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US sanctions against Iran affect UK students

vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Iranian students in UK universities face expulsion because US sanctions against Iran are stopping them from transferring the tuition fees to the UK.

US needs Medicare for all

vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00

A former insurance company executive says the US needs Medicare for All; the so-called "compromise" would enable private insurance companies to "skim the cream" of patients that don't need much medical care, while dumping only the expensive patients onto public funds.

Costa Rica's cloud forest

vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Costa Rica's cloud forest is on the way to being wiped out. Thousands of species that are endemic to the cloud forest could face extinction.

Venezuelan opposition likely worse than president

vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Cruel and unjust as Venezuelan president Maduro is, the opposition is likely to be worse. They are allied with Bolsonaro, who openly proposes to commit similar injustices, which means he is likely to go even further.

Fossil fuel divestment

vendredi 11 janvier 2019 à 01:00

Investors whose portfolios add up to 8 trillion dollars have endorsed divestment from fossil fuels, and it is starting to hamper the fossil fuel companies.

A few years ago I read that US fossil fuel companies are having trouble hiring staff.