Archive du mois : mars 2018

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1932, Picasso’s year of wonders

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Home Secretary to chair Cobra assembly as chemical war consultants descend on Salisbury

The Home Secretary is to chair an emergency Cobra meeting as nearly 200 troops including chemical warfare specialists are on the streets of Salisbury helping investigate and clean up after the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.  With the Russian embassy accusing the British of propaganda and “following…

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Syria navy splits riot-held Eastern Ghouta in three

Syrian forces have captured the largest town in Eastern Ghouta, effectively splitting the rebel-held enclave in three, a monitor told Al Jazeera. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Saturday that government forces had captured the town of Mesraba, which lies 10km east of Damascus, and had begun advancing into its surrounding farms. The UK-based monitor told Al…

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Exporting corruption: Previous Brazil’s Automobile Wash scandal

Operation Car Wash began in March 2014 at a petrol and car wash complex in Brasilia, Brazil’s capital, and it was initially thought to be routine. The Federal Police team had the location under surveillance believing that it was the centre of a money -laundering operation run by Alberto Youseff, a former convicted criminal known…

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The ‘initiate skies’ row reveals how Trump will exploit Brexit at Britain’s label

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question during a joint news conference with Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Theresa May has promised a speedy and generous trade deal with the US when Britain leaves the EU, but an early run-in with US negotiators…

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Trump: Sort out Kim Jong-un ‘in the making’

US President Donald Trump has said a deal with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is « very much in the making, » a day after he revealed he agreed to meet the North Korean leader for face-to-face talks. « The deal with North Korea is very much in the making and will be, if completed, a very good one…

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Parks: 'Verona v unusual sport'

Tim Parks, author of A Season with Verona, is looking forward to tonight’s derby with Chievo. “It’s the football of identity against the modern game.” It kicks off at the Stadio Bentegodi at 19.45 GMT, click here for a match preview. “I’m working in Milan, but will be glued to the television to watch the…

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Thought daughter ‘didn’t deserve’ poisoning

Image copyright Yulia Skripal/Facebook Image caption Yulia Skripal, from Moscow, was found on the bench alongside her father The daughter of an ex-Russian agent poisoned alongside her father in the UK « hasn’t done anything to deserve » being targeted, a friend says. Police are investigating the attempted murder of Yulia and Sergei Skripal after both were…