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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Georgia’s frozen conflict takes psychological toll

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Ten years after the war between Russia and Georgia, villagers near the breakaway region of South Ossetia still live under the strain of the conflict, dealing with border issues and Russian patrols. Emily Sherwin reports.

Boris Johnson told to apologise over ‘totally out of order’ burka comments

Thumb in your eye Boris is having his fun any one’s expense he can unless he is run out of Tory Party!

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British Prime Minister Theresa May and other senior Conservatives tell former foreign secretary Boris Johnson to say sorry for a newspaper column in which he wrote burka-wearing women looked like “letter boxes” and bank robbers.

US sanctions target Iran’s access to US banknotes and key industries

North Korea can start selling its fake $100s and $50s again. Russia will sell steel and aluminum to Iran, and oil will be sold to Russian agents and repackaged to run overseas Trump resorts?

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The United States re-imposed a wave of tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran on Tuesday, bringing back into effect harsh penalties that had been lifted under a historic, multi-party nuclear agreement that President Donald Trump abandoned in May.

Charlottesville’s first black female mayor: ‘We’re not a post-racial nation’

I feel like the majority of the city council, when I walk in the room, the conversation shifts. People are quiet. I’m kept out of a lot of discussions. It’s still worth it. It changes the conversation. They are no longer in control of the narrative. Whether they exclude me or not, I’m in the story.

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A year after white supremacists marched through the liberal city, Nikuyah Walker says the left needs less talk and more action

A year ago, white supremacist groups marched with torches through the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia. The city reacted by electing its first black female mayor, Nikuyah Walker, 38, a fierce critic of how city officials had handled last year’s far-right protests.

An independent, Walker ran under the campaign slogan “Unmasking the illusion”. She argued that Charlottesville’s Democratic politicians had failed to do enough to tackle systemic racism and economic inequality, and that it was time for a deeper change.

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Planet at risk of heading towards irreversible “Hothouse Earth” state

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06/08/2018 – Keeping global warming to within 1.5-2°C may be more difficult than previously assessed. An international team of scientists has published a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) showing that even if the carbon emission reductions called for in the Paris Agreement are met, there is a risk of the planet entering what the scientists call “Hothouse Earth” conditions. A “Hothouse Earth” climate will in the long term stabilize at a global average of 4-5°C higher than pre-industrial temperatures with sea level 10-60 m higher than today, the paper says. The authors conclude it is now urgent to greatly accelerate the transition towards an emission-free world economy.