust the US and revealed that the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Mohammad...
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: MiG-31BM in Space— Kamchatka, Russia – The Ministry of Defense of Russia published a video showing the first flight of newly-modernized MiG-31 high-altitude figh...
- + Fort Russ: Moscow DEFENDS Venezuela and scolds Washington’s attempts for naval blockade— MOSCOW – Russia has scolded the US for attempts to impose an illegal blockade on Venezuela, and the issue of increasing pressure on illegal sa...
- + Fort Russ: British Air Force aircraft escort 2 Russian Su-30 fighters over Baltic Sea— Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighters took off yesterday from an Estonian air base to escort two Russian Su-30 aircraft, the UK Defense Ministry sa...
- + Fort Russ: VIDEO: US furious over release of Iranian tanker, things may escalate— TEHRAN/WASHINGTON, D.C. – A couple of days ago, the authorities of Gibraltar, which is an overseas territory of the UK, despite unprecedented ...
- + Fort Russ: US warns Greece: “Aiding Syria-bound Iranian ship will be seen as support for terrorism”— WASHINGTON DC – US officials warn Greece that any aid given to Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya will be seen as supporting a terrorist organiza...
- + Fort Russ: Iran seeks to establish a ferry service with Russia in the Caspian Sea— DERBENT, Russia – Iran plans to organize the ferry service with Russia in the Caspian Sea, said the interim chief of the Dagestan Republic, Vl...
- + Fort Russ: China accuses the US of orchestrating “anti-Chinese criminal acts” in Hong Kong— BEIJING – The Chinese government in a note presented by its Foreign Ministry accused the US of acting in collusion with criminals in the viole...
- + FPIF ext: Brazil: From Global Leader to U.S. Follower—Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian, U.S., and Israeli flags. (Shutterstock) Brazil recently gained the vaunte...
- + FPIF ext: Digital Authoritarianism Is Rising in the Middle East—Shutterstock Months ago, despite clear evidence to the contrary, President Donald Trump claimed that “nobody has directly pointed a finger” ...
- + FPIF ext: The Green New Deal Must Be Global—Cyclone damage in Buzi, Mozambique (Credit: Mozambique National Institute for Disaster Management) June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history...
- + FPIF ext: ‘Slowbalization’: Is the Slowing Global Economy a Boon or Bane?—South Korea is now a rule-abiding participant in the global economy. If North Korea traded its nuclear weapons program for a peace treaty, security gu...
- + FPIF ext: For True Climate Justice, Abolish ICE and CBP—Shutterstock Last month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Kamala Harris released their Climate Equity Act – the first draft of a critical co...
- + Free Thought Project: Cop Loses It, Assaults Man for Recording Him Steal a McDonald’s Smoothie—A Maryland cop lost it and attacked an innocent man for filming him behind the counter at McDonald's allegedly stealing a smoothie. [Category: Filming...
- + Free Thought Project: WATCH: Instead of Arresting Homeless Man, Police Bought Him Shoes and Food—A store owner called police to report a loitering homeless man and the cops showed up and bought him shoes to help get him on his way. [Category: Be T...
- + Free Thought Project: Leaked Audio Shows Oil Lobbyist Bragging About Success in Criminalizing Pipeline Protests—A leaked audio recording of an oil company lobbyist bragging about criminalizing pipeline protests has exposed the industry's influence over lawmakers...
- + Free Thought Project: Damning JAMA Study Finds Link Between Fluoridated Water and Low IQ in Children—The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association has published a study linking fluoride ingestion by pregnant mothers with low IQ in their ...
- + Free Thought Project: ‘You Do Not Belong Here’: Crazed Cop Holds Man at Gunpoint to See His ID—An innocent man was held at gunpoint by an off-duty cop who told him that "you don't live here and you don't belong here." [Category: Badge Abuse, Fil...
- + Free Thought Project: WATCH: Cop Suspended After Smashing Unarmed Teen’s Head In With His Pistol—A Bridgeport police officer was caught on witness video using his pistol to bash in the head of a teen driver who had his hands up and was complying. ...
