Posts Tagged ‘embargo’

What America stands to lose from Trump’s threatened China embargo

In another in a bizarre series of tweets, Trump labelled North Korea “an embarrassment to China” and took aim at allies South Korea, accusing Seoul of trying to ‘appease’ its northern neighbors. The threat of ending trade relations with “any country doing business with North Korea” once again raises the prospect of a potentially-disastrous trade […]

"Pre-Crime" Arrives In Chicago – Big Data Tells Cops Who’s Next To Be Shot

In Chicago, where homicides are out of control and estimated to top 550 in 2016 (the most since 2012), police are so desperate to correct the problem that they are throwing good old fashioned police work to the wind, and turning to ‘Minority Report’-esque algorithms to do the work for them.   […]

Laws be damned: Illegal UK-made cluster bombs found in Yemeni village attacked by Saudis

     Banned UK-manufactured cluster bombs have been found in a Yemeni village targeted in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, leading to calls for the UK to come clean on its weapon sales and military support to Saudi Arabia. The unexploded BL-755 cluster bomb is designed to be dropped from the UK-made Tornado aircraft used by the Saudi […]

Iran joins UN conference on financing for development

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Head of Iranian Investment Organization Mohammad-Khazaie joined the UN conference on financing for development in New York. During the meeting he outlined Iran’s policies to mobilize internal sources and efficient use of the sources to boost the country’s potential. He also called poverty as a global challenge and reiterated that eradicating poverty should […]

Flowers Excluded From Debate Disrupts For Democracy

Print Friendly Above: Dr. Margaret Flowers being surrounded by Goucher University security as she speaks from the debate stage on March 28, 2016. She had been excluded from the debate by the sponsor of the event, the Baltimore Jewish Council. Reaction From Crowd Shows Thirst For Real Democracy Note: Popular Resistance does not endorse candidates […]

50-Year Tradition: Couple Trims Tree With 10,000 Easter Eggs

From: nbcnews.com German pensioner Volker Kraft decorates an apple tree with Easter eggs in the garden of his summer house, in the eastern German town of Saalfeld on Wednesday. Every year since 1965 Volker and his wife Christa spend up to two weeks decorating the tree with their collection of 10,000 colorful […]

Kurdish Diyarbakır, city of the dead and missing after Turkish crackdown

     An RT crew has visited Diyarbakır, the unofficial capital of the Turkish Kurds, to throw light on the gruesome consequences of Turkey’s crackdown on the Kurdish population. RT’s William Whiteman talked to the relatives of one of the victims. RT took an exclusive look into the mass killings of civilians allegedly committed by the […]

Climate Movement Prepares For Leap Into 2016

Print Friendly Above Photo: Canadians marched for the climate in Quebec last April. (Photo: Greenpeace/flickr/cc) …Across Canada And World Global day of action is in support of the Leap Manifesto, a set of 15 demands endorsed by more than 150 organizations and unveiled last September “The Manifesto, bolder than anything on offer from the major federal political […]

David Cameron Praises His Government Over Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia

The British Prime Minister has praised his government over their efforts in selling fighter jets, manufactured by BAE Systems, to Saudi Arabia. Speaking at a BAE Systems factory in Preston, David Cameron boasted about how the UK had pushed the sale of Eurofighter Typhoons to countries in the Middle East, including Oman and Saudi Arabia. […]

Syrian Army liberates al-Bagilya settlement following ISIS massacre

     Governor of the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor said that Syrian Armed forces liberated al-Bagilya settlement, where the militants of Daesh militant group had killed 280 people. Syrian Armed forces liberated al-Bagilya settlement, where the militants of the Islamic State (ISIL) militant group had killed 280 people, governor of the Syrian province of Deir […]

Dutch foreign minister expects EU oil embargo against Syria on Friday

  Dutch News Thursday, September 1, 2011 Foreign minister Uri Rosenthal expects the European Union will on Friday agree to an oil embargo against Syria following the violent crack-down on pro-democracy campaigners, the Volkskrant reports. ‘The Netherlands is working towards an EU oil embargo and new EU sanctions. I think they will come into effect […]

Anti-Castro lobby keeps embargo in place

Following the Cuban Revolution in 1959, the US imposed an embargo on all trade, investment and travel with Cuba in an attempt to weaken the communist government of Fidel Castro. On August 13, Castro celebrated his 85th birthday and critics say that the embargo designed to oust him as instead hurt average Cubans for decades. […]

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