Lexit will only strengthen nationalism

Click:cnc lathe Nuit Debout banner reads "They have billons, we are millions", Place de la Republique, April, 2016, Paris. Bertrand Combaldieu / Press Association. All rights reserved.A row of left-wing commentators have called for a Brexit recently, arguing that this move would profoundly reinvigorate democracy in the UK. ‘Reinvigorating’ sounds like spring, youth, detox and…

Iran’s military objectives in Syria and Russia’s contradictory positions

Click:china tours from china travel agent Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP/Press Association. All rights reserved.Political and military officials in Iran insist they are maintaining an advisory role in Syria, and that members of the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and Iran’s regular army dispatched to Syria are not directly engaged in fighting Syrian opposition groups. However, aside from the IRGC,…

Colombia: real peace in an era of phony war

Click: FARC rebels cheer at the concert in their last conference as a rebel army, after signing the peace accord.18 September,2016. Ricardo Mazalan/Press Association. All rights reserved.On a rough count over the month of August, six coups were said to be under way across Latin America. Many of these were reported to be targeting the…

Barack Obama's Brother-In-Law Just Got Hired By The New York Knicks

Click:aluminum CNC machining Normally, front office hires from NBA teams don’t make headlines, but that’s because they don’t usually involve Barack Obama’s family. The former president’s brother-in-law (and Michelle’s brother), Craig Robinson, has reportedly been hired by the New York Knicks, though the details of his role remain the subject of some speculation and conflicting…

Jane Goodall Makes A Simple Case For Encouraging Kids To Be Curious

Click:All Season Cat Covered & Opened Beds Simply put, Jane Goodall is a legend. Her groundbreaking research on chimpanzees during her time at the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in the 1960s changed the way scientists viewed the primates forever. Though she hadn’t been formally trained, Goodall’s discovery – that chimps were highly intelligent…

Britain’s foreign policy: it's time for reform

Click:web novel September 5, 2017 – London, UK. The second day of protests against the world's largest arms fair held in London's docklands. Peter Marshall/Zuma Press/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.“Blowback” – a term used to describe the costs and consequences of a government’s actions. A term that perfectly illustrates Britain’s harmful role on the…

This Art School Aims To Narrow The Wealth Disparity In Developing Countries

Click:high voltage paint When traveling to distant places, tourists usually want to bring something back. Too often it’s a kitschy knickknack: mass-produced but crafted to look handmade. Worse still, profits usually don’t benefit the seller — at least not by much. Entrepreneur Tim Reynolds was about to change all that when he met artist Anthony Waichulis….

Why the ‘good’ refugee is a bad idea

Click:cnc machining Indian Muslim mass protest rally during a protest against the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority in Kolkata, India, September 11, 2017. NurPhoto/Press Association. All rights reserved.There is something surreal about the photo-op of a smiling Rohingya refugee family heading back to conflict-torn Myanmar. In a similar case of mixed signals, Myanmar’s social welfare minister Win…

Does Europe end in Derry? Peace is at stake

Click:China Tour Agency People make their way across the Peace Bridge in Derry. Brian Lawless/Press Association. All rights reserved. “Out of Ireland have we come. Great hatred, little room, Maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb. A fanatic heart.” Excerpt from Remorse for intemperate Speech, William Butler Yeats After waves of democratisation, waves…