- + Free Thought Project: Youth Services Cop Engages in Oral Sex with Sex-Trafficked Teen—NOT Arrested, May Get Job Back—A California cop admitted to sexting a sex-trafficked teen, engaging in oral sex with her and he was not charged with a crime and may even get his job...
- + Free Thought Project: Mom Thrown in Jail, Her Child Stolen—for Successfully Treating Her Cancer with CBD Oil—For successfully treating her daughter's cancer with CBD and refusing chemotherapy, a mother has been thrown in jail and her daughter kidnapped. [Cate...
- + Free Thought Project: Top Court Rules Cops Can No Longer Stop People After Claiming to Smell Marijuana—In a major win for freedom, Maryland's top court ruled this month that police can no longer stop people based on the smell of marijuana. [Category: Wa...
- + Free Thought Project: Who Inflicts the Most Gun Violence in America? The U.S. Government and Its Police Forces—Violence has become the United States government’s calling card, starting at the top and trickling down through all levels, ending up on your front do...
- + Free Thought Project: Cop Fired and Charged for Pulling Gun During Road Rage, Given Job Back, Plus Back Pay—A cop who held a gun to a motorists head during a road rage incident, and then got caught lying to investigators about it, was just given back his job...
- + Free Thought Project: The US Military is a Bigger Polluter Than as Many as 140 Countries — Study—The US military is one of the largest polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing gases than most medium-size...
- + Free Thought Project: Cop Busted by His Own Dept. Trying to Have Sex With a Child While On Duty—A child predator cop was caught in uniform and on-duty attempting to meet up with a child to have sex with her. [Category: Badge Abuse, police sexual ...
- + Free Thought Project: Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden—The White House is calling for reauthorization of an NSA program that security agencies have used to spy on innocent people, violate their privacy, an...
- + Free Thought Project: Surprised? Dayton Mass Shooter’s Autopsy Reveals Antidepressants in His System—Just like most of the mass shooters before him, the shooter in Dayton, Ohio was found to have psychotropic drugs in his system linked to suicidal and ...
- + Free Thought Project: WATCH: Cops Raid Family’s Home, Punch Their Tiny Pregnant Dog, Then Rob Them—A family was illegally raided by police who then punched their tiny pregnant dog before threatening to kill it and stole all of their cash and credit ...
- + Free Thought Project: Innocent Father and Daughter Held at Gunpoint on Knees as Cops Shot Their Dogs—Lawsuit—An innocent family has filed a lawsuit after they say police came to their home, ordered them out at gunpoint, made them get on their knees and then s...
- + Free Thought Project: WATCH: Black Man Surrounded by Cops, Detained for ‘Looking’ at a White Woman the Wrong Way—Infuriating video shows a black man being detained and interrogated by multiple cops because a white woman accused him of looking at her suspiciously....
- + Free Thought Project: In A Single Tweet, Donald Trump Unwittingly Showed the US How Red Flag Laws Will Be Abused—We no longer need evidence of the potential for abuse that comes with red flag laws as Donald Trump unwittingly showed the country just how terrible o...
- + Free Thought Project: WATCH: Cops Nearly Shoot Yankees GM After Accusing Him of Stealing His OWN Car—The GM for the Yankees was pulled over and held at gunpoint after police wrongly accused him of stealing his own car. Luckily, he was not killed. [Cat...
- + Granma: Guided by love for others—The Trump administration has enlisted USAID to use three million dollars, contributed by taxpayers, “to investigate… human rights violations in Cuba, ...
- + Granma: Dignity sanctioned—The U.S. has made sanctions their main weapon before resorting to war, invasions, and bombing [Category: World, Cuba, Venezuela, Blockade, sanctions, ...
- + Granma: New scientific data on Havana tornado—After several months of research, a multidisciplinary team of scientists has released new information about the devastating tornado that struck five H...
- + Granma: Fidel, just as he was—A book of photos and text by Jorge Valiente and Sahily Tabares for our historical memory [Category: Culture, Cuba, book, Fidel Castro, photos, Jorge V...
- + Granma: Efficient production on every inch of land—During a visit to the province of Artemisa, Party Second Secretary José Ramón Machado Ventura interacted with farmers and agricultural leaders [Catego...
