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Myanmar bars UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee

The government of Myanmar has barred a UN human rights investigator from visiting the country and withdrawn cooperation with her for the rest of her tenure. Yanghee Lee, a UN special rapporteur, was to visit in January to assess the state of human rights across Myanmar, including in Rakhine state where a brutal military crackdown has sent more…

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Trump threatens to cut aid over UN Jerusalem vote

Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to countries that vote in favour of a draft UN resolution condemning the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The US president said at the White House on Wednesday the US would be « watching those votes ». « They take hundreds of millions of dollars and…

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2018 might perhaps perhaps be the yr of Bitcoin’s rivals

Bitcoin has had an absolutely insane year. At one point, its price was up nearly 2,000%, from about $1,000 in January to $19,922 mid-December. It exploded in the media and it caught the attention of pretty much everyone – from Wall St. billionaires to the average Joe just trying to make a quick buck. Now,…

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Michel Barnier: A Brexit transition deal must end in December 2020

Michel Barnier speaking in Brussels on Wednesday. Sky News The EU’s chief negotiator said that Britain will leave the EU for good after December 31 2020. That would mean the transition, due to begin on 1 April 2019, will last no longer than 21 months. Theresa May had asked for a transition deal lasting « around »…

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Was engineer in lethal Amtrak fracture distracted?

DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal investigators in the deadly Amtrak wreck want to know whether the engineer was distracted by a second person in his cab as his train hurtled into a curve at more than twice the speed limit. Three people were killed Monday when the train barreled into a 30 mph zone at…

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Xi’s China rising, Trump’s The United States waning

In less than a year in office, US President Donald Trump has managed to alienate more allies and provoke more enemies faster and more decisively than any of his predecessors in recent history. All of a sudden, we face the simultaneous threats of war from the Korean Peninsula to the Middle East. Meanwhile, US’ chief rival, China, has steadily…

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Somalis confronted ‘inhumane’ abuse on US deportation flight

More than 90 Somali men and women were subjected to « inhumane conditions and egregious abuse » on a failed deportation flight that lasted nearly 48 hours and was eventually forced to return to the United States earlier this month, according to a class-action lawsuit filed this week. Ninety-two Somali nationals were being deported by US Immigration…

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US ‘will decide names’ at UN Jerusalem vote

Image copyright EPA Image caption Fourteen states backed a similar motion on Jerusalem at the UN Security Council on Monday The US says it « will be taking names » during a UN General Assembly vote on a resolution criticising its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Permanent representative Nikki Haley warned member states that President Donald…