AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into New newsAvatarAvatarSwedish university ordered to refund American student’s tuition fees over ‘almost worthless’ degree | The IndependentThe Independent - Aftab AliA university in Sweden has been ordered to refund tuition fees to an American student after she spent two years studying a course deemed “almost …
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AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatar6 national security questions we should be asking our presidential candidatesverified_publisherSalon - By Andrew J. BacevichTo judge by the early returns, the presidential race of 2016 is shaping up as the most disheartening in recent memory. Other than as a form of low entertainment, the speeches, debates, campaign events, and slick TV ads already inundating the public sphere offer little of value. Rather than …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarEU opens debate on China trade status; U.S. neutralverified_publisherReuters - Philip BlenkinsopBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will consult industry and its trade partners in response to Beijing's demand that trade barriers against it be relaxed, opening a politically charged debate on Wednesday that will shape future ties with China. The European Union's 28 commissioners …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarHere’s Why Saudi Arabia Is Fighting So Hard for PowerTIME - Gregory Copley / Oilprice.comSaudi Arabia’s Sudeiri-line leadership of the House of Sa’ud began 2016 with a major push to save its position and control of the Kingdom. It was also a bid to solidify regional power as the Kingdom moved well beyond the shadow of the major power relationships which had dominated its existence …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarThis map shows the brewing proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabiaverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Jeremy BenderThroughout the wider Middle East, numerous countries are being wracked by unrest and civil conflict. And, in a majority of the conflicts, the ongoing crises can be seen as an expansion of a proxy war between two of the region's main powers. On the one hand, Shiite Iran has been expanding its …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarDow has worst four-day start to a year on recordverified_publisherCNN - Matt EganChina turmoil adds to oil concerns The global market freakout of 2016 just got worse. The latest scare came on Thursday as China's stock market crashed 7% overnight and crude oil plummeted to the lowest level in more than 12 years. The Dow dropped 392 points on Thursday. The S&P 500 fell 2.4%, while …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarHow ISIS Spread in the Middle East—and How to Stop Itverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David IgnatiusAnd how to stop it “It is perfectly true, as the philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition: that it must be lived forwards.” This observation was made in 1843 by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in a journal entry, but it might have been …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into New newsAvatarAvatarHere's what it's like to stay in one of Egypt's most luxurious resortsverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Lara Grant,With another location in Cairo, the Four Seasons Resort Sharm El Sheikh is one of two Egyptians properties belonging to the luxury hotel brand. As expected of a Four Seasons, this 136-room resort has all the hallmarks of a five-pearl hotel: upscale dining options, elegant guest rooms, lovely …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarNorth Korea’s Scary New Nuke Missiles Could Threaten the West CoastThe Daily Beast - Gordon G. ChangSouth Korea could help the U.S. military block the KN-08, but will it? In the wake of disturbing news about North Korean missiles, President Obama …
AvatarAnanth Mahadevanflipped into DebsocAvatarAvatarDoctors Without Borders: Kunduz strike an ‘attack on the Geneva Conventions’verified_publisherCNNCNN — President Barack Obama has personally apologized. But he didn’t go far enough, according to Doctors Without Borders, the aid group whose hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was hit by a deadly U.S. airstrike. The charity group – which is also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF, and …