Daily News Thread 5/9

Turkey's president raises tensions with criticism of Israel

Tensions have resurfaced between Turkey and Israel, with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticising the “racist and discriminatory” treatment of Palestinians, and Israel responding by summoning the Turkish ambassador and condemning Ankara’s human rights record.
theguardian.com/world/2017/may/09/turkeys-president-raises-tensions-with-criticism-of-israel

Moon Jae-in: South Korean liberal claims presidency win

Liberal candidate Moon Jae-in has claimed victory in South Korea's presidential election.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-39855956

Climate change: China vows to defend Paris agreement

Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to protect the landmark Paris agreement, which aims to curb climate change and fossil fuel emissions.
bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-39861589

Islamic State says it beheads Russian officer in Syria

Islamic State has issued a video showing the beheading of a man it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.S.-based SITE monitoring website reported on Tuesday.
reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-colonel-idUSKBN1850OA

Early humans co-existed in Africa with human-like species 300,000 years ago

Scientists unveiled the first evidence on Tuesday that early humans co-existed in Africa 300,000 years ago with a small-brained human-like species thought to already be extinct on the continent at that time.
reuters.com/article/us-science-fossils-hominins-idUSKBN1850QH

US cuts Kenya health aid money over corruption allegations

The US has suspended $21m (£16m) of funding to Kenya's ministry of health due to concerns over corruption and weak accounting procedures, the state department said.
bbc.com/news/world-africa-39857470

Qantas chief Alan Joyce hit with pie in face

The chief executive of Australian airline Qantas has had a speech interrupted by a man who shoved a pie in his face.
bbc.com/news/world-australia-39853354

Aine Davis guilty of being senior Islamic State member

A British man suspected of being part of an Islamic State group that beheaded hostages has been convicted of a terrorism offence in Turkey.
bbc.com/news/uk-39824266

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rt.com/op-edge/387672-centrist-macron-global-capitalism/
thenation.com/article/wisconsins-voter-id-law-suppressed-200000-votes-trump-won-by-23000/
theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/epa-dismisses-half-the-scientists-on-its-review-board/525909/?utm_source=feed
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/09/econ-m09.html
rt.com/usa/387794-fbi-director-comey-fired/
twitter.com/AnonBabble

Here's hoping they annihilate each other.

good praxis

OP/ED

‘Centrist’ Macron? Yes, a dead-center insider for global capitalism

Everything about France’s newly elected president Emmanuel Macron suggests a theatrical production of hype and illusion. He is being “sold” to the masses as an “outsider” and “centrist”, a benign liberal.
rt.com/op-edge/387672-centrist-macron-global-capitalism/

'Report on alleged Russian hacking is embarrassment to US intelligence profession' - fmr CIA officer

This week's public hearing on Michael Flynn was an embarrassment. It was sort of a reflection of what is called the 'Deep State' in our country. We had the CIA, the NSA, the FBI all working behind the scenes, said Ray McGovern, former CIA Officer.

Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016

A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.
thenation.com/article/wisconsins-voter-id-law-suppressed-200000-votes-trump-won-by-23000/

EPA Says Goodbye to Half Its Scientific Board

The agency hopes to consider a more diverse group of applicants, including experts from chemical and fossil-fuel companies.
theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/epa-dismisses-half-the-scientists-on-its-review-board/525909/?utm_source=feed

US corporate profits up 13.9 percent on cost-cutting and low wages

At the heart of the corporate profit bonanza is an ongoing drive to cut costs by holding down wages, cutting jobs and slashing spending on new plants and equipment.
wsws.org/en/articles/2017/05/09/econ-m09.html

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Lame

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Why do I have the feeling Holla Forums will jump onto this?

TYVM as always, NewsAnon. :D

Since when did real life become a satirical newspaper?

Why would I trust a former CIA officer?

turkey is bluffing
Israel would btfo Turkey easily

Looking at my info pictures folder, I've had that for a while

Trump fires FBI Director James Comey

rt.com/usa/387794-fbi-director-comey-fired/

Is that good news?

Did John Fitzgerald Kennedy splinter CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it to the winds?

possibilities.
Comey could've been onto something or Comey could've been making Trump look bad in the media too much (which firing him probably wouldn't have helped). Who knows.

Maybe whoever he brings in does something about hillary. It makes the government look like it's in shambles and every little bit helps so I guess there's that.

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Still find it fascinating how voter IDs is such a controversial idea, given how the rest of the civilised world doesn't rely on the honor system when voting

Never ever.

What's controversial is taking the obvious steps to making them easily accessible to citizens

let. me. dream. okay?

why are they going to announce to the world that they are still here? Wouldn't they have to admit that they world is over 5k years old first?