By William I. Robinson As worldwide protest escalates over Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, academic freedom and free speech are under all-out attack on university campuses in the United States, not just from university administrations and pro-Israeli groups, but… Read More ›
Protesters say opposition activists prosecuted in recent months must be freed as they allege campaign to stifle dissent. Thousands have taken to the streets in Russia to demand the release of opposition protesters prosecuted in recent months in what the… Read More ›
By Rachel Scheier In 1913 on the outskirts of Cairo, an inventor from Philadelphia named Frank Shuman built the world’s first solar thermal power station, using the abundant Egyptian sunshine to pump 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the… Read More ›
Red-hot planet: All-time heat records have been set all over the world during the week From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their… Read More ›
With Erdogan’s reelection, Turkey faces a future as a purely autocratic state, persecuting political rivals and settling scores With more than 90 percent of the votes counted Sunday night, one could predict with a great deal of certainty that Recep… Read More ›
Из статьи «Российский журналист, который сообщил о секретных полувоенных убийствах» в Нью-Йорк Таймс Moscow — A Russian journalist who had reported recently on clandestine Russian paramilitary groups in Syria died on Sunday after falling from the balcony of his fifth-floor… Read More ›
Children are dying of starvation in the rebel-held region of eastern Ghouta. Desperate Syrians trapped in eastern Ghouta have started eating garbage to survive as a government-imposed siege tightens around the dilapidated Damascus suburb like a noose. Many famished children… Read More ›
A total of 5,233 civilians have been killed in Syria since Russia began airstrikes against opponents of the Syrian regime in 2015, according to a Syrian NGO. The fatalities included 1,417 children and 886 women, the London-based Syrian Network for… Read More ›
A young, liberal elite has emerged in Kabul, including many women. It is taking a stand against the Taliban’s atrocities in the form of political and artistic initiatives and wants to put an end to Afghanistan’s culture of violence. By… Read More ›
From “As Venezuela Enters 3rd Month Of Protests, Anti-Maduro Ire Finds New Target,” in NPR By Colin Dwyer It has been more than 60 days since Venezuela’s Supreme Court moved to dissolve the country’s National Assembly. The move, intended to… Read More ›
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