Geopolitics
CNN: Three US troops killed in drone attack in Jordan, at least two dozen injured
What are US troops doing in Jordan? Read HERE
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Economics
Mark Thompson, Anna Cooban: Credit Suisse shares crash as Saudi investor rules out more funds
Report in CNN on the chaos at Swiss bank Credit Suisse today. Is this the start of a new financial crisis? Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
CNN – Degrowth: A dangerous idea or the answer to the world’s biggest crisis?
Conventional economic logic hinges on a core assumption: Bigger economies are better, and finding ways to maintain or boost growth is paramount to improving society. But what if growth is at best doing little to […]
Economics
CNN: Pound plummets to all-time low against dollar
Even the markets cannot oversee the Tory plundering of Britain and the consequences it will have. Read Here
Economics
Euro/Dollar parity: EU citzens being sacraficed to save German mercantilism
CNN: The euro and the dollar are a penny away from parity for the first time in 20 years Read Here
Media
CNN: Julian Assange’s extradition to US approved by UK government
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces espionage charges, in a decision Wikileaks said marked a “dark day for press […]
Climate Crisis
CNN: Portugal’s power production goes coal-free long before deadline
Portugal has gone entirely coal-free, 9 years ahead of the country’s initial deadline to phase out coal, the planet’s most polluting fossil fuel. Read here Wikimedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Internationa
Climate Crisis
CNN: Court orders Shell to slash CO2 emissions in landmark climate ruling
A Dutch court has ruled that Royal Dutch Shell must dramatically reduce its carbon emissions in a landmark climate decision that could have far reaching consequences for oil companies. Read here
EU politics
CNN – In its latest lurch to the far right, Denmark plans to send some refugees back to Syria
When even CNN recognises this for what it is, then we have a problem Read here
Economics
CNN: Amazon defeated the union vote. What happens next?
Amazon has soundly defeated a landmark union drive that would have established the company’s first US union, but labor advocates are hopeful that the high-profile fight will nonetheless be successful in spurring support for broader […]