In Hiroshima, Obama visit stirs warm but complex feelings
by Frederic Pearson, director of the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, said Obama’s visit might prompt Americans to look …
Day: May 27, 2016
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ExxonMobil is in its climate change bunker and won’t let reality in
Still stonewalling, the oil giant banned the Guardian from its AGM this week. But even its shareholders are starting to hear the gale-force winds blowing outside
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‘Start of moral awakening’: Obama’s historic Hiroshima visit bittersweet
As foreign policy analysts and a former prisoner of war praise US, president’s speech receives lukewarm reaction from other veterans on Friday
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Hiroshima survivor: Obama should have come earlier
Though he spoke about visiting Hiroshima in his first year in office, Obama waited until his last year to make the visit. “Now his presidency …
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G7 nations pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025
Leaders of the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU urge all countries to join them in eliminating support for coal, oil and gas in a decade
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Obama has ‘failed to deliver on nuclear disarmament promises’
Data shows US president has made fewer reductions to stockpile than any incumbent since the end of the cold war