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After The Floods Got right here

Whitney Light for BuzzFeed News Looking west from the Fairford River Water Control Structure, at the channel connecting Lake Manitoba to the Fairford River. Before the spring of 2011, Clifford Anderson’s home in Pinaymootang First Nation, Manitoba, was surrounded by greenery. The yard had towering elm trees reaching as high as 40 feet that he…

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Jose Mourinho: Manchester United supervisor having a gape out of date – Chris Sutton

Mourinho has been criticised for his approach at Manchester UnitedManchester United manager Jose Mourinho is « looking outdated » and his personality has changed, says former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton. Mourinho has been criticised by some United fans and pundits for a style of football perceived to be unadventurous. United are second in the Premier League and…

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UAE-linked George Nader organised Arab leaders to alter GCC

A Lebanese-American businessman with close ties the United Arab Emirates crown prince organised a meeting of Arab leaders on a yacht in the Red Sea three years ago and proposed to start an « elite group » that would supersede the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to a news report. George Nader’s name has surfaced in recent weeks…

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Can the EU set the Iran nuclear deal?

Following the unexpected sacking of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini must be more concerned than ever before about the future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the « Iran nuclear deal ». Today, the EU is faced with having to make a choice between preserving the Iran…

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The most productive thing keeping Maduro in energy is the opposition

Can anyone win in an illegitimate election? This is the big question in Venezuela today, as commentators and citizens alike debate whether to participate or abstain in upcoming elections, where one candidate, Henri Falcon, has defied the opposition coalition’s decision not to take part.  In short, the answer is « yes ». Paradoxically, the very lack of…

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It’s time to diversify and decolonise our colleges’ discovering out lists

Recently, a Duluth school district in Minnesota decided to drop Mark Twain’s « The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn » and Harper Lee’s « To Kill a Mockingbird » from its required reading list because of the books’ use of the n-word (The books will remain on a list that students have the option of reading). While this is an important step in the right…

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Theresa Could possibly perchance’s failure on the Northern Ireland border threatens Brexit talks ‘crashing down’, warns True Friday Agreement’s architect

One of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement has warned that Theresa May’s failure to deal with problems posed by Northern Ireland’s border threatens to bring Brexit negotiations “crashing down”. Writing exclusively for The Independent, Jonathan Powell accused the Prime Minister of committing “the worst possible sin” of having “boxed herself in”. The ex-chief negotiator in…

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Austin probably facing ‘serial bomber,’ police chief says

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Fear escalated across Texas’ capital city on Monday after the fourth bombing this month — a blast that was triggered this time by a tripwire, demonstrating what police called a « higher level of sophistication » than the package bombs used in the previous attacks. Two men were wounded by the explosion Sunday…

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‘Miserable, harmless’ Afghan farmers killed in raid concentrated on Taliban

In the early hours of Saturday, as farmers watered their crops in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, a unit of the Afghan security and intelligence forces carried out a deadly raid. At least seven farmers were killed in the assault on two villages in the province’s Chaparhar district. « We heard helicopters coming our way where…

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Australia courts ASEAN amid human rights controversies

As the first-ever ASEAN-Australia Special Summit came to a close on Sunday, Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s prime minister, triumphantly announced that participants had committed to building « a more secure and prosperous region ». During the two-day summit in Sydney, Turnbull and nine of his Southeast Asian counterparts had agreed to work together to enhance security cooperation and deepen…