Issues & Events
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Economists say immigration clampdown may threaten Americans’ jobs, wages
Jan 28, 2020 11:09As the US birth rate is falling and a labor shortage is worsening, President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants could make the situation worse for businesses.
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Talk like an Egyptian: Mummy’s voice heard 3,000 years after death
Jan 28, 2020 11:05The voice of an ancient Egyptian priest has been heard for the first time in more than 3,000 years, thanks to a detailed reconstruction of his vocal tract from his mummified remains.
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Shame: Americans stood by while Saudis helped criminals flee U.S.
Jan 24, 2020 13:45Based on a law, it is revealed that the Saudi regime has helped an untold number of its citizens committing crimes in the U.S. flee back to the Kingdom before facing justice. This includes Saudis accused of assault, rape and manslaughter, including the 2013 hit-and-run of a 15-year-old girl.
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With passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress boosts fossil fuel polluters in Mexico
Jan 24, 2020 13:39"The passage of NAFTA 2.0 is very concerning for all the efforts to confront the climate crisis and save the planet", says Manuel Perez-Rocha, an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and the coordinator of the Network for Justice in Global Investment in an article titled: With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters in Mexico. This article has been published in the Truthout website.
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UK’s poorest adults in worse health now than older generation
Jan 24, 2020 10:35Nearly, 32 percent of the poorest third of UK’s women born in 1968-1970 reported a limiting long-term illness when aged between 30 and 59, compared with 12 percent of the richest third. In those born in 1920-22, the prevalence was 23 percent among the poorest and 13 percent among the richest.
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Trade centers in regional countries to spur non-oil exports
Jan 24, 2020 10:31Iran has already set up trade centers in some neighbors and negotiations and planning are underway to open some centers in other regional countries.
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The battle to impeach Trump is part of a global struggle for democracy (2)
Jan 23, 2020 16:23"The impeachment battle of the United States' terrorist President, Donald Trump is part of the wider historical and global struggle taking place over democracy", says Henry A. Giroux, in a two- part article published in the Truthout website under the heading: The Battle to Impeach Trump Is Part of a Global Struggle for Democracy.
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Volcanic gas bursts probably didn’t kill off the dinosaurs
Jan 23, 2020 16:13A new research suggests that "massive gas bursts emitted by volcanoes about 66 million years ago probably couldn’t have caused a mass extinction event that spelled doom for all nonbird dinosaurs".
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In the name of “security” retreating US gives Israel billions more in military funding
Jan 23, 2020 13:35The American funding of Zionist regime’s military adventures continues unabated, despite the rapidly changing political reality in West Asia, and the shifting American role in the region as well.
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Global survey: Capitalism doing ‘more harm than good’
Jan 23, 2020 13:29On a national level, lack of trust in capitalism was highest in Thailand and India at 75 percent and 74 percent, respectively, with France close behind at 69 percent.