Month: October 2020

WASHINGTON – As diplomats began drafting a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme and Western sanctions in Vienna Tuesday, U.S. officials were poised to demand a drastic cut in Iran’s enrichment capabilities that is widely expected to deadlock the negotiations. Iran is almost certain to reject the basic concept that it should reduce the…

The United States has agreed to sign a long-term lease agreement with the government of Djibouti, President Obama announced Monday, cementing the U.S. military’s presence at Camp Lemonnier, home to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and key foothold for the killer drone program. In a statement announcing the agreement with Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Obama…

In a speech rife with incongruities and contradictions, President Obama set out his vision and defense of U.S. foreign policy on Wednesday at the West Point Military Academy in New York. In the speech, Obama announced that he believes “in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being” and spoke repeatedly about “American leadership” and…

A new study has added to mounting evidence against a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, or “neonics.” Linked in numerous studies to bee declines, the new research looks at neonics’ impacts on surface water. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey looked at 9 rivers and streams in the U.S. Midwest—home to vast plantings of corn…

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By Kacie Albert, Elite Level Sports Marketing WASHINGTON D.C. – The 133-pound bout at the 2012 NWCA All-Star Classic presented by the United States Marine Corps will feature Chris Dardanes of Minnesota wrestling against Aaron (A.J.) Schopp of Edinboro, rekindling a rivalry from the 2012 NCAA Championships between the redshirt sophomores. Dardanes began his rookie…

An effort in the House of Representatives to prevent combat operations in Iraq, championed by war critic Rep. Barbara Lee (D–CA), was Thursday night, in what critics warn further clears the path for a new war. Lee on Thursday introduced amendments to the 2015 Department of Defense appropriations bill to cut off federal funding for…

The latest documents released from a trove leaked to journalist Glenn Greenwald by Edward Snowden reveal that GCHQ has created a virtual toolbox of online hacker tactics that allow British intelligence agents to “manipulate” online communities by seeding the Internet “with false information” and conducting the kind of malicious attacks on networks that send civilian…

The death toll in the Gaza Strip has now passed 1,200 people since Israel began bombing on July 8 and the Palestinian Ministry of Health reports Tuesday that more than 100 people were killed in the fourteen hours from overnight Monday into morning as mosques, homes, and other structures were hit during a sharp intensification…

A drone strike on a residential house in Yemen killed three men and wounded two women, officials confirmed on Sunday. Security officials told AFP that the drone, reportedly targeting al-Qaeda “militants,” struck the property in Marib in the south-central province of the country. The United States is the only country operating drones over Yemen, though…