World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
Browse Articles or use Lyrarc's US patented "Groups" and "Links" for new insights. A Lyrarc Group of Articles on a topic gives insights into particular angles shown in the Group Title. A Lyrarc Link shows more specific insights for 2 articles.
Saudi Arabia Groups
Impact on oil and commodities prices of China's devaluation in August 2015
08/12/2015
Grouped Articles
Overheard: China’s Yuan Move Undercuts Oil
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2015
Devaluation Hints at China’s Rising Distress Over Economy
New York Times 08/12/2015
U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dipping Below $40 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2015
Economist 08/24/2015
China Has Big Eyes, Little Stomach for Oil
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
Opinion in Japan on the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
08/05/2015
Grouped Articles
At Hiroshima’s 70th Anniversary, Japan Again Mourns Dawn of Atomic Age
New York Times 08/06/2015
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Pass Their Stories to a New Generation
New York Times 08/05/2015
World Must Prevent the Future Use of Nuclear Weapons
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2015
Obama to Be First Sitting President to Visit Hiroshima
New York Times 05/10/2016
The U.S. Congress request for disclosure of all side deals to the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal, including one between the IAEA and Iran
08/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/03/2015
On the Iran Nuclear Deal: Yes, but . . .
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned
05/08/2018
Legal aspects of the Iran nuclear deal- U.S. States sanctions, and the sanctions related to terrorism and genocide
07/27/2015
Grouped Articles
The Lawless Underpinnings of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/27/2015
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned
05/08/2018
The PKK and Kurdish peshmerga in the war in Syria and Iraq
07/25/2015
Grouped Articles
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
On the Front Line Against Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 12/05/2015
Stingy Baghdad Harms the ISIS Fight
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2015
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/2017
Criticism in the U.S. of the Iran Nuclear Deal of July 2015
07/21/2015
Grouped Articles
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
The Calamity of Obama’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2015
The Iranian Inspections Mirage
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2015
The Iran Deal and the ‘Problem of Conjecture’
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
The Syria Sham and the Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
The Iran Deal’s Dangerous Precedent
New York Times 08/03/2015
What the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015 achieves and does not achieve- the different goals of Iran and the Obama administration in the U.S.
07/18/2015
It achieves the narrow goals of the Obama adminsitration, and for Iran it provides a way to protect the Islamic revolution by easing conditions for the people, says one expert. The Obama administration may be thinking in the short term of 8-10 years, the Ayatollah may be looking much longer term to continue the way Iran is governed today by religious leaders.
Grouped Articles
How Iran Got What It Wanted From the Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2015
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
The Iran Deal’s Dangerous Precedent
New York Times 08/03/2015
Lots of heat but not much light
Economist 08/30/2015
Iran provokes the world as Obama does nothing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/21/2015
Iran’s Missile Tests Remind the U.S. That Tensions Have Not Ended
New York Times 12/30/2015
Saudi Arabia and India
07/16/2015
Grouped Articles
WikiLeaks Shows a Saudi Obsession With Iran
New York Times 07/16/2015
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/2016
How negotiators reached the nuclear deal with Iran in June-July 2015
07/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Clearing Hurdles to Iran Nuclear Deal With Standoffs, Shouts and Compromise
New York Times 07/15/2015
Putin Flexes Diplomatic Muscle on Iran
New York Times 07/15/2015
Obama’s Iran Deal Pits His Faith in Diplomacy Against Skepticism
New York Times 07/15/2015
‘Snapback’ Is an Easy Way to Reimpose Iran Penalties
New York Times 07/16/2015
Iranian Hard-Liners Say Nuclear Accord Crosses Their Red Lines
New York Times 07/16/2015
WSJ/NBC polls in April and July 2015 showing a slight shift in American public opinion to being open to a nuclear deal with Iran that prevented it from developing a nuclear weapon
06/30/2015
The percentage of people polled in the do not know enough to formulate an opinion category goes up six percentage points to 46% from 40%, the opposed declines by six percentage points to 17% from 23%, and those in favor stays steady at 36%, showing a slight shift between the polls in April and July 2015. Because of the intricacies of a deal and other behavioural factors the uncertain caegory dominates. Intricacies involve the details about nuclear technology and sites in Iran. The element of distrust involves inspection of military sites, and Iranian promises not kept in the past. Behavioural factors include the large number of young people in Iran born after the revolution, a possible shift to moderation in policies as Iran opens up to the world, and the risks of Iran going back to isolation and hardliners if the talks failed. About 70% of the population in Iran of 74 million is under 35 years of age, meaning that almost all know little about the period before the revolution in 1979, and are the group most open to the outside world. Failure to close a deal also increased the risk that the Saudis would strive to develop nuclear weapons technology increasing proliferation. Pressure on Iran, including from Israel and the U.S. Congress, serves to get the best possible deal. A deal has economic repercussion for oil prices, as it means the flow of Iranian oil to markets, competing with the Saudis and shale oil producers in the U.S., and providing a boost to the economies of the U.S., Europe, China and India, at a time of sluggish growth in the global economy in 2015. Germany which lost a growing business in Russia with the sanctions gains a new market in Iran. and containing its nuclear program.
Grouped Articles
Americans’ Support for Iran Nuclear Deal Holds Steady — WSJ/NBC Poll
Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015
U.N. Nuclear Agency Chief Sees Challenges in Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Senate Democrats vs. voters on Iran [Updated] - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/2015
Letter to U.S. president Obama on Iran negotiations from a study group at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, including five former members of the Obama foreign policy team
06/24/2015
This letter includes five former members of the Obama foreign policy team-
Grouped Articles
Ex-Advisers Warn Obama That Iran Nuclear Deal ‘May Fall Short’ of Standards
New York Times 06/24/2015
The wave of migrants from North Africa, Libya, Syria and the Middle East to Europe in 2014-2017
06/13/2015
A wave of migrants made their way on a dangerous boat journey to Europe in 2014-2016. The refugee crisis in the war zones of Libya, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, with added migrants from Africa for people seeking a better life, is leading to one of the largest movements of migrants since 1945. It also poses problems of uncontrolled immigration in Europe, where immigration is one of the top issues in elections and in public debate-in Sweden, Britain, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy. By 2017 the migration slowed after action by the European Union countries to control it from countries in Africa.
Grouped Articles
Young Men in Senegal Join Migrant Wave Despite Growing Prosperity at Home
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2015
Danish Premier’s Shift on Immigration Tightens Election Race
Wall Street Journal 06/17/2015
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
New York Times 06/18/2015
Greece Grapples With Its Own Migrant Problem
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2015
Hundreds of Migrants Try to Cross English Channel on Freight Trains
New York Times 07/28/2015
Germany unnerved by scores of xenophobic attacks against refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
South Korea's crowded hospital system and the outbreak of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) in 2015
06/08/2015
South Korea's hospitals are crowded with patients waiting to get to larger hospitals and using networking to get hospital beds. Patients beds are in close proximity and caretakers live with patients, creating an atmosphere where rapid spread of inhaled droplets of the MERS vrius from coughing patients can occur. The result is 95 people infected with the virus and 2000 cases in a short time. The virus originates from camels in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.
Grouped Articles
MERS Virus’s Path: One Man, Many South Korean Hospitals
New York Times 06/08/2015
South Korean Leader Postpones U.S. Trip Amid MERS Outbreak
New York Times 06/09/2015
Experts Fault South Korean Response to MERS Outbreak
New York Times 06/13/2015
Samsung Heir Apparent Apologizes for Hospital’s Role in MERS Outbreak
New York Times 06/23/2015
The NYT's survey of opinion in 2015 on the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
08/05/2015
The survey has a range of opinions and there is no consensus on whether the bomb should or should not have been dropped. U.S. and Japanese casualties estimated as high as 400,000 for an all out invasion of Japan was one reason given when Harry Truman made the decision to drop the bomb on Japan.
Grouped Articles
On 70th Anniversary of Nagasaki Bombing, Atomic Debate Yields Little Consensus
New York Times 08/08/15
Remembering Hiroshima, and How It Changed the World
New York Times 08/07/15
At Hiroshima’s 70th Anniversary, Japan Again Mourns Dawn of Atomic Age
New York Times 08/06/15
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Pass Their Stories to a New Generation
New York Times 08/05/15
World Must Prevent the Future Use of Nuclear Weapons
Wall Street Journal 08/15/15
Obama to Be First Sitting President to Visit Hiroshima
New York Times 05/10/16
The Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors and the "denshosha" experiment to preserve collective memories of 1945
08/05/2015
Grouped Articles
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Pass Their Stories to a New Generation
New York Times 08/05/15
The issue of public disclosure of side deals in the Iran nuclear agreement of July 2015
08/01/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/01/15
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/15
Sharp decline in global commodities prices in 2014-2015
07/25/2015
Grouped Articles
Global Growth Worries Pummel Commodities
Wall Street Journal 07/25/15
Economist 08/24/15
Expert opinion on verification of the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015
07/22/2015
Experts say small scale activity could be covered up in 24 days. In the past Iran has done this at the Kalaye Electric Company site in 2003. Senator Corker points out that the process to get an inspection would take more than 24 days when all the time is added up correctly.
Grouped Articles
Verification Process in Iran Deal Is Questioned by Some Experts
New York Times 07/22/15
Wall Street Journal 08/04/15
Inspectors So Far Denied Access to Iran’s Scientists
Wall Street Journal 08/06/15
Iran’s Secret Self-Inspections
Wall Street Journal 08/20/15
Prospect of Self-Inspections by Iran Feeds Opposition to Nuclear Deal
New York Times 08/21/15
Wall Street Journal 08/26/15
The UN resolution to lift sanctions on Iran on July 20, 2015, that comes before the vote in the U.S. Congress
07/20/2015
The UN resolution relates to sanctions other than the sanctions by the European Union and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress
New York Times 07/20/15
Iran Nuclear Deal Set to Take Effect
Wall Street Journal 01/16/16
Saudi Arabia and president Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in Juy 2015
07/17/2015
Karen Elliott House, a widely respected expert on Saudi Arabia, provides an exceptional assessment of the Saudi situation and the Middle East as the Obama administration reaches a final agreement on a nuclear deal with Iran in July 2015, which involves unfreezing of about $100 billion in assets by the end of 2015, and the removal of economic sanctions. It also includes a lifting of the arms embargo on Iran. She points out that the Saudis have few options in the short term, and how this could change the situation in the Middle East if Iran uses funds to support proxies in the Middle East.
Grouped Articles
Obama Pours Gas on the Mideast Fire
Wall Street Journal 07/17/15
The Iran Deal’s Collapsing Rationale
Wall Street Journal 07/21/15
Saudi Arabia’s reckless regime - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/16
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/16
Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/16
Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia Meet, but Deep Rifts Remain
New York Times 04/20/16
Iran's access to frozen assets and assistance to allies in the Middle East following the nuclear agreement of July 2015
07/16/2015
Grouped Articles
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/15
Trump Disavows Nuclear Deal, but Doesn’t Scrap It
The New York Times 10/13/17
The effect of Iranian oil following lifting of sanctions on global oil supplies and prices 2015-2016
07/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Iran’s Discount Deal for Global Oil
Wall Street Journal 07/14/15
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress
New York Times 07/20/15
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Oil glut dampens Iran’s hopes for big cash flows as sanctions lift - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/17/16
Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted
New York Times 01/16/16
Battered by War, Iraq Now Faces Calamity From Dropping Oil Prices
New York Times 01/31/16
The nuclear negotiations with Iran in July 2015
06/30/2015
Grouped Articles
In Iran Nuclear Talks, U.S. ‘Will Not Be Rushed,’ Kerry Says
New York Times 07/09/15
Americans’ Support for Iran Nuclear Deal Holds Steady — WSJ/NBC Poll
Wall Street Journal 06/30/15
Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Wild Card in Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/15/15
Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly
The New York Times 07/18/17
As Relations Worsen, Iran Says U.S. Sanctions May Violate Nuclear Deal
The New York Times 07/19/17
The problems with snap back of sanctions in the Iran nuclear negotiations and the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015
06/16/2015
Problems critics see with the snapback provision in the Iran nuclear deal of July 2015 making this provision ineffective.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/17/15
U.S. Could Lift Sanctions Before Iran Accounting
New York Times 06/16/15
‘Snapback’ Is an Easy Way to Reimpose Iran Penalties
New York Times 07/16/15
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress
New York Times 07/20/15
The Iran Deal’s Dangerous Precedent
New York Times 08/03/15
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Al Qaeda in Yemen, 2014-2015
06/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Al Qaeda Tries a New Tactic to Keep Power: Sharing It
New York Times 06/09/15
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us