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Mauritania strengthens blasphemy legislation after blogger case

Mauritania has moved to strengthen a law criminalising apostasy and blasphemy, after a court in the West African nation ordered the release of a local blogger who faced the death penalty for allegedly criticising the Prophet Muhammad. An amendment to Article 306 of the country’s penal code will now see the death penalty applied to…

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Fresh Uber CEO Knew of Hack for Months

While the massive data breach at Uber Technologies Inc. didn’t happen under the watch of its new chief executive, more than two months elapsed before he notified affected customers and drivers of the incident, people familiar with the matter said. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi learned of the breach, which Uber said happened in October 2016 and…

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Germany’s SPD in a position to preserve talks with opponents to forestall impasse

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UK is experiencing ‘two a long time’ of misplaced wage screech, leading financial experts warn

Britain’s leading economic experts have warned that the UK is languishing in the midst of two decades of lost wage growth and a long-term fall in living standards. Two of the country’s most prominent think tanks came to the ominous judgement as they began to set out the consequences of heavily downgraded UK growth forecasts released with…

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Emmerson Mnangagwa to be sworn in as Zimbabwe president

Harare, Zimbabwe – Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new president, marking the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year reign over the country. Thousands of people are expected to stream into the capital’s National Sports Stadium to witness Mnangagwa, a former vice president, take the oath of office. Many ordinary Zimbabweans seem optimistic at…

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Rwanda also can take hang of 10,000 refugees from Israel: Minister

The foreign affairs minister of Rwanda has confirmed the country is in negotiations with Israel to take in as many as 10,000 African asylum seekers, according to a local Rwandan newspaper. In an interview with The New Times, Louise Mushikiwabo said the two countries have yet to reach an agreement on how many asylum seekers currently…

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Extinguish No longer, Desire No longer: Presidents Eisenhower and Truman Gave No ‘Pardons,’ Ate Their Thanksgiving Turkeys

Keeping in step with decades of White House tradition, President Donald Trump duly pardoned “Drumstick” the turkey on Tuesday, but two of his esteemed predecessors were less interested in symbolic animal reprieves. They ate their turkeys instead. Joking that he could not overturn President Obama’s pardon last year of “Tater” and “Tot,” President Trump officially pardoned “Drumstick”…

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Regierungsbildung: « Die SPD wird sich Gesprächen nicht verschließen »

Die SPD hat nach dem Treffen von Parteichef Martin Schulz mit Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier ihre Gesprächsbereitschaft zur Lösung der Regierungskrise unterstrichen. Generalsekretär Hubertus Heil sagte nach achtstündigen Beratungen der SPD-Führung, gemeinsam habe man das Gespräch mit dem Bundespräsidenten ausgewertet. « Die SPD ist der festen Überzeugung, dass gesprochen werden muss. Die SPD wird sich Gesprächen nicht…