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Riots

Chile’s deadly weekend of fire as youth anger ignites

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile’s capