The elephant not in the room for Netanyahu’s speech: Kamala Harris
Progressives are eager to see Harris chart a new course on Israel. Her choice to skip Netanyahu’s speech to Congress offers them some hope.
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Blackstone’s mortgage fund slashes dividend as slump in office puts it under pressure
The impact of a still-weak market for office real estate is felt by Blackstone’s huge mortgage fund.
13 photos from NASA’s most powerful X-ray space telescope reveal the invisible universe
The universe’s wildest objects and events, from black holes to the collisions of neutron stars, emit X-rays. NASA’s Chandra telescope captures them.
The incredible story of Richard Norris Williams, the American tennis player who survived the Titanic sinking and then won gold at the Olympics
Richard Norris Williams refused to have his legs amputated after surviving the Titanic’s sinking. He won a gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
What proportion of Team GB squad went to private secondary school?
There has been a rise in the proportion of privately educated British Olympians going to the Paris Games compared with Rio 2016, new analysis suggests.
US and Israel should create ‘Middle East NATO’ – Netanyahu
The ‘Abraham Alliance’ would be aimed against Iran, just as NATO was created to fight the Soviet Union, the Israeli prime minister has said Read Full Article at RT.com
Weapons being exported to war-torn Sudan despite UN Security Council arms embargo
A new report from Amnesty International has found that weapons and military hardware from Russia, China, Turkey and the UAE are being imported in large quantities into Sudan and diverted to Darfur despite a mandatory United Nations Security Council (UNSC) arms embargo from 2004.
RT ‘feared’ by West – Kremlin spokesman
The “modest” outlet RT has been demonized, but stayed successful despite Western bans, Dmitry Peskov has said Read Full Article at RT.com
The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor
Researchers believe they have discovered oxygen being produced 4,000 meters below the sea surface, and think polymetallic nodules—the sought-after bounty of deep-sea miners—could be the source.
Now we know Prince William’s eye-popping salary and the millions Prince Harry will inherit on his 40th birthday
Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall after King Charles ascended the throne. It made him over $30 million in one year.