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Trade War

Trump Says U.S. Bill Supporting Hong Kong Doesn’t Help Trade War Negotiations

President Donald Trump said on Monday that a U.S. bill supporting human rights in Hong Kong would not make trade war negotiations easier, but he believes that China still wants to agree to a deal with the U.S. The new legislation “doesn’t make it better, but…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Chinese Economy

Asian shares slip after US stock tumble amid trade tensions

TOKYO (AP) Asian shares mostly slipped Tuesday, following a drop on Wall Street amid pessimism over U.S.-China trade tensions. Japans benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.6% to finish at 23,379.81. Australias S&P/ASX 200 slid 2.2% to 6,712.30. South Koreas Kospi …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

BUK-Missile

Prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect leave the country

THE HAGUE – Russia deliberately allowed a suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to leave the country, Dutch prosecutors said Monday, calling it a breach of a European extradition treaty. Prosecutors announced that Volodymyr Tsemakh is co…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Gundam

Japan Box Office: French Live-Action City Hunter Film Debuts at #8 with Modest 48 Million Yen

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Palestine

Winds of change

During World War I, British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour submitted a letter of intent supporting the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. This came to be known as the Balfour Declaration. The British government hoped that the formal declarati…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Biological Warfare

Britain’s Secret War With Russia

T ucked away in a drab industrial estate on the outskirts of the Swiss town of Spiez lies a multistory concrete office block flanked by a parking lot and a soccer field. A modest gate with a small plaque is all that greets visitors. A river rolls behind the b…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Filter Bubble

The world needs Cliqz. The world needs more search engines.

December 1st, 2019 There are only very few truly independent search engines in the world. Google, Bing, Yandex, and Baidu are the best known ones. Most other players only white label results from those four and are dependent on them and their business model.…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Venezuela

Protests in Colombia & Chile Show That Neoliberal Reforms Don’t ‘Work Well’ – Political Analyst

Nation-wide protests continue in Colombia despite President Ivan Duque's announcement of a "National Conversation" aimed at calming the unrest on 24 November. Gonzalo Fiore Viani, a lawyer and political analyst, outlines the driving factors of the Colombian t…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

The most powerful destabilizing force facing NATO today

This story was originally published in the December 3 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Sign up here to receive it every weekday morning. (CNN)NATO is having an unhappy birthday. Champagne corks ou…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Refugees

Human Rights Watch says Rohingya child refugees being denied education

YANGON (Reuters) - Bangladesh is blocking hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children from accessing meaningful education, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, urging authorities to lift restrictions on schooling in refugee camps. In a report called ‘Are we n…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Trump Says U.S. Bill Supporting Hong Kong Doesn’t Help Trade War Negotiations

Asian shares slip after US stock tumble amid trade tensions

Prosecutors say Russia let MH17 suspect leave the country

Japan Box Office: French Live-Action City Hunter Film Debuts at #8 with Modest 48 Million Yen

Winds of change

Britain’s Secret War With Russia

The world needs Cliqz. The world needs more search engines.

Protests in Colombia & Chile Show That Neoliberal Reforms Don’t ‘Work Well’ – Political Analyst

The most powerful destabilizing force facing NATO today

Human Rights Watch says Rohingya child refugees being denied education

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