Looking Back at Afghanistan, the War of Necessity and a related story US Contractors Accused of Funding Taliban Attacks Against American Troops

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I am so old I remember when people calling them coydogs were roundly mocked for being uneducated bumpkins not up on the latest science. Coywolves are Taking Over Eastern North America

Not in the news nearly as much as it ought to be. France, not Britain, is the real angry and divided nation

Having already sold his and his wife’s kidneys to settle his debt, Ali feels he has run out of options.”In a few years, when my son is old enough, I may have to sell one of his kidneys as well,” he said.

China flight systems jammed by pig farm’s African swine fever defences

“40 percent of FDI globally comes from just seven countries, which collectively account for 3 percent of the world economy.”

The US and China have a trade deal, but only Washington has what it wants

“Despite tighter gun regulations than the U.S., in the poorer neighborhoods of many Brazilian cities, armed gangs and police trade fire with high-caliber assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, and sometimes even grenades and rocket launchers. Rio averages 24 shootouts per day. Large hours-long gun battles often don’t even make the headlines. Yet the shootouts leave a mark: piles of dead bodies.”