STEPHEN DAVIS: University of Maryland offers course called ‘Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections’

STEPHEN DAVIS: University of Maryland offers course called ‘Intro to Fat Studies: Fatness, Blackness and Their Intersections’

According to its description, the course “examines fatness as an area of human difference subject to privilege and discrimination that intersects with other systems of oppression based on gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability.”

Syria war monitor says rebels control ‘most of’ Aleppo city

Syria war monitor says rebels control ‘most of’ Aleppo city

A monitor of Syria’s war said on Saturday that jihadist rebels now control a majority of Aleppo city, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria’s second city for the first time since 2016. The rebels have pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed Syrian government since Wednesday, the same day […]

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Vietnam parliament approves $67 bn high-speed railway project

Vietnam parliament approves $67 bn high-speed railway project

Vietnam will build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, after the country’s rubber-stamp parliament gave the go-ahead to the long-awaited project on Saturday. “The national assembly voted to approve… a resolution on investment policies for the high-speed railway project on the North-South axis,” a statement on the parliament’s website […]

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DAVE STANN: Trump’s victory is a cautiously optimistic sign for crypto

DAVE STANN: Trump’s victory is a cautiously optimistic sign for crypto

Just as neocons infiltrated Trump’s first administration (and are currently trying to weasel in to Trump 2.0), crypto enthusiasts are wary of hidden poison pills that could undermine the promise of this new crypto dawn in America.

Israel opens fire on southern Lebanon after accusing Hezbollah of violating ceasefire agreement

Israel opens fire on southern Lebanon after accusing Hezbollah of violating ceasefire agreement

The Israeli military said that suspects in vehicles breached the boundary that was set in place by the Jewish state in the ceasefire agreement, which dictated Hezbollah must stay 20 miles back from the Israeli border.