Trump administration officials were enthusiastic when Ecuador decided to expel Julian Assange from its embassy in London, where he had received sanctuary for nearly seven years. British authorities promptly jailed him for jumping bail on sexual assault charges in Sweden, and U.S. officials began plans to have Assange extradited to face espionage charges in this country. He just turned 48 in prison on July 3.

Of all the civilisation collapses in history, the Mayan is probably the most famous.

Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson narrates a new recording of The Environmental Symphony by Australian composer Allan Zavod, with words by Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel.

Former Secretary of Defense Panetta on Iran   'You Can Create Chaos, but You'd Better Have a Plan'

The Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him. 

The higher the rate, the more wonky the economy is... As a worker, you're stuffed either way.

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Why is Aid to Palestine Ineffective?  Policy analyst Jeremy Wildeman discusses his study of aid effectiveness to Palestine through the perceptions of development organizations and donors, highlighting how they tend to ignore the impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian economy...

GREG WILPERT It’s The Real News Network and I’m Greg Wilpert in Baltimore. A trilateral meeting took place in Jerusalem between the US, Russia and Israel, and it concluded on Thursday. The meeting’s aim was to persuade Russia to pressure Iran to remove its military bases from Syria. Russia however refused to do so, and defended Iran’s role in Syria and the region. Here’s what National Security Adviser John Bolton had to say after the meeting.

Old harpoon gun (picture by Gus Leonisky)

Congratulation Tom and congratulation Donald for winning something. Both used to be "Game Show Hosts". One was on business (The Apprentice) and the other was about general useless knowledge (something "Hard"... Ah it was "Hard Squeeze", no? Hard Quiz?).