Monday, January 13, 2020
“America Exists Today to Make War”: Lawrence Wilkerson on Endless War & American Empire
Fareed Zakaria: Here's the Problem with Trump's Foreign Policy
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said : Er hat große Fußstapfen zu füllen
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Der verstorbene Sultan Qabus führte Oman in fünf Jahrzehnten zu Wohlstand – und aus der außenpolitischen Isolation. Sein Nachfolger, der frühere Minister für „Erbe und nationale Kultur“, steht vor großen Herausforderungen.
Er werde den „noblen Ansatz“ von Sultan Qabus fortsetzen, der für „Entwicklung und Fortschritt stehe“, sagte der neue omanische Monarch Haitham bin Tariq Al Said. Der frühere Minister für „Erbe und nationale Kultur“ war schnell bestimmt worden, nachdem der populäre Sultan Qabus am Freitagabend gestorben war. Laut Presseberichten hatte Qabus selbst diesen Wunsch hinterlassen. Der verstorbene Sultan war nach einer Ehe mit einer Cousine kinderlos geblieben. Offiziell wurde die Ursache seines Todes nicht mitgeteilt, aber Sultan Qabus war an Krebs erkrankt und in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder zur Behandlung im Ausland.
Der neue Sultan hat große Fußstapfen zu füllen: Qabus hatte Oman fast fünf Jahrzehnte lang regiert, seit er 1970 seinen Vater mit britischer Hilfe in einem unblutigen Putsch vom Thron stieß. Er führte das Land im Südosten der Arabischen Halbinsel mit Hilfe der Öleinnahmen aus Armut, Rückständigkeit und der außenpolitischen Isolation. » | von Christoph Ehrhardt, Beirut | Samstag, 11. Januar 2020
Sultan of Oman Dies, State Media Announces
Oman’s Sultan Qaboos bin Said died on Friday evening, state media has announced. Omani television news said the council’s high military council had called the ruling family to convene and choose a new ruler.
Western-backed Qaboos, 79, had ruled the Gulf Arab state since he took over in a bloodless coup in 1970 with the help of Oman’s former colonial power Britain.
Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor. A 1996 statute says the ruling family must choose a successor within three days of the throne becoming vacant.
If they fail to agree, a council of military and security officials, supreme court chiefs and heads of the two assemblies will put in power a person whose name has been secretly written by the sultan in a sealed letter. » | Staff and agencies | Saturday, January 11, 2020
Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Arab world's longest-serving ruler, dies aged 79 »
Friday, January 10, 2020
The Last 100 Days of Diana – Documentary
Saudi Arabia Hit with Lawsuit for Role in 9/11 Attacks & Bezos Claims Unfair Bias by Government
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Divorce à Buckingham entre la famille royale et le couple Harry-Meghan
Editorial du « Monde ». La famille royale britannique joue un tel rôle dans la cohésion du Royaume-Uni, tient une telle place dans le cœur des Britanniques et dans le soft power de leur pays sur la scène internationale, que les états d’âme et les bisbilles des Windsor ne peuvent être considérés comme des vétilles. La décision, annoncée mercredi 8 janvier par Harry, deuxième fils de Charles, l’héritier de la couronne, et par son épouse, Meghan, de cesser de participer aux événements publics, principale activité des membres de la famille royale, jette le trouble à Londres. » | LeMonde | vendredi 10 janvier 2020
Wednesday, January 08, 2020
Boris Johnson: I Went to the Same School as Ursula van der Leyen
It was a lighter note on a day that she warned the UK there are "tough talks ahead" in free trade negotiations over the next year.
Harry and Meghan Say They’ll 'Step Back' from Life as Senior Royals | ITV News
The pair will continue to "fully support" the Queen, whilst splitting their time between both the United Kingdom and North America, where they have just spent several weeks on holiday.
Announcing their resignation from front line royal duties, the couple revealed the decision comes after "many months of reflection and internal discussions".
The couple will continue to "honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages" after standing down.
Europe Should Tell US to Stop Listening to Clowns: Iran’s Zarif
Zarif said that Iran's next steps will depend on the US reaction, after Iran fired missiles at two Iraqi bases hosting US troops in retaliation for the US assassination of military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Al Jazeera's Dorsa Jabbari reports from Tehran; Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports from Washington, DC.
Ursula von der Leyen: UK Deadline Makes Full Brexit Deal Impossible
The president of the European commission has said it will be “impossible” for the UK to negotiate a comprehensive deal covering all aspects of Brexit within the timeframe set by Boris Johnson.
Speaking before her first face-to-face bilateral meeting with the prime minister in Downing Street on Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen said the price of the clean-break Brexit the prime minister is pursuing was a “distant” partnership with the EU.
Unless the UK accepted a level playing field in the UK and EU’s trade positions after Brexit, there would inevitably be barriers for British manufacturing, she said in a speech at the London School of Economics.
At the same event, the EU’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, warned in an impromptu exchange that leaving the EU was not a simple process and involved renegotiation of “600 international agreements” as well as the new free trade agreement.
“It is basically impossible to negotiate all,” said Von der Leyen. » | Lisa O'Carroll, Brexit correspondent | Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Tuesday, January 07, 2020
Bernie Sanders: Trump Administration Hasn't a Clue about What It's Doing
Monday, January 06, 2020
Former Top Bush Official: I Saw the March to War in 2003. I’m Seeing the Same Thing with Iran Now
Soleimani’s Death Could Galvanize Shia Coalitions against One “Foreign Aggressor” — The US
Let’s Try and Brighten Up This Depressing, Trumpian Dystopia with This Wonderful Pop Classic by Stevie Wonder!
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Trump Steps Up Rhetoric against Iran, Threatens Iraq Sanctions
Asked on Air Force One about potential retaliation by Iran, Trump said: "If it happens, it happens. If they do anything, there will be major retaliation."
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports live from Washington, DC.
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Saturday, January 04, 2020
U.S. and Iran Exchange More Threats as Democrats Question Timing of Strike
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran exchanged escalating military threats on Friday as President Trump warned that he was “prepared to take whatever action is necessary” if Iran threatened Americans and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed to exact vengeance for the killing on Mr. Trump’s order of Iran’s most valued general.
Although the president insisted that he took the action to avoid a war with Iran, the continuing threats further rattled foreign capitals, global markets and Capitol Hill, where Democrats demanded more information about the strike and Mr. Trump’s grounds for taking such a provocative move without consulting Congress.
Democrats also pressed questions about the attack’s timing and whether it was meant to deflect attention from the president’s expected impeachment trial this month in the Senate. They said he risked suspicion that he was taking action overseas to distract from his political troubles at home, as in the political movie “Wag the Dog.” » | Michael Crowley, Peter Baker, Edward Wong and Maggie Haberman | Friday, January 3, 2020
Friday, January 03, 2020
James Ivory on ‘Call Me By Your Name’ | TIFF 2018
US Forces Kill Top Iranian General in Airstrike
Iran immediately threatened a "crushing revenge" for the assassination in Iraq of Major General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force and spearhead of Iran's spreading military influence in the Middle East.
The Pentagon confirmed US forces had killed the general, a revered figure in the region, on Friday.
Thursday, January 02, 2020
Australian PM told to '**** Off' over Handling of Bushfires
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