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It is too late to listen to Europe ’72 set on the day of (50 years ago) but we do have a year, after all. Photo: Album Cover – Grateful Dead – Europe ’72 18 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Music News Math has never been one of my stronger points. So it…
The details of the ‘evacuated’ soldiers from Azovstal remain mirky. Photo: An aerial view of the city of Mariupol, during Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine | Andrey Borodulin/AFP via Getty Images 17 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said Tuesday that a garrison…
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“We have entered a world in which we have weaponised something without all the infrastructure that comes with weaponising something that’s so powerful.” 17 May 2022 | Tim Kiek | The National The West’s fusillade of sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine has been likened to the detonation of a “nuclear weapon” by a leading economist. Speaking at an…
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‘It’s not fully clear why flu vaccines — which are composed of killed influenza viruses — would also protect against COVID-19.’ Flu vaccine could cut COVID risk 16 May 2022 | Ewen Callaway | Nature Influenza vaccines have a surprising health benefit: they might also prevent COVID-19, particularly in its most severe forms1. A study…
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The inquiry concludes ‘that most of the people killed,’ in the airstrike, including women and children, were ‘probably Islamic State fighters.’ Photo: People fleeing in Baghuz, Syria, in 2019. A Pentagon inquiry into a U.S. airstrike that killed dozens of people determined that most of those killed were probably Islamic State fighters. Credit…Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse…
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Faced with crippling sanctions imposed by the US, the Biden administration should finally free up some of its foreign oil reserves Photo: An oil refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.Photographer: Meridith Kohut/Bloomberg 18 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Median News Oil. Ever since the United States made it known that it would not allow…
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‘Success is often the necessary precursor to failure. America still has the best military but tends to field bad strategies that morph over time into political disasters’ Photo: US President Joe Biden walks to a waiting helicopter on the lawn of the White House in Washington on May 11. Photo: AP 16 May 2022 |…
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Not to worry. The Davos Dandies are only interested in lectures. You know, figuring out how to capitalize on the new drug markets. Photo: A container of psilocybin mushrooms. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg Bloomberg’s insipid intro explaining their interest in joining the Land of Legal Acid: Sure, Davos has always sought to raise global consciousness — addressing topics like food…
Troops from NATO Allies and partners are taking part in a series of long-planned military exercises stretching from the High North to the Balkans to enhance the readiness and interoperability of NATO forces. 13 May 2022 | NATO Press Release “Hedgehog” exercises, 15,000 NATO troops in Estonia “Wettiner Heide” exercises, 7,500 in Germany “Iron Wolf”…
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Mama’s Broke’s ‘dark, fiery folk-without-borders sound’ absorbs traditions from their maritime home in Eastern Canada all the way to Ireland and Indonesia. Photo: Canadian folk duo Mama’s Broke (Amy Lou and Lisa Marie) live at Sidmouth Folk Festival 2019 16 May 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News We find ourselves at a place in time when…
Vladimir Lenin famously claimed that “There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen.” Recent events appear to be a powerful confirmation. 14 April 2022 | Lorenzo Kamel | The National Interest In 1989, American sociologist Janet Abu-Lughod predicted that the era of Western hegemony would be superseded by “a return…
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“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.” By James Porteous Photo: ©UNICEF/ Almahbashi. Millions of children across Yemen face serious threats due to malnutrition, in particular, and the lack of basic health services. All these threats are caused by the…
