VICE
- 'The Sleep Olympics,' Today's Comic by Valentine Gallardo July 15, 2018Valentine Gallardo imagines a world with competitive sleeping. It's a beautiful thing.Valentine Gallardo
- 'Bad Idea/Good Idea,' Today's Comic by Lukas Weidinger July 14, 2018Everything goes terribly wrong when a bear and a crocodile decide to rob a bank.Lukas Weidinger
Signs of the Times
- German reporter: 'Old habit of imagining Russia as morally inferior is hubris' July 15, 2018A journalist from the leading German paper Die Welt has criticized the media for painting an unfairly grim picture of Russia during the FIFA World Cup and for boycotting the tournament. She called this an example of hubris. Die Welt reporter Kathrin Spoerr called out the press on what she believes is the unfair treatment […]
- Yemen shaken by shallow magnitude 6.2 earthquake July 15, 2018A HUGE earthquake registering magnitude 6.2 has struck Yemen, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake struck 213 km northwest of Socotra island in the Gulf of Aden. There was no immediate no tsunami warning. Earthquakes registering between 6.0-6.9 on the Richter Scale are expected to result in moderate damage to a […]
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- Is Donald Trump Ushering In a New World War? July 15, 2018Those of us who imagine a more democratic and egalitarian future are at great moral risk. Perhaps the most vivid description of President Trump’s histrionic performance at the NATO summit earlier this week in Brussels came from a foreign-policy analyst named Philipp Liesenhoff, who quoted a German folk saying to reporters for the Daily Beast: “A blind […]Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
News from Africa
- Zimbabwe:'New' Zanu-PF Shows Itself Ahead of Zimbabwe's Elections July 15, 2018[New Zimbabwe] Harare -This past week it was surprising for some journalists to be invited to attend a press conference at national police headquarters, not far from Zimbabwe's old and elegant State House.