(2021-11-05). Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: Air pollution 'kills more' than Covid-19 in Tehran | Elsewhere, a conservative politician says atomic bomb best response to US sanctions, three workers die of suffocation in Abhar, and newspaper demands end to sanctions | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 15: 37 | An Iranian woman looks towards Tehran from the Saad Abad mountain north of the Iranian capital as smog engulfs the cit…
(2021-11-05). Iraq: Protests against election results turn violent. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq: Protests against election results turn violent | At least one killed after supporters of Iranian-backed political parties, which suffered losses in last month's polls, clash with security forces near heavily fortified Green Zone | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 17: 34 | Iraqi protesters near Baghdad's Green Zone raise national flags during a demonstration against last month's election result, on 5 N…
(2021-11-05). France Has A Nuclear Habit It Just Cannot Kick. popularresistance.org On July 28, French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Tahiti and said that France owed a "debt" to French Polynesia. The debt was related to approximately 200 nuclear tests France conducted in the 118 islands and atolls that comprise this part of the central South Pacific, which France has controlled since 1842. These tests were conducted between 1966 and 1996. Macron did not apologize for the environmental and human damage caused by these tests. He remained stoic, acknowledging that the tests were not "clean." "I think it's true that we wouldn't have done these same tests in the Creuse or in Brittany," he said,…
(2021-11-05). Helium-3: The secret 'mining war' in space. asiatimes.com 
We've all heard of the arms race, the space race, and even the peace race. But there's one race that's completely off the general public's radar: who will be the first to mine Helium-3 in space in significant quantities in order to try to develop nuclear fusion reactors that do not create hazardous nuclear waste …