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Archive for May, 2017
UN Criticism over Britain’s Anti-Terror Strategy Two Days Before Manchester Bombing
Sanctions, What Sanctions? Russian Credit Risk Collapses to 4-Year Lows
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Russia Looks East, Capitalism with a Strong State Sector. Observations and Impressions from Russia
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Genome Analysis Shows Egyptian Mummies More Genetically Similar to Europeans and Turks Than Africans
The first ever full-genome analysis of Ancient Egyptians shows they were more Turkish and European than African. Scientists analysed ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from 1400 BC to 400 AD and discovered they shared genes with people from the Mediterranean. They found that ancient Egyptians were closely related to ancient populations in the Levant […]
Genderfluid Sex Workers Are the Apotheosis of Human Progress
Western civilization boasts many achievements. Beethoven’s symphonies. The Sistine Chapel. The printing press. Space travel. Modern medicine. The Internet. All of these remarkable human accomplishments, however, do not constitute true progress. What does, though, is a disabled, genderfluid sex worker: presented without comment pic.twitter.com/548QE9gdUf — Pizza (@PizzaRollPatrol) May 30, 2017 Every time I think we’ve […]
The Great White North no more: Almost 7 in 10 Canadian Metro Residents will be non-White in two Decades
Canada is experiencing the fastest rate of ethnic change of any country in the Western world, say international demographers. Almost seven of 10 Metro Vancouver residents will be visible minorities, or non-whites, in less than two decades, says Eric Kaufmann, a professor at University of London, Birkbeck, citing Statistics Canada projections. In addition, Kaufmann said, University of Laval […]
‘Space Aggressors’ Train US Forces for Extraterrestrial Conflict
In a large, tin-roofed warehouse near Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, members of a team of modern space warriors spend their days hatching plots to defeat the US military in extraterrestrial combat. They’re called Space Aggressors. Their job is to act like the enemy during mock space battles to help US units prepare for a conflict that […]
Zangeneh: Iran remains committed to its pledges to OPEC
IRNA – Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran will remain committed to its pledges with regards to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). As for the volume of Iran’s oil production and exports quotas in the market, the minister said that Tehran will continue the […]
Putin highlights Iran’s important role in Syrian ceasefire
IRNA — Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Turkey, Iran, the Syrian government and the armed opposition, as well as Russia, all play an important role in ensuring that the Syrian ceasefire works. The Moscow-based RT news agency quoted Putin as saying in an exclusive interview with Le Figaro. The Russian president, when asked about […]
Photos: Spring in Mazandaran
IRNA | Gholamreza Rezaei: Mazandaran Province, is an Iranian province located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range, in central-northern Iran. The diverse nature of the province features plains, prairies, forests and rainforest stretching from the sandy beaches of the Caspian Sea to the rugged and […]
Iran writes letter to UN chief to protest at unfair verdicts against Sheikh Qassim
“I request your excellency to employ all your efforts and capacities of international organizations and human rights mechanisms for the abolition of unfair verdict against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ghasem (Qassim), to guarantee his and his followers full security and safety, restoration of withdrawn citizenship of Bahrain’ citizens and unconditional release of all persons who have […]
Inpex says eyeing Iran’s Azadegan oil prize
Press TV- Inpex, Japan’s largest upstream company, has announced that it will consider bidding to develop Iran’s huge Azadegan oil field – the same project it abandoned in 2010 as a result of sanctions against Iran. Platts energy news service quoted an Inpex official as saying that the company was already in the process […]
Saudi Grand Mufti slams preachers who approve of music & singing
The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, said that the Muslim preachers who have been recently approving singing and listening to music by worshipers were being insubordinate, local media report. Abdul Aziz Al ash-Sheikh said that such “recalcitrant” preachers went against their own convictions, by changing their stance after decades […]
Three children killed by lightning bolt in Bihar, India
Three minor boys were killed and another sustained burn injuries after lightning struck them today at a village in Jamui district, a police officer said. The incident took place at Harihar village when the boys were standing under a mango tree to avoid getting drenched in rain, Khaira police station in-charge Srikant Kumar said. […]
Macron says RT correspondents brave bombs, bullets and tear gas – but still not ‘real’ journalists
In his latest attack on RT, French President Emmanuel Macron said the news outlet’s correspondents were not “real journalists.” Some of the people he dismissed as non-professionals deliver reports while under threat from bombs and bullets. Macron, who stonewalled RT during his election campaign, justified his attitude by accusing the channel of spreading falsehoods […]
The cognitive differences between males and females
When Nirao Shah decided in 1998 to study sex-based differences in the brain using up-to-the-minute molecular tools, he didn’t have a ton of competition. But he did have a good reason. “I wanted to find and explore neural circuits that regulate specific behaviors,” says Shah, then a newly minted Caltech PhD who was beginning […]
OPEC, Russia and other producers propose curbing oil inventories to five-year average
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-members are committed to reducing global oil inventories to a five-year average, said Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih in Moscow on Wednesday. The goal could be reached in the very near future, he said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Aleksandr Novak. Russian and […]