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Phew, another long school week over. Just four weeks remain and then I’ll be back to frequent reporting.

International Politics

Overall

– Russia and Argentina announced energy and investment deal together worth billions

– Part one of two with Alnoor Ladha, executive director of The Rules, on the negative consequences of the World Bank’s policies

– The U.S. called for Iran to stop “fanning the flames” in Yemen; The U.S. does realize it has more important matters to deal with, right?

Middle East

– Both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are not similar as there are different cultures in them

– Syria announced it return highly-enriched uranium back to China

– Governments throughout the Middle East will spend at least $18 billion on arms, which means peace will have to sit on the sidelines a little bit more

Asia and Oceania

– John Pilger: “Australia Again Wages War on Its Own People”

– Even though it snubbed the Saudis over Yemen, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said there was solidarity between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

Europe 

– For those living in eastern Ukraine and not siding with the rebels, they are still furious with the lack of long-term strategy by Kiev as Kiev’s actions are not not helping them

– Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned they are not bluffing when threatening to leave the euro

– Mark Weisbrot: “Are EU Officials Plotting Regime Change in Greece?”

– What other country does not recognize the Armenian genocide? Israel

– Poland accepted the apology of the FBI director over comments on Poland’s role in the Holocaust

Financial Matters

– Gallup: Out of all different types of investments, Americans believe real estate to be the best one

– European elites really are bonkers by forcing Greece to accept their terms, which may force a Grexit

– Looks like federal regulators of energy companies are looking to the industries they manage for a good-paying job

– Comcast denied a merger with Time Warner Cable over concerns it would be rejected by regulators

– India told the Ford Foundation to get government clearance before giving anymore funds

– Despite New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio introducing a plan to reduce income inequality, there is skepticism about its effectiveness; Especially when he is pushing gentrification

Labor’s a-Brewing

– Changes in modern-day work are leading to the end of the eight-hour schedule

– Thanks to a last-minute federal law, union pensioners are at risk of losing their part of their portion

Politics US

Washington USA

– Part five of eight with John Kiriakou about the atmosphere in the CIA before Sept. 11 and the role of the Bush administration

– Even if one brings up to topic of campaign finance reform, as was done with a drone recently, can be spun into terrorism; Everything is terrorism

– David Petraeus gets two years in prison and a $100,000 fine for giving away classified information; Thanks Obama! You sure knew what to do here

– In a vote of 56 to 43, Loretta Lynch was confirmed by the Senate as the next Attorney General

– A report from the Justice Department found a Texas for-profit prison under of the control of GEO Group isolated prisoners demanding more rights

– Speaker of the House John Boehner said there was no need to limit President Obama’s war powers

– The Justice Department admitted the FBI holds the ability to stop whistleblowers from going to Congress

Anytown USA

– Gallup: For unemployed black youths, their well-being is much lower than their employed counterparts

– Dayvon Love, director for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, joins The Real News to discuss the failure of policing in Baltimore. Meanwhile, in a separate clip, Michelle Alexander explains this a little further

– Let us not forget the time the Baltimore police arrested a seven-year-old black child for sitting on a dirt bike. You might as well say, due to the ridiculous of policing, civil disobedience is a strategy to make sure change happens

– What does the New York City Council want? More cops!; Yes, because it is definitely something needed and not the cost of living. Nope. Totally irrelevant

– Cops, I should add, okay with harassing pregnant women; To serve and protect

– Glenn Greenwald: “What Explains The Power of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Middle Finger?”

We Don’t Need No Education

– Less than eight percent of the top universities require English majors to take a class involving Shakespeare

Health, Hunger and Homelessness

– Scientists in China were able to genetically modified human embryos

The Second Sex

– Lawmakers in Alabama want to shut down abortion clinics within 2,000 feet of a school

Planet Earth

– Journalist Steve Horn and Janet Redman of the Institute for Policy Studies examine on The Real News why President Obama should not be believed in terms of climate policy

– A U.N. official said it time for business as usual to end and folks to unite behind a movement on climate change

– Renewable energy job growth is far higher than what the coal industry puts out

Mixed Bag

– Amy Goodman: “Special Delivery for the Plutocrats”

– Journalist Dave Zirin asks why, after constant and baseless accusations, Barry Bonds is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame

Break Time

– Harlem Nocturne [Carla White]