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Russian poverty has reached ‘critical’ levels
REUTERS/Eduard Korniyenko Homeless Russian men warm themselves on a ventilation outlet under windows during the Christmas season in Moscow December 30, 2014. Under the weight of Western sanctions and with the price of oil dropping, poverty in Russia has reached “critical” levels, according to a government official, reported the Moscow...
Obama Makes His Case on Iran Nuclear Deal
the main story Video What Obama Says the Iran Nuclear Deal Means In an exclusive interview with Thomas L. Friedman, the president explains why he has no second thoughts about the accord with Iran. By A.J. Chavar, Gabriella Demczuk, Gabe Silverman and Abe Sater on Publish Date July 14, 2015. Photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times. Watch in Times...
US Aid To El Salvador Came With Strings Attached: Monsanto Seeds Required
El Salvador previously took steps toward banning glyphosate, the potential carcinogen found in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide. A protestor demonstrates against Monsanto in the annual world March Against Monsanto. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Farmers and activists for natural agriculture in El Salvador successfully resisted efforts by the U.S....
‘Sticking Points’ Remain As Iran Talks Look Set To Be Extended
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and six major world powers are likely to continue for at least another day, the United States and Iran indicated late on July 13. Talks in Vienna have made real progress but “significant issues” remain, the White House said, while adding that Iran faced some tough decisions. “They have made genuine...
‘It’s not like Argo’: the trials of a tour guide in Iran | News
In the spring – already hot because this is southern Iran, and southern Iran is hotter than it used to be – I landed in the middle of the night at the tidy, unassuming Shiraz airport, along with a dozen well‑heeled westerners. We got off the plane – a Turkish Airlines Airbus, because our insurance companies had not countenanced our travelling by...
Hillary Clinton: “If I’m President, We Will Attack Iran” | Global Research
On Friday, presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton addressed a hand-picked audience at a Dartmouth College campaign event. She lied calling Iran an “existential threat to Israel… I hope we are able to get a deal next week that puts a lid on (its) nuclear weapons program.” Even if we do get such a deal, we will still have major problems from Iran....
Gregory Maus | How Regimes Can Quell Movements Before they Begin
Dictators constantly face a dilemma: crushing dissent to terrify (but anger) the populace or tolerating protests and offering reforms to keep the public at bay (but embolden dissidents in the process). Instead of relying on gut instinct, experience, or historical precedent, autocrats now have advances in data analytics and ubiquitous passive data...
AIC’s Amb. Thomas Pickering discusses Iran nuclear negotiations and non-proliferation in exclusive interview — American Iranian Council
Originally published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. By Dan Drollette Jr. Diplomat Thomas R. Pickering draws upon his 40 years of experience in the US State Department to give the Bulletin’s Dan Drollette Jr. his take on a wide range of current affairs—such as the progress of negotiations with Iran over its nuclear capabilities,...
Loads of Debt: A Global Ailment With Few Cures
Photo Protesters wave a Greek flag and an “Estelada” (Catalonian separatist flag) in front of the parliament building in Athens on Monday. Stunned Greeks faced shuttered banks, long supermarket lines and overwhelming uncertainty as a breakdown in talks between Athens and its international creditors plunged the country deep into...
Foreign investment in Israel drops by 50%
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Israel dropped by almost 50% last year in comparison to the year before as the country continues to feel the effects of last summer’s Gaza conflict, a new UN report has revealed. The report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), shows that only €5.7bn was invested...
