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What’s going to Pinera’s take imply for Chile’s abortion legislation?
Women’s rights groups in Chile are expressing concern over what the election of conservative billionaire businessman Sebastian Pinera as president will mean for a landmark abortion bill passed last year. The bill, approved by Chile’s Constitutional Court in August 2017, legalises abortion in exceptional cases. Known as the « abortion under three circumstances law », the legislation says…
Wirtschaft im Nahen Osten: Iran First
Auf der Weltbühne ist der Iran kaum aufzuhalten: Atomabkommen, militärische Siege im Irak und in Syrien, ein Landkorridor bis zum Mittelmeer – überall gewinnt das Land an Macht. Auch die Wirtschaft befindet sich im Aufschwung: Die Wachstumsraten sind beeindruckend und die Erdölproduktion hat sich verdoppelt, seit die Sanktionen gelockert wurden. Doch was wie eine Erfolgsgeschichte…
Teenager with £5,000 monthly allowance unearths how extravagant her existence is
Saffron Drewitt-Barlow, 18, is the first person in the UK to be born via surrogacy to two fathers (Picture: Facebook)Her wardrobe looks like it could belong to one of the Kardashians. Covered in Prada and Burberry clothing, Gucci and Hermes bags and Louis Vuitton accessories, Saffron Drewitt-Barlow has it all. Including £5,000-a-month spending money to…
US created 148,000 jobs in Dec, vs a hundred ninety,000 jobs anticipated
Federal Reserve policymakers are watching the jobs data closely, both for payroll gains and for wage growth. Though central bank economists estimate the jobs market is near full employment, wage pressures have remained muted. « I don’t think it’s that big of deal, » Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, said of the…
Trump New Year’s Momentum Sapped by Wolff E book’s Revelations
President Donald Trump entered 2018 with momentum: the massive tax cut he signed just after Christmas, he hoped, would give his legislative priorities a lift early in the New Year. But all of that energy vanished after publication of excerpts from a bombshell book detailing dysfunction, backstabbing and chaos in his White House and Trump’s…
Israel’s contemporary demise penalty invoice ‘targets Palestinians’
The Israeli government’s proposal to make it easier for judges to hand out the death penalty for « terrorist activity » has been condemned as « fascist » by Palestinian politicians and rights groups, who fear it will give Israel legal cover to target Palestinians. A bill to amend existing legislation regulating the use of the death sentence passed…
India probes breach of biometric identification database
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which runs the world’s largest biometric identity card scheme, has initiated a police probe into a major security breach. The probe was ordered on Thursday after the local Tribune newspaper accessed a database containing the identity details of more than one billion citizens, which was being sold for a…
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