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China’s dilemma: Balancing support for militants with struggle against political violence
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer.
China’s recent failure to shield Pakistan from censorship by an international anti-terrorism funding and anti-money laundering body suggests that the People’s Republic is struggling to balance its contradictory interests in South Asia and may be trying to evade the potential cost of its long-standing support for Pakistani-backed, anti-Indian militants.
Public-sector unions prepare to be kneecapped at the Supreme Court
By Sam Baker / Axios.
Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios
'Really extreme' global weather event leaves scientists aghast
By Peter Hannan
Climate scientists are used to seeing the range of weather extremes stretched by global warming but few episodes appear as remarkable as this week's unusual heat over the Arctic.
Zack Labe, a researcher at the University of California at Irvine, said average daily temperatures above the northern latitude of 80 degrees have broken away from any previous recordings in the past 60 years.
Gulf crisis upends fiction of a separation of sports and politics
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer.
The Gulf crisis that has pitted World Cup host Qatar against a United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia-led alliance for the past eight months is showing up the fiction of a separation of sports and politics.
Seven Years of Killing Fields in Syria: An Imbroglio of Proxy Wars
We are reaching the seventh-year anniversary of the tragic conflict in Syria, which seems to evolve and get more complex as time goes on. If nothing else, with the recent downing of an Israeli F16 by the Syrian army of Bashar al-Assad, which was the first time an Israeli jet was shot down for breaching Syrian air space, the conflict could even grow, with sustained intrusions from Israeli military forces in Syria and tit-for-tat retaliations against Israel by Hezbollah opening a front between Israel and Lebanon.
DCCC Goes Nuclear, Slams Dem Candidate As Corrupt For Same Behavior It Engages In Regularly
By Lee Fang, Ryan Grim, David Dayen
Photo: Michael Stravato/Washington Post/Getty Image
National Democrats come out against primary candidate Laura Moser in bid for Culberson's seat
By Abby Livingston / Texas Tribune.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Thursday posted negative research on Democratic congressional hopeful Laura Moser, one of seven Democrats vying to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. John Culberson.
Laura Moser is one of seven Democratic candidates in the running for Congressional District 7, currently held by U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston.
Can South Korea’s Leader End Trump's North Korea Crisis?
By Gareth Porter / TruthDig.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in. (Julie Jacobson / AP)