In his race to Fast Track the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership “free trade” deal, U.S. President Barack Obama made a stop at the Oregon headquarters of Nike, a large multinational with notoriously poor labor standards, to promote the behemoth pact. The irony was not lost on the dozens of protesters who greeted Obama outside the Portland…
Marching in a recent Ithaca, New York, demonstration in solidarity with Palestine was one of the truly gratifying moments of my life as an internationalist. Click Here: Organized by Cornell University undergraduates, the protest against Israel’s latest, massive bombardment of the Gaza Strip and assault on Palestinians within and beyond Jerusalem proved that even in…
Mardi, la reine a organisé une garden party géante dans les jardins de Buckingham. La reine Elizabeth II et le prince Philip ont ouvert les portes de Buckingham palace à 8 000 convives mardi dernier. Cette réception était la première d’une série de quatre qui seront organisées par la famille royale au cours de l’été….
Avanti, (some of) Europe! Jean-Claude Piris, the former head of the Council of Ministers’ legal service, has ideas for Europe that will divide many, intrigue everyone and provoke debate. European Voice By Tim King 1/11/12, 10:10 PM CET Updated 4/12/14, 10:33 PM CET Those of us brought up to believe that Jean-Claude Piris controlled everything…
Russian lawmakers have composed an address to major international groups in which they denounce a fresh Ukrainian law on the reintegration of Donbass. The law is seen as potentially leading to war and repression in the region. The draft address, that the Russian MPs want to forward to the United Nations, the Organization for Security…
A Roland-Garros, Chaque année, on se dit qu’on ne peut pas être plus surpris que la précédente. Et chaque année, on se trompe. A Roland plus encore qu’ailleurs, le tableau féminin est sans cesse tourneboulé. Alors qu’on voyait Iga Swiatek, la comète de l’année dernière, devenir la première joueuse depuis Justine Hénin (2005-2006-2007) à conserver…
For 17 years, cicadas do very little. They hang out in the ground, sucking sugar out of tree roots. Then, following this absurdly long hibernation, they emerge from the ground, sprout wings, make a ton of noise, have sex, and die within a few weeks. Their orphan progeny will then return to the ground and…
HALIFAX — The court-appointed monitor overseeing the search for the $260 million owed to clients of the faltering QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange says it recently found more than $900,000 in digital assets — only to see more than half of those crypto-coins escape its grasp. The bizarre turn of events was revealed Tuesday in the first…
Markus Schwaiger ha risolto Incubator, Fb8b. Il boulder, nello Zillertal, Austria, scoperto e provato nel 1998 da Jerry Moffat. Il tirolese Markus Schwaiger (e non il tedesco Markus Bock, come in precedenza erroneamente da noi riportato) sale Incubator nello Zillertal, Austria. Il boulder, scoperto e provato nel 1998 da Jerry Moffat e di seguito soprannominato…
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can float in the air. In particular, it can linger in poorly ventilated indoor spaces, spreading farther than 6 feet from its source. These indoor public spaces are high risk and should be avoided while the virus is still spreading. But, increasingly, people are returning to those spaces: Bars…