Russian airstrikes have hit more than 200 targets in 24 hours as Moscow aims to cut off the Islamic States income by taking out refinery and oil trucks. Moscow had announced last night that its warplanes would be hunting ISIS oil tanker trucks in Syria, a day after it was confirmed that a ‘terrorist attack’ […]
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Terror attack among possible causes of Sinai plane crash – Russian PM Medvedev
“The possibility of a terrorist act, of course, remains among the reasons of what had happened” to the Kolavia flight 7K9268, Medvedev told Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper. The PM stressed that the inquiry into the cause of the worst disaster in history of Russia’s civil aviation, which took the lives of 224 passengers and crew members, […]
“One Very Simple, But Radical, Idea: To Democratise Europe”
Print Friendly Above Photo: Former Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis. Demotix/Heather Blockey. All rights reserved. Alex Sakalis: I’m very interested in this transnational, pan-European movement you are preparing to launch, the details of which you’ve been teasing us with… Yanis Varoufakis: I’m not teasing you. It’s just that it takes time to establish. AS: What forces are […]
Housing And Homeless Activists Storm And Occupy Airbnb HQ
Print Friendly Above Photo: From Sfweekly.com. Dozens of housing and homeless activists stormed the Airbnb headquarters at 888 Brannan Street around noon today. A day before San Francisco voters will decide whether to regulate “home-sharing” more strictly, the activists sought to show the short-term rental company what “sharing” is all about. The protesters entered Airbnb’s […]
The world’s first ocean cleaning system will be deployed in 2016
There are five gigantic patches of swirling plastic throughout the Earth’s oceans, known as gyres. Because of ocean currents, a great majority of the plastic that ends up in the oceans finds its way into these garbage patches, poisoning marine life and ending up in the food supply of the planet. Toxic […]