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So, back on March 16th I wrote an article about the Chinese brokered Iran-Saudi Arabia peace deal. At the end of the article I wrote:

I am most interested to see if this will mean some sort of peace can be worked out in Yemen, or if it means the Iranians will abandon the Houthis, which would be sad.

Turns out peace with Yemen was almost certainly part of the deal:

Saudi Arabia has decided to end the war in Yemen . A Saudi delegation will travel to Sana’a next week to conclude an agreement with Yemen, Reuters reported

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Greece’s worst rail disaster ever is the result of the same corporate cost-cutting and deregulation that led to East Palestine and Lac-Mégantic disasters.

The latest scheme to launch a centrist, third-party “unity” ticket comes from a dark money front for corporate interests.

The French leader wants 'strategic autonomy' for Europe.

The post Macron Says Europe Shouldn’t Follow the US Into a Confrontation With China appeared first on scheerpost.com.

The fallout from Washington’s policy of seeking Russia’s strategic defeat has seen Moscow radically alter its arms control position. That raises important questions about the winner of the next U.S. presidential election.

The post Scott Ritter: The Future of US Nuclear Strategy appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Before it collapsed and its billionaire depositors were bailed out by the US government, Silicon Valley Bank successfully lobbied Congress to remove regulations on it. A senator admitted, “I understand why Americans are angry, even disgusted”.

The post US Bank Bailout Benefitted Billionaires, Exposing Corruption: ‘I Understand Why Americans Are Angry’ appeared first on scheerpost.com.

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research There is no need to delve too deeply into statistical data when the findings are obvious. For instance, when women and men work at the same job, women are paid – on average – 20 percent less than men. To raise awareness about this persistent disparity, the International […]

The post Women Hold Up 76.2% of the Sky appeared first on scheerpost.com.

McCarthy was the highest-level US official to meet with a Taiwanese president since the 1979 diplomatic shift.

The post China Launches Major Drills Around Taiwan After Tsai-McCarthy Meeting appeared first on scheerpost.com.

From civil rights marches to moonwalks, historical imagery that belongs to everyone is locked away behind paywalls. Why?

- by Aeon Video

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I can’t recall such utter hopelessness in UK politics, with every political party in the grip of a self-serving cabal of the political class interested purely in personal interest. The Labour Party is entirely taken over by the Wes Streeting tendency. Its method is to find the most right wing racist in Hartlepool who ever […]

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Only the Pentagon could make Florida Republican Matt Gaetz sound like a sober, reasoned voice on U.S. foreign policy.

The post AFRICOM Chief to Congress: We Share “Core Values” With Coup Leaders appeared first on The Intercept.

We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.

The post Anti-Protest Laws Are Not About Safety, They Are About Silencing Dissent appeared first on scheerpost.com.

Economics is the language of power and affects us all. What can we do to improve its impoverished menu of ideas?

- by Ha-Joon Chang

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In the Highlands, Nan Shepherd found an erotic kinship with nature: ‘The Living Mountain’ a core text for queer ecology

- by Melissa Matthewson

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The Pentagon and intel chiefs are in a tizzy over a major documents leak. How serious is it?

We run down wages, workforces, and rent hikes. Illustrated by Kay Sohini.

You hear about this guy? You hear what he did now?

SING-ALONGS have a fresh face at Woolgoolga Red Cross Friendship Afternoon Teas (FATS) with the launch of a new song book. On Friday March 30, the monthly Friendship Afternoon Tea attendees were handed the fresh song book, which received a very positive response. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...

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IDEAL conditions and a commitment to finding pace and rhythm early paid off for Isabella Henderson who led home a team of 161 swimmers from The Armidale School (TAS) in the 2000m Beachside Radiology Coffs Ocean Swim on Sunday 26 March. Attendance by TAS at the Coffs Oceans Swims is a tradition the school is...

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A STRANGE feathered friend surprised local Coffs Coast birders last week, giving them a very unusual sighting for our area. On Wednesday 22 March Ellany Whelan and Cheryl Cooper were walking and peering as birders do, and suddenly saw the bird in a patch of bushland near Howard Street in Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News...

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MICROLIGHT Milly, Amellia Formby, flew into South Grafton Airfield last week for speaking engagements on the Coffs Coast on her year-long circumnavigation of Australia’s coastline. Working for BirdLIfe Australia, the zoologist, children’s book illustrator and pilot is bringing awareness to the precarious life of shorebirds. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...

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ON WEDNESDAY April 12 from 9am to 3pm, the Boambee East Community Hall will be filled with the clicking of knitting needles powering away for a purpose. The community is invited to come along and do their bit at a ‘Knitathon’ organised by CWA Urunga member Yvonne Argent, where knitters will create prosthetic breasts for...

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