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Palestinian Nour Tamimi launched on bail

Nour Tamimi, a 20-year-old Palestinian charged with assaulting an Israeli soldier after the release of a viral video of the incident last month, has been released on bail. Nour and her cousin, prominent 16-year-old activist Ahed Tamimi, were filmed slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. The video of the December 15…

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Apple discusses ‘Spectre’ and ‘Meltdown’ fixes on iOS, macOS

The recently disclosed bugs that affect so many modern CPUs are an issue on Apple platforms as well, and tonight the company explained how it’s dealing with them. In a new support page, Apple confirmed it has included « mitigations » for Meltdown in iOS 11.2, macOS 10.13.2, and tvOS 11.2, while watchOS is unaffected. The other…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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The tragedy and blessing that is Trump

The real tragedy of US President Donald Trump is that he swept in Republican majorities with him. In his first year in office, the only serious bill he passed was the tax cuts. But Mitch McConnell, majority leader in the Senate, and Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, wanted tax cuts as much or more…

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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…