John J. Xenakis - Page 25

Contents: Austria deeply split between far-right and left-liberal candidates; Austria’s election part of a world-wide move to the right with deep polarization

Contents: Downed EgyptAir flight an economic disaster for Egypt; A dark shadow looms over EU-Turkey refugee deal, as Turkey passes harsh anti-Kurdish law

Contents: Netanyahu’s selection of Avigdor Lieberman criticized in and out of Israel; Lieberman’s lack of experience compared to Amir Peretz

Contents: Chinese official slams Hong Kong independence during ‘inspection visit’; Hong Kong’s history and culture make it very different from China

Contents: Western nations agree to lift arms embargo on Libya to fight ISIS; ISIS continues to grow in Libya in size and effectiveness

Contents: China says Pentagon report on China military ‘severely damages’ relations; Pentagon documents massive China buildup, but omits ‘Maritime Militia’

Contents: Venezuela’s socialist economy close to a crash; Maduro orders jailing of owners of closed factories; Maduro recalls Brazil ambassador over Dilma Rousseff ‘coup’

Contents: EU-Turkey migrant deal unravels over brinksmanship on both sides; More refugees now reaching Europe via Italy than via Greece; Italy rescues 800 migrants from Mediterranean Sea, many of them from Syria

Contents: England threatened with IRA terrorists from Northern Ireland; The ‘New IRA’ recalls the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule

Contents: Azerbaijan celebrates the ‘Days of Culture of Dagestan’; Azerbaijan and Dagestan share Sunni Salafist insurgencies; Nagorno-Karabakh issue still simmers

Contents: Arab countries seek to overturn the century old Sykes-Picot agreement; Syria: A victim of colonial politics; Palestine: Sykes-Picot and Balfour Declaration left a ‘savage legacy’; Lebanon: Survived Sykes-Picot largely intact

Contents: Workers riot as Greece braces for new austerity measures; After six years of real austerity, Greeks are at wits’ end; Bolivia accuses Chile of setting up military base near border

Contents: Tens of thousands in pro-EU anti-government protest in Warsaw Poland; Thousands of Berlin protesters chant ‘No Islam on German soil’; Hooded anarchists in Italy turn violent on Austrian border

Contents: London elects Sadiq Khan as mayor, the first Muslim mayor of a major Western city; Turkey’s Erdogan threatens EU: ‘We’ll go our own way, you go yours!’; Turkey says it will meet other EU requirements for lifting visa restrictions

Contents: With Turkey already in chaos, Erdogan forces PM Davutoglu to resign; Davutoglu’s resignation may complicate the EU-Turkey migrant deal; Syria and Russia continue ‘Grozny Model,’ killing women and children in Aleppo refugee camp

Contents: Britain will accept thousands of child refugees from European camps; European Commission threatens to fine countries that won’t accept migrants; Many in Asia oppose an Obama apology for 1945 nuking of Hiroshima

Contents: Reader question on Iran and Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr; European Commission expected to recommend visa-free travel for citizens of Turkey

Contents: Israel to open another truck crossing to the Gaza Strip; Report: Hamas, Israel and Egypt in alliance fighting ISIS; Laos sides with China in South China Sea dispute

Contents: Iraq government faces climatic Awakening era political crisis; Muqtada al-Sadr and Iraq’s Awakening era

Contents: Kenya’s huge ivory burning event may endanger elephants further; China makes four demands of Japan to improve relations

Contents: Papua New Guinea Supreme Court bombshell throws Australia’s refugee policy into chaos; Papua New Guinea repudiates refugee agreement after Supreme Court Ruling; North Korea nuclear test expected after three botched missile tests

Contents: Syria’s air force deliberately targets hospital in Aleppo, killing dozens; Bank of Japan shocks investors with no stimulus, leading to global stock selloff

Contents: Female suicide bomber attacks Bursa in northwestern Turkey; Austria votes to close border with Italy to slow refugees

Contents: Violence spreads across Turkey as both Turkey and PKK escalate fight; Puerto Rico headed for new financial default on May 1

Contents: Britain’s NHS facing massive strike from ‘junior doctors’; Britain’s NHS financial crisis is being tied to the ‘Brexit’ debate; Obama administration tries to stop Obamacare death spiral

Contents: Egypt arrests journalists in cafes and homes ahead of Monday protests; Egypt’s al-Sisi warns of ‘chaos’ in Monday’s Sinai Liberation Day protests; Sudan and Tunisia prepare for simultaneous protests in solidarity

Contents: Europe goes on charm offensive with Turkey on migrant deal; Bangladesh in shock after university professor hacked to death; FBI offers to help investigate Bangladesh murders

Contents: 175 countries sign farcical climate change agreement; The ‘science’ of climate change; President Obama threatens Britain over ‘Brexit’ referendum; Report: China to build floating nuclear power plants in South China Sea; S&P 500 Price/Earnings ratio rockets to highest value in years

Contents: France to launch new Israeli-Palestinian peace process on May 30; Britain debates which migrants can vote in the ‘Brexit’ referendum

Contents: Saudi King Salman snubs Obama – again – as he arrives for Saudi Arabia summit; President Obama to ‘clean up leftover messes’ in the Mideast

Contents: Afghan Taliban launches ‘Spring Fighting Season’ with massive Kabul explosion; China tests its DF-41 long-range nuclear missile with multiple warheads; Turkey threatens to cancel migrant deal unless visa restrictions are lifted by June; Violence surges in Syria as ‘peace talks’ collapse becomes official

Contents: Israel’s Netanyahu vows revenge for terrorist bombing in Jerusalem; Mahmoud Abbas lobbies to revive international interest in Palestinians; In a new catastrophe, hundreds of migrants drown in the Mediterranean Sea; China’s bond market starts to unravel

Contents: Massive earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador are linked by the Ring of Fire; Syria chemical weapons accidentally kill Hezbollah militias; Latest Syrian ‘peace process’ appears near collapse; Saudi Arabia ends oil summit negotiations as Iran fails to show up

Contents: Cuba’s reactionary Raúl Castro tries to hold back the ‘restoration of capitalism’; Saudi Arabia threatens economic retaliation if blamed for 9/11 attacks

Contents: Egypt-Saudi deal for Red Sea bridge triggers massive protests in Cairo; Migrant traffic from Libya to Italy surges; Czech Republic debates adopting the short name ‘Czechia’

Contents: Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases ‘proof of life’ video of abducted Chibok girls; Russians brag about ‘aerobatic skills’ of Russian pilots buzzing US ship; US Navy conducting joint patrols with Philippines in South China Sea