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Eurasia Review 

The Global Clean Water Crisis Looms Large

Water scarcity will intensify with climate and socioeconomic change, disproportionately impacting populations located in the Global South. So concludes a new Utrecht University article published in Nature Climate Change, which used a state-of-the-art global water quantity and quality model to estimate clean water scarcity until the end of the century.

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Voice of America 

French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes 

washington — A court in the French capital on Friday ordered life sentences for three senior Syrian government officials in a landmark case.  After a four-day trial, the Paris Criminal Court said three Syrian officials had been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the war-torn country.  The case against Ali Mamlouk, former director of Syria’s National Security Bureau; Jamil Hassan, former head of the air force intelligence directorate; and Abdel Salam Mahmoud, former head... Читать дальше...

TheHill.com 

RFK Jr. pointedly attacks Trump over COVID response in Libertarian Party speech 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. targeted former President Trump over his administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, as he spoke to Libertarians during their party convention Friday.   Kennedy argued that the former president and his administration had violated people's First Amendment rights when they instituted health guidelines to combat the coronavirus pandemic. “I think he...

WND 

Bye-bye, DEI: UNC has had enough

What is DEI, you ask? DEI, for the most part, stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, and several consultation groups have been pushing it, insisting that it's a "hot trend" when it comes to teaching our youth. Only … it hasn't. The fact of the matter is that anything fueled by DEI seems to meet…

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Eurasia Review 

Threat Of Terrorism Still Lingers In Indonesia: Is The Fear Justified? – Analysis

By Aisyah Llewellyn

Indonesian director Joko Anwar’s new horror film “Siksa Kubur” (“Grave Torture”) begins with a bang as a suicide bomber blows himself up at a bakery, killing the owners and many bystanders.

Joko has said in interviews that the dramatic opening was influenced by real-life events – one being a 2016 attack claimed by Islamic State militants that killed four civilians near a Jakarta shopping center. 

In the film released in April, the bomber is portrayed... Читать дальше...

Athletics Nation 

Thank you Oakland ballers



Thank you ballers


I sent this to my brother the morning after game 2.


Regarding the ballers:

I tuned in Tuesday night to the free broadcast. The stream didn’t start until three batters into the game after the Ballers had scored their first run. I was initially struck by how lo fi and almost amateur the stream seemed. My first thoughts were focused on how the full season of streams costs $31 USD a month, more than NBA league pass, and... Читать дальше...