Archive du mois : janvier 2018

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Pyeongchang 2018: How is South Korea handling the protection challenges?

Pyeongchang, South Korea – South Korean police showed off rare and eclectic skills – from dancing and beating traditional drums, to rappelling from a roof, sniping at and taking down hostage-taking gunmen – at the launching ceremony of a police security unit for the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics on Wednesday. With hi-tech equipment such as explosive-detecting robots,…

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China entreated to launch Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai

An ailing Hong Kong bookseller detained in China should be released immediately and allowed to leave the country if he wishes, rights groups said as a growing number of European officials joined the call for Beijing to set him free. Gui Minhai, who is a dual Chinese and Swedish citizen, was reportedly detained over the…

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Trudeau’s silence manner complicity in the age of Trump

You have to watch closely to catch the moment. It’s an instant of recognition or perhaps understanding that, given the public forum, had to remain private, hidden behind a blank stare as an accusatory finger was pointed squarely at the guilty. This was the scene as Senator Cory Booker launched into an impassioned eight-minute soliloquy…

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Elton John declares retirement from song

(Picture: Robert Altman/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)Elton began his music career in 1967 and has sold over 300 million records to date. He also has more than 50 top 40 hits. The 70, has two children, Elijah and Zachary, with husband David Furnish, whom he married in 2014. Last year, the Your Song star said: ‘You’re…

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Ursula K. Le Guin, Acclaimed for Her Chronicle Fiction, Is Ineffective at 88

“If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly,” she told The Guardian in an interview in 2005. “Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy.” The writer’s “pleasant…

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Polizei Hamburg: 600 gewalttätige Teilnehmer der G20-Proteste namentlich bekannt

Die Polizei in Hamburg ermittelt gegen 600 Verdächtige, die sich an den Ausschreitungen beim G20-Gipfel beteiligt haben sollen. Tausende andere sind aber noch unbekannt. Im Juli 2017 warfen Demonstranten während der G20-Proteste in Hamburg Steine auf Polizisten. © Odd Andersen / AFP/Getty Images Bei der Fahndung nach gewalttätigen Teilnehmern der Demonstrationen während des G20-Gipfels in Hamburg…

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Battle-weary Afghan students flock to Doha for Model UN

Doha, Qatar – Siar Khan Khankhail sat in a plane and travelled outside of his country for the first time on Sunday. The 19-year-old from Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province was selected as a delegate to attend a global conference in Doha. But when Khankhail reached the Qatari capital, all thoughts turned to Nesar, his brother. Nesar used to…