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“Are you serious?” Awards 2018
Jan 21, 2019 06:30Each year Foreign Policy In Focus columnist Conn Hallinan gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. Here are the awards for 2018 in an article titled “Are you serious?” Awards 2018.
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China sends Europe yet another positive signal
Jan 20, 2019 10:58On 18 December the Xinhua news agency publicized the state China’s Policy Paper on the European Union.
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Saudi Arabia declares war on free speech and civil liberties
Jan 20, 2019 10:51Saudi Arabia has done it again … that is to land itself in the middle of a controversy that exposes not just the dictatorial devolution of its system of governance but the inaptitude of its governing dogma to self-sustain against the pushes of technology.
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Pentagon wants big war funding – now
Jan 20, 2019 06:04We are off to a huge news cycle for 2019, with everything from shifting sands in the West Asia, to what some say could be a growing class rebellion in the EU, which might tip its house of cards over. Jim W. Dean, managing editor for Veterans Today and producer/host of Heritage TV Atlanta, has written an interesting feature titled “Pentagon wants big war funding – now.”
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Tragic martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatema Zahra (PBUH)
Jan 20, 2019 05:56Our heartfelt condolences to you on a very tragic day. Today is the 13th of the month of Jamadi al-Awwal, which according to a narration happens to be the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Fatema Zahra (Peace be upon her), the one and only daughter of the Almighty’s Last and Greatest Messenger, Prophet Mohammad (Blessings of God upon him and his progeny).
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Washington’s satanic act in jailing Press TV female anchor
Jan 19, 2019 07:12“The confrontation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America could be aptly called as Right versus Wrong, Truth versus Falsehood, Virtue versus Vice, and Angel versus the Devil,” wrote Iran’s English language daily Kayhan International in its Viewpoint Column on Thursday, January 17, titled: “Washington’s Satanic Act in Jailing Press TV Female Anchor”.
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Germany outraged by US colonial arrogance
Jan 19, 2019 06:51The United States has treated its allies in Europe as vassals and minions; but this behavior has become glaringly clear since the presidency of Donald Trump. The article titled, "It's a Gas… Germany Outraged by US Colonial Arrogance" deals with the issue with a focus on recent conduct of the US ambassador in Berlin. Finian Cunningham, who has written extensively on international affairs, with articles published in several languages, has written the article.
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Donald Trump’s mythical terrorist tide from Mexico
Jan 19, 2019 00:21President Donald Trump and his officials wrongly persist in promoting the discredited notion that terror suspects are pouring into the US from Mexico by the thousands, says Colleen Long of Associated Press in her report titled: “Donald Trump’s Mythical Terrorist Tide from Mexico”.
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The vital isolation of indigenous groups
Jan 19, 2019 00:09After the American missionary John Allen Chau ignored successive warnings, the isolated Sentinelese people killed him. But the threat the world's isolated tribes face is far from neutralized, as some have taken Chau’s death as an opportunity to argue that policies protecting them should be reversed.
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Oceans warming even faster than previously thought
Jan 19, 2019 00:05Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is raising ocean temperatures faster than previously thought, concludes an analysis of four recent ocean heating observations. The results provide further evidence that earlier claims of a slowdown or “hiatus” in global warming over the past 15 years were unfounded.