Iran war: Redrawing the map of the Middle East, Israeli style?
‘We already are in a scenario where the US has lost control of this war,’ argues political scientist Vali Nasr., ‘We already are in a scenario where the US has lost control of this war,’ argues political scientist Vali Nasr. Even though the joint United States-Israeli war on Iran isContinue Reading
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, a contender for Iran’s leadership amid war?
Mojtaba Khamenei emerges as potential successor after death of his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in US-Israel attacks., Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has again emerged as a potential figure to succeed his father, who was killed on the first day of the war with the UnitedContinue Reading
“Utter Disaster for All Involved”: Is The Traitor’s War on Iran Repeating Bush’s “Forever War” in Iraq?
As Iranian missiles strike military, residential and economic targets in neighboring Gulf states, we speak to Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara in Doha, Qatar. Bishara says Iran’s targeting of U.S. allies in the region may be an Iranian calculation that there is “a cost to be paid forContinue Reading
Rosalía Says Her Favorite Quality in a Man Is ‘That He’s Gay’ Sending the Internet in a Frenzy
Leave it to Rosalía to toss off a one-liner that spirals into a cultural moment. During a Spotify conversation with Argentine author Mariana Enríquez, the Spanish pop force was asked a familiar question: What quality does she like most in a man? Rosalía smiled, paused for effect, and answered, “ThatContinue Reading
The Hollow Truth of the Carney Doctrine
The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Barely two months on from Mark Carney’s widely discussed Davos address, the Canadian prime minister recently had this to say in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran — among the first victims of which appear to have been over 100 schoolgirls between theContinue Reading
The Effort to Save the Midwest’s Native Seeds
This story was originally published by Grist and WBEZ . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Under the warm light of a hanging lamp, Marty Landorf carefully crumbled the dried flower head of a black-eyed Susan between her fingers, teasing apart the chaff to uncover its puny black seeds. Each oneContinue Reading
Trader Joe’s recalls over 36 million pounds of product after glass found in rice
A recall of Trader Joe’s items after glass was found in rice was significantly expanded on Tuesday to more than 36 million pounds of product, officials said, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Chick-fil-A faces another boycott over plans to return to UK
Controversial fast food chain Chick-fil-A is facing mass boycotts for funding anti-LGBTQ+ organisations as it prepares to return to the UK. Protestors have said they plan to stage demonstrations outside the chain’s London branch upon its opening on Thursday (5 March) over its historical funding of organisations attacking LGBTQ+ rightsContinue Reading
The Iran war: NATO, warship torpedoed and Khamenei’s son
*This podcast has been updated for the latest news on the US-Israeli war with details of the U.S. sinking an Iranaian warship off Sri Lanka’s coast, and NATO downing an Iranian missile headed into Turkish airspace. Ayatollah Ali Khamanei’s son Mojtaba has survived U.S. and Israeli strikes and is seenContinue Reading
Ukraine’s $880M Drone Line has turned Russian movement on frontline into death sentence in just 12 months
A year ago, Ukraine launched the “Drone Line”, a large-scale initiative to scale up the most effective unmanned systems units of the Ukrainian army, Defense Ministry reports. Now, the project operates more than 1,000 drone crews who systematically strike Russian targets related to its war. The initiative has allocated $880 million, with theContinue Reading
Russia is funneling Ukraine’s war veterans into Paralympic sport — and IPC is letting them compete
Moscow is turning participants of the war against Ukraine into Paralympic athletes. Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence has identified the Russian athletes who served in tank crews, infantry troops in Donetsk Oblast, and as battalion armament commanders. Meanwhile, the International Paralympic Committee has allowed Russian athletes to compete under their flag atContinue Reading
Judge Rejects The Traitor Administration’s Plan to End NYC Congestion Pricing
A federal court ruled that the The Traitor administration’s efforts to end the program are unlawful. The federal government is reviewing its legal options, including an appeal. By Lauren Dalban A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the The Traitor administration’s efforts to shut down New York’s congestion pricing program areContinue Reading
New Zealand annihilate South Africa to reach T20 World Cup final
Finn Allen hits fastest century at a T20 World Cup as New Zealand crush South Africa by nine wickets to reach final., Finn Allen hits fastest century at a T20 World Cup as New Zealand crush South Africa by nine wickets to reach final. New Zealand stormed into the Twenty20Continue Reading