Greece's Anarchists Are Taking Better Care of Refugees Than the Government
Greece has been at the crossroads of irregular immigration for more than a decade, especially since the influx of refugees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the early 2000s.
vice.com
US sends hundreds of marines to Syria to support fight against Isis
Boots on the ground near Raqqa a sign that the White House will give military chiefs more freedom to tackle Islamic State
theguardian.com
Trump ally Farage visits embassy where Julian Assange lives
A British politician who has emerged as a close ally of President Donald Trump on Thursday visited London's Ecuadorian embassy, where embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is living, BuzzFeed News reported.
thehill.com
Aircraft carriers, championed by Trump, are vulnerable to attack
In a combat exercise off the coast of Florida in 2015, a small French nuclear submarine, the Saphir, snuck through multiple rings of defenses and “sank” the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt and half of its escort ships. In other naval exercises, even old-fashioned diesel-electric submarines have beaten carriers.
reuters.com
US steps up military exercises in South Asia
The US navy began this year’s “Pacific Partnership” exercises on March 1 at Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka, the first time they have been held in South Asia. This marks another stage in the increasing involvement of South Asian states in the US military encirclement of China.
wsws.org
CIA contractors likely source of latest WikiLeaks release: U.S. officials
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
reuters.com
Hawaii becomes first state to sue over Trump's revised travel ban
Pacific state says president’s new order is incompatible with freedom of religion protections in state and federal constitutions
theguardian.com
Russian destabilisation of Balkans rings alarm bells as EU leaders meet
Top MEP David McAllister says bloc must be more visible in the region to counter Kremlin’s growing influence
theguardian.com
Wind Power Blows Through Nuclear, Coal as Costs Drop at Sea
Across Europe, the price of building an offshore wind farm has fallen 46 percent in the last five years – 22 percent last year alone.
bloomberg.com
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands want to create ‘artificial power island’
Three western European countries have revealed plans to build a giant artificial island in the middle of the North Sea where wind farms would create power for 80 million people.
thelocal.de
Farmers sue World Bank lending arm over alleged violence in Honduras
Complaint lodged with US federal court claims World Bank’s private sector lending arm is ‘knowingly profiting from the financing of murder’
theguardian.com
Emmanuel Macron leads in French presidential election poll for first time
Harris Interactive poll shows Macron one percentage point ahead of National Front’s Marine Le Pen in the first round
theguardian.com
UK household incomes to plummet for years to come, new reports find
According to a report, “Living Standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK: 2016-17 to 2021-22,” by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), workers in Britain will remain in the grip of a squeeze on incomes, which began with the global financial crisis of 2007/8.
wsws.org
