We only have a 5 percent chance of avoiding ‘dangerous’ global warming, a study finds

Oliver Milman* – The Guardian Researchers find that economic, emissions and population trends point to very small chance Earth will avoid warming more than 2C by century’s end There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century…

Roger Cohen – The New York Times So the Scaramouch, a stock clown figure of old Italian comedy, is gone as White House communications director. Anthony Scaramucci’s foul mouth was never going to pass muster in a White House run by a retired United States Marine Corps general.

By Anna Gromada (The Guardian) and  Krisztián Simon (Political Critique) —————————————————————————————— Pride is at stake in Poland’s tussle with the EU. It won’t give ground easily Anna Gromada* – The Guardian Poland’s…

Robert Fisk* – The Independent Isis is now facing total defeat in Qalamoun, and the Syrian army – in Lebanon – Hezbollah and the Lebanese army earnestly wish to bring this about Karra Mountain, Western Syria – Syrian troops are now set up in positions on the Lebanese side of the…

by Trita Parsi* –  Lobelog.com Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain terms and with no effort to disguise his duplicity, that he will claim that Tehran is cheating on the nuclear deal by October—the facts be…

Roger Cohen* –  The New York Times  WASHINGTON — On the first Friday in May, Foreign Affairs Day, the staff gathers in the flag-bedecked C Street lobby of the State Department beside the memorial plaques for the 248 members of foreign affairs agencies who have lost their lives…