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On Israel, the death of a journalist, and the true to life
In the early hours of April 7, we received a message that Palestinian photojournalist Yaser Murtaja had succumbed to his wounds in a hospital. He had been shot by Israeli snipers in Gaza a day earlier. The tragic news was delivered in a WhatsApp group for Palestinian journalists and activists, which was meant to provide…
A president in detention center will no longer resolve the disaster in Brazil
The Portuguese word « golpe » has a polysemy that is lost in English: It means at once coup d’etat, swindle and physical blow. One needs all three meanings to make sense of what has been happening in Brazil since Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment in 2016. Unlike the military takeover of 1964, this is not a clean break…
Assad govt forces ‘purchase total’ Jap Ghouta
Syrian government forces have retaken the town of Douma, thus gaining full control of the former rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta, according to a Russian military official. Syrian troops pushed the last rebel fighters out of Douma on Thursday, Major-General Yury Yevtushenko, head of Russia’s Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, told local news media. « Today, a landmark event…
Mike Pompeo’s secretary of utter confirmation hearing begins
The confirmation hearing for CIA chief Mike Pompeo’s appointment as secretary of state has begun in the US Senate. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday, Pompeo was expected to face questions over his past positions on torture, allegations of Islamophobia and a failure to disclose dealings with a Chinese company, according to…
Facebook predicted precisely what’s happening appropriate now in its IPO filing six years previously
Revelations of a massive data leak at Facebook have shocked users, investors, lawmakers and even some top executives in recent weeks — but the company warned of third-party breaches and government regulation more than six years ago when it first filed to go public. In its 2012 IPO prospectus, Facebook called « improper access to or…
Cheater! Billy Mitchell stripped of ratings, banned from premiere scoreboard
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Mitchell reacting to the news (actually a parody of Mitchell featured in a Regular Show cartoon, but still…) Twin Galaxies, the long-running video game high score tracker recognized by Guinness World Records, has banned Billy Mitchell and removed all of his past scores from its listings after determining that two…
Gulf Cooperation Council arms disappear: Who sells to whom
The global trade in weapons is booming, with sales to the Middle East surging. Amid regional instability, an arms race is under way among Arab Gulf countries. The members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait – have spent billions of dollars on weapons this year alone. Here’s a…
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