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Interpreting the Catalan elections

The challenge of assessing the outcome of yesterday’s regional elections in Catalonia is that several actors in this crisis can claim different forms of victory – and are doing so – from different frames (majority in terms of seats neglecting share of votes, etc.). This, uncertainty and a strong component of post-truth politics in the…

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High 10 causes to possess time the UN vote on Jerusalem

A resounding majority of UN member states has denounced the US’ arrogant decision to unilaterally declare Jerusalem « the capital » of the Israeli apartheid settler colony.  The United Nations General Assembly voted 128 to 9, with 35 abstentions, for a resolution declaring the US move on Jerusalem « null and void ». Thursday’s vote came after the US…

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Mexico: Renewed land dispute displaces 5,000 in Chiapas

San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico – Maria* said the bullets « fell like rain » onto the tin roof of her house when the masked gunmen arrived in her village in southern Mexico on the night of November 9. In tears and speaking through an interpreter in her indigenous Tzotzil language, she recounted the events that…

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2017 laid the muse for faster, smarter AI in 2018

This might be a helpful time to clarify that AI is often a catch-all term for an assortment of different technologies. There’s artificial intelligence in our digital assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana and the Google Assistant. You’ll find artificial intelligence in software like Facebook’s Messenger chatbots and Gmail’s auto-replies. It’s defined as « intelligence displayed by…

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Israel to preserve ties with Austria’s a ways-correct FPO

Critics have blasted Israel’s plans to maintain ties with Austria’s new right-wing coalition, which features a far-right party with Nazi roots. Although Israeli officials promised to limit contact with ministers of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO), rights groups fear any involvement at all with the far-right populist outfit that advocates anti-Muslim, anti-refugee, anti-immigration and Eurosceptic…

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Mahmoud Abbas urges EU to rob lead in peace efforts

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called on the European Union to take the initiative in the Israel-Palestine peace process from Paris Abbas also says he will « no longer accept » any peace plan put forward by the US following President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6. « The United States…

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Israeli forces assassinate two Palestinians in Gaza protests

At least two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed by Israeli forces during protests over US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry said in a statement on Friday that two Palestinians were killed and more than 70 others were injured…

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Milan refinancing 50-50?

The Financial Times reports that Milan have just a 50-50 chance of refinancing their debt to Elliott Management. The U.S. hedge fund provided around €300m to allow Yonghong Li to compete his takeover in April, with €128m owed by the club at seven per cent interest and €180m by the Chinese businessman at around 11…