▶ Greatest Peace Speech Ever~John F. kennedy June 10, 1963 – YouTube.
Asylum case rattles Angela Merkel
An encounter filmed in North Germany between a tearful Palestinian refugee girl from Lebanon and Chancellor Angela Merkel has fueled a debate over asylum policy. 14-year-old Reem told Merkel her family faced deportation.
British MPs win a 10 percent pay hike
Despite deep cuts to public services and welfare, the UK’s 650 MPs are to see their annual pay rise to the equivalent of 106,000 euros. All political parties have tried to defend the move amid an inevitable backlash.
Japan’s Lower House Passes Bills to Give Military Limited Combat Powers – The New York Times
“The Fourth Reich grabbing Greece and now Japan embracing militarism again!”
The vote was the culmination of months of contentious debate in a society that has long embraced pacifism to atone for wartime aggression. It was a significant victory for Mr. Abe, a conservative politician who has devoted his career to moving Japan beyond guilt over its militarist past and toward his vision of a “normal country” with a larger role in global affairs.
via Japan’s Lower House Passes Bills to Give Military Limited Combat Powers – The New York Times.
Commercial fishing at North Pole barred
Denmark and the four other countries with claims to the Arctic have banded together in a move meant to protect international waters from overfishing.
How did Sandra Bland die?
The Texas police, on the other hand, is 100 percent hoping we believe this young woman with no apparent mental health problems, who had just started a new job, who was outspoken in the #BlackLivesMatter movement, and whose brutal arrest had just been caught on video, committed suicide. Sorta like how they wanted us to believe Walter Scott had gained control of the cop’s taser before he was shot? Or that Freddie Gray was “intentionally trying to injure himself” in the back of that van?
A believer in the power of social media to make change, Bland can be heard thanking the bystander recording her arrest as she’s taken into police custody — custody from which she was never released alive. May Bland’s friends and family get the truth and justice for her.
Cameroon bans face veil after bombings

Cameroon bans people from wearing the full-face Islamic veil in the Far North region following two suicide bomb attacks on Sunday.
Genetically engineered moths could be released in Britain to save crops
“So, who is pretending that all unintended consequences which could have a monstrous negative effect have been accounted for? The person who thought it would be a good idea to import rabbits or camels to Australia?”
Research shows that releasing moths which only produce male offspring causes population crashes
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1,300-Pound Shark Reveals How Toxic SoCal’s Waters Are

A gigantic shark caught off Newport Beach reveals a sad reality: the waters off Southern California’s coast are filled with toxins. [ more › ]
Israeli cities ban Gaza documentary film

Pressure from right-wing activists led two mayors in southern Israel to cancel screenings of a Dutch film dealing traumatized Gazan heath workers. The film’s director said people in the cities could relate to the movie.

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