The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to partially lift the media and public blackout of its 6,300 page investigation into widespread CIA torture, extrajudicial detentions, unlawful renditions, and lying to the U.S. government in the so-called ‘War on Terror.’ In an 11 to 3 decision, the committee voted to submit the executive summary and conclusions of the report on the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program to the White House for declassification. According to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), the full report “will be held for declassification at a later time.” Click Here: Golf special “The CIA is hoping and expecting to get another crack at hiding as much of the…

In the wake of warnings over the industry’s threats to the Great Barrier Reef, the Australian state of Queensland on Thursday gave the OK to one of the world’s biggest coal mines. The slated project is the Adani Enterprises-owned Carmichael Mine in the state’s Galilee Basin, and it is expected to produce as much as 60 million tonnes of coal a year and also include a rail line and water infrastructure. “If it proceeds,” said Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney, “the Carmichael project would not only be the largest coal mine in Australia and one of the largest in the world, but a vital project in opening up the hugely significant…

Dutch eyewear brand Ace and Tate is launching the first circular eyewear programme, Reframe, on Depop. The move it states makes them the first eyewear brand to sell on the resale platform and will allow it to extend the life of its frames by offering a “carefully curated collection” of pre-owned frames and discontinued stock. All Ace and Tate products available on Depop will be refurbished to look as “good as new”. The scheme will allow customers to recycle their frames for a gift code, and in turn, these frames will be “tuned up” to be resold to a new customer. Ace and Tate said in a statement that the…

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul insists that he’s not worried about Esteban Ocon’s run of form since he joined the team at the end of 2019. Ocon has scored points in six of the 11 races so far this season and is in 12th place in the drivers standings. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks But that’s a long way behind his team mate Daniel Ricciardo, who is riding high after claiming a maiden podium for Renault last time out at the Nurburgring. Abiteboul backed his younger driver, although perhaps not with the sort of ringing endorsement that Ocon himself would have been hoping to hear. “He needs to…

Comcast, the cable and internet service giant, is attempting to smooth the road for its mega-merger acquisition of Time-Warner Cable by selling off some its services and assets to the nation’s third-largest cable provider, Charter. But critics of Monday’s announced deal say neither consumers nor regulators should be fooled by the scheme that will do nothing to improve services or allay concerns about the creation of ever-larger cable corporations. According to Reuters: But experts at Free Press, a media watchdog group in Washington DC, however, say the deal is a sham. “This convoluted transaction may change the final tally of subscribers under the proposed merger, but it can’t change the…

An artist and activist in Chile has “freed” university students from their student debt by burning $500 million dollars in debt notes. The action last week was the work of visual artist Francisco “Papas Fritas” Tapia, who took the debt notes during a student takeover of the University del Mar, burned them to ashes, and put them on display as an exhibit. “Authorities began shutting down” the university “last year for financial irregularities and encouraged students to seek out alternative universities,” the Santiago Times reported, but “the university is still collecting on its student loans.” It is slated to close at the end of this year. Chile has been hit…

Less than six months after the start of an aggressive grassroots campaign, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage on Monday, the highest in the nation. Click Here: Golf special The measure passed by a 9-0 vote and was met with cheers and celebration among workers in the chamber and those gathered outside. “We did this. Workers did this. Today’s first victory for 15 will inspire people all over the nation,” said councilor Kshama Sawant, whose victory last fall as a Socialist Alternative candidate and continued push for the $15 wage are credited with galvanizing the city-wide movement that pushed the council for the increase. “A hundred…

U.S. armed drones are now flying over Iraq, a Pentagon official announced Thursday, according to numerous media reports. Click Here: camiseta river plate Equipped with Hellfire missiles, the predator drones are being deployed from a base in Kuwait to accompany unarmed surveillance flights that include drones as well as manned aircraft. The armed drones will also supplement U.S. military “advisers” on the ground, the official stated. Meanwhile, the United States has opened a “joint operations center” in Baghdad, boosting the total number of U.S. service members to 500, Pentagon officials revealed in a statement released Thursday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT And according to a New York Times article published…

Two French heritage labels Chloé and Fusalp have collaborated on a skiwear capsule collection for winter 2020. The collection marks the first time Chloé and Fusalp have teamed up on a co-branded offering and features technical outerwear, knitwear and accessories. Designed to be suited for “both the city and the slopes” the elegant and contemporary collection fuses Fusalp’s technical, functional expertise and style with Chloé’s elevated fashion design. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks The capsule has been developed by Fusalp and features a quilted doudoune, a smocked jacket, fitted and high-waist boot cut pants, colour-blocked knits and a ski suit with graphic contouring offering a vintage athletic…

The UK government is pushing to pass an emergency law that would allow for storing and tracking the public’s phone calls, text messages, and internet use. The bill, which is set for inter-party reforms later this week and is expected to pass, was created as a response to alleged domestic terrorism threats — although the validity of these threats and the likeliness of an attack are uncertain. Recruitment propaganda and videos of alleged war crimes by British citizens in Syria that surfaced on social media this year have helped fuel speculation and reports of radicalization on the home front. However, former MI6 chief Richard Dearlove said Tuesday that recent fears of…