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Daily Archives: February 24, 2018
US Congress releases redacted, declassified Democratic memo
US Congress releases a redacted, declassified memo that aims to counter Republican Party allegations that the FBI abused government surveillance powers in its investigation into Russian election interference.
Toxic toad invasion puts ecology of Madagascar at risk | Environment | The Guardian
Roll of shame of Ohio lawmakers who overrode GOP Gov. Taft’s 2006 veto, ending cities’ bans on massacre-capable weapons: Thomas Suddes
If an Ohio community wants to regulate massacre-capable guns, its residents are powerless, thanks to a 2006 law and the legislators who overrode a Republican governor’s veto. Let’s remember their names, writes Thomas Suddes.
China tells US to stop unilateral North Korea actions
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said the US risks jeopardizing co-operation over North Korea. A terse response was issued after Washington imposed sanctions against a range of targets, including Chinese firms.
Turkish attack on Afrin: ‘The Kurds put their trust in the US and the West’
The Kurdish enclave of Afrin in Syria is under attack by Turkey. According to a Kurdish affairs expert, because Kurds can’t rely on foreign powers, they have allied with the Assad regime purely out of self-defense.
Ben Bradley apologises unreservedly for Corbyn spy claims
Labour says Tory MP will tweet apology and has agreed to pay undisclosed sum to charity
The Conservative MP Ben Bradley has apologised unreservedly and will make a substantial donation to charity for a tweet making claims about Jeremy Corbyn’s links to cold war spies, the Labour party said.
Bradley, who has more than 4,000 followers on Twitter, alleged on Monday that Corbyn had “sold British secrets to communist spies”. The tweet, which has since been deleted, followed newspaper reports claiming that Corbyn gave information to a spy during the cold war.
Teachers join student revolt against guns in America
The view of US from India
Israeli terrorism reduced to “nationalist” crime by New York Times
Paper regards some kinds of violence as more acceptable than others.
Egypt moves $15 billion closer to Israel
Arab autocrats abandon even pretense of support for Palestine.