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Earth’s Biosphere Under
Siege
Reflections On 2018,
Forecasting 2019
By Robert J. Burrowes |
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At the
current rate, this dystopian
world will be shortlived as
humans drive themselves over
the edge of extinction.
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Over 30 people killed in clashes
in north Syria
Eleven civilians killed by
US-led coalition on al-Sha’afa town in
Deir Ezzor countryside
U.S. Ramps Up Bombing of ISIS in
Eastern Syria Following Trump Withdrawal
Announcement
Trump backs off from rapid
Syrian exit, says he wants to protect
Kurdish fighters.
Wait..What Did He
Say?
Israel is a little shocked at how
indifferent President Trump seemed to be
about Iran’s presence in Syria.
Turkey Is Seeking Russian
Permission to Use Syrian Airspace
US tells Turkey to cancel
Russian S-400 order in exchange for
Patriots sale
‘Russia to fulfill S-400 sale to
Turkey despite Patriot deal’
Numbers of civilian casualties
continue to fall in Iraq
Yemeni gov't forces kill 15
Houthi rebels near Sanaa
Al Jazeera captures evidence of
food aid stolen in Yemen war
Saudi puts Jamal Khashoggi
murder suspects on trial
US Navy SEAL accused of killing
teen ISIS fighter, using severed head
during ceremony
Israeli forces open fire at
school students in Nablus
Israel settlers stone
Palestinian PM’s convoy
Senior Israel official in
‘shock’ over Trump’s Iran policy
Pompeo warns Iran against space
launches
Iran rejects U.S.
warning against space launches,
ballistic missiles:
“Iran’s launch of space
vehicles - & missile tests - are NOT in
violation of (Resolution) 2231. The US
is in material breach of same, & as such
it is in no position to lecture anyone
on it,” Zarif wrote
Iranian Plan To Spend $2B On
Russian Passenger Jets Collapses Due To
U.S. Sanctions
Supporting Palestine to boost
security in region, says Iran’s
parliament speaker
WATCH: Leaked report based on 20
years of monitoring: Israel regularly
violates international law
Hamas calls on Palestinians to
confront Abbas dictatorship
Israel ready to
build Red Sea-Dead Sea project with
Jordan:
Israel’s regional cooperation
minister said Israel is ready to move
ahead with a multibillion dollar project
with Jordan to pipe water from the Red
Sea to the Dead Sea
AFRICA
Somalia: US kills 10 alleged al-Shabab
militants
5 terrorists shot dead in
Tunisia
Two militants in Tunisia blow
themselves as security forces storm
hideout
3 killed, 10 injured in attack
on Libyan foreign ministry
Port Sudan sees
renewed mass demonstrations:
Popular demonstrations erupted
Thursday in Sudan’s eastern city of Port
Sudan, where protesters condemned
alleged repression by the government and
deteriorating economic conditions.
ASIA
11 Taliban militants killed, 7
wounded in Faryab province: 209 Shaheen
Corps
8 police killed in checkpoint
attack in N. Afghanistan
Manufacturing consent for war on
China?:
The US government is warning
Americans that if they visit China they
may not be able to return home
Trump expects second Kim meeting
in 'not-too-distant future'
Senior North
Korean diplomat in Italy missing,
believed to have defected:
EUROPE
Russia charges American with
espionage
French police arrest ‘yellow
vest’ protests leader
Brexit leads to shortage of
workers in Britain: survey
Nearly 1000 police officers on
standby to deal with Northern Ireland
Brexit border issues
Germany entices illegal migrants
to leave with bribes
AUSTRALIA
Stabbings at Sydney Scientology
centre leave one man dead
Chinese builder makes $1.4bn
offer for Australian healthcare group
GLOBE
Selling Julian:
Ecuador to audit
Julian Assange’s asylum & citizenship as
country eyes IMF bailout
Hackers Threaten
to Leak 9/11 Files That Will ‘Top
Snowden’s Finest Work’:
Hackers say that gigabytes of
highly-confidential material they stole
from a law firm could shed more light on
the biggest terror act in American
history.
Google routed
$23bn to Bermuda in 'legal' tax
avoidance scheme
AMERICAS
Bolsonaro says open to US
military base in Brazil
Brazil: Bolsonaro Excludes LGBTI
Community From Human Rights Policies
Less Than 24 Hours Into His Presidency
Ancient Mayan
Civilization Discovered in Jungle
- The Mayan world had 40 cities
and 15 million people, up from the
original estimate of just 5 million.
China says detained Canadians
'without a doubt' violated the law
‘Birth Tourism’
Is Legal in Canada. A Lawmaker Calls It
Unscrupulous.:
Melody Bai arrived in Vancouver
from China in the late stages of
pregnancy with one goal: to give birth
to a Canadian baby.
Trump administration opens 2019
with tear gas attack on migrants at
US-Mexico border
Troops To Be Deployed To Border
To Build And Upgrade 160 Miles Of
Fencing
Glenn Greenwald: Veteran
NBC/MSNBC Journalist Blasts the Network
for Being Captive to the National
Security State and Reflexively Pro-War
to Stop Trump
Nancy Pelosi elected speaker of
the House as 116th Congress convenes
House Democrat to introduce impeachment
measure against Trump:
Rep. Brad Sherman plans to
reintroduce a measure Thursday — the
first day of Democratic control of the
chamber — that accuses Trump of
obstructing justice in the Russia
investigation.
On her first day, Rashida Tlaib
is already moving to impeach Trump
Leading House Democrat Says
There Aren't Enough Votes To Impeach
Trump
US shutdown:
Democrats to pass funding bills as they
take control of House:
The bills will not include
funding for President Donald Trump's
Mexican border wall, the cause of the
shutdown.
Exculpatory Russia evidence
about Mike Flynn that US intel kept
secret
Fact or fiction?
Hillary Clinton
Funneled Russian Intelligence to the FBI
to Target the Trump Team
Bloodbath: Stocks Crater As
Perfect Storm Of Apple And Recession
Fear Strikes
Apple has lost
$452 billion in market capitalization
since Oct. 3.:
Market value decline since peak exceeds
value of nearly any US company
Mark Zuckerberg Halts Stock
Sales as Facebook Shares Tumble
Listing names: U.S. Catholic
priests exposed
Two sociologists detail ‘The
Rise of Victimhood Culture’ and how it’s
used for social control
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