Al Jazeera As probe into journalist’s killing progresses, Erdogan ramps up pressure on Riyadh and says Turkey has more evidence Turkey has ramped up pressure on Saudi Arabia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, demanding Riyadh reveal who gave the order to kill the journalist in…
David Nemer* – The Guardian WhatsApp has proved to be the ideal tool for mobilizing political support – and for spreading fake news If the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s charge to the White House were jet-propelled by Facebook, the rise of Brazil’s likely next president, the…
By Dr. Lee Ying-yuan* Oct 23 2018 – Continued growth in emissions of greenhouse gases around the world has caused abnormal and extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and catastrophic torrential rains. These events are no longer just abstract future scenarios; they…
Analysis, by Adam Harvey* – ABC News The murder of one man has diminished two world leaders and revived the standing of a third. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reputation has been trashed by the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
By David Brennan – Newsweek The main public broadcasting service in the Netherlands has been forced to apologize after one of its news articles seemed to use anti-Semitic tropes to describe billionaire philanthropist George Soros The article published online Tuesday evening by…
Dana Nuccitelli* – The Guardian There’s a 97% expert consensus on human-caused global warming, but most Americans are unaware When queried about the most recent IPCC report, Republican lawmakers delivered a consistent, false message – that climate scientists are still debating…
By Thalif Deen * OTTAWA, Canada, Oct 23 2018 (IPS) – The international community will be commemorating two milestones in the history of population and development next year: the 50th anniversary of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the 25th anniversary of a Programme of Action…
By Fernando Velázquez* The almighty god of technological progress demands countless sacrifices We sacrificed our time at first; navigating at all times and everywhere in that immense cloud of information called the Internet, and even we stay in it through various apps that…
By Chandran Nair * – China Watch The recent awarding of the Nobel Prize in Economics to William Nordhaus was hailed by most mainstream outlets as a pro-climate action decision, but this shows how limited people’s appreciation of the threats arising from current models of growth…
Jonathan Liew * – The Independent Football is the perfect arena for the unscrupulous populist and macho, nativist fantasies of a new breed of neo-fascists, writes Jonathan Liew Viktor Orban was in London earlier this month. It wasn’t a state visit or a political trip: on the…