- + Granma: New processing centers for export tobacco inaugurated—The new facilities are located in the municipalities of Pinar del Río, San Juan y Martínez, and San Luis, the first of eight to be opened before the e...
- + Granma: Cubanness and Cuban identity—Fernando Ortiz invited us to work on a common project to develop “a full, heartfelt, conscious, and desired Cuban identity” [Category: Culture, Cuba, ...
- + Granma: Honors for women devoted to the homeland—A group of 25 members of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) were awarded the Mariana Grajales and Ana Betancourt Orders yesterday August 15, for thei...
- + Granma: No deaths of infants, school age children, or mothers reported in Granma’s mountains—Cuba ensures comprehensive medical attention to the population of mountainous areas, and especially children and mothers [Category: Cuba, Cuba, Granma...
- + Granma: Canada restores a portion of its embassy services in Cuba—Despite the return of some services, all active applications were transferred from Havana to Mexico City [Category: Cuba, Cuba, Canada, embassy, Visas...
- + Granma: Industry 4.0 coming soon—Industry 4.0 is automated, digitized, computerized, highly developed industry with few workers and highly productive results - an opportunity and chal...
- + Granma: Reborn—“Cuba dawns in tribute,” tweeted the nation’s President, yesterday August 13, on the 93rd anniversary of Fidel’s birth, conscious of the people’s love...
- + Granma: Fidel faces the empire: Plan against Plan—This August 13, the Commandante en Jefe would have turned 93. The validity of his thought and action remains clear and serves to guide progressive, so...
- + Granma: Those who dance, win—Those who attended the unveiling of a plaque placed at the spot where the first concert of Juan Formell’s Los Van Van took place, on December 4, 1969,...
- + Granma: Intellectuals and artists for peace, an unwavering commitment—The Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples celebrates its 70 years [Category: Culture, Cuba, peace, UNEAC, Cuban Movement for Peace a...
- + Granma: Fidel, the most visionary Cuban of the 20th century—On the occasion of the anniversary of Fidel’s birth, Granma shares excerpts from a speech by First Party Secretary Raúl Castro Ruz, December 3, 2016 [...
- + Granma: A gold medal for peace—Tears of joy, hugs, handshakes, and kisses join the sweat that floods the body and the mind of a winner, even before the awareness that a champion has...
- + Granma: Salvador Valdés visits the province of Artemisa—Salvador Valdés Mesa, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers, began a working visit to the province of Artemisa to verify the sta...
- + Granma: Cuban government keeps an ear to the ground—Vice President Valdés Mesa reviews agricultural progress in Mayabeque [Category: Cuba, Cuba, agriculture, Salvador Valdés Mesa, Mayabeque]
- + Granma: Behind the medals: Sports is a right in Cuba—Not everyone wins a medal, but competing with dignity and doing one’s best is a way to return the support that the Cuban people and authorities give a...
- + Havana Times: Colombia: Needs of Venezuelan Refugees Exceed Our Capacity—Colombia said Tuesday that its capacity to deal with the mass influx of Venezuelan migrants had been "surpassed," adding that it had only received 30 ...
- + Havana Times: Salvadoran Rape Survivor Cleared After Prior Conviction for Killing Stillborn—In El Salvador, 21-year-old rape survivor Evelyn Hernandez, who was being retried on aggravated homicide charges for having a stillborn birth in 2016,...
- + Havana Times: Daniel Ortega’s Lies about Nicaragua to the International Press—Daniel Ortega complains about international sanctions against his Government whenever he can. This time he did it before Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton...
- + Havana Times: Vulgarly Classic VI (video)—This may be the most vulgar and intimate part of my series with this name. I have edited this installment feeling very down. The post Vulgarly Classi...
- + Havana Times: The Alhambra, Granada, Spain – Photo of the Day—The Alhambra, Granada, Spain. By Rosalba de Los Ángeles Martinez (Cuba – Gabón, Africa). Camara: Samsung A7 The post The Alhambra, Granada, Spain &#...
- + Havana Times: Joe Arroyo y La Verdad (Colombia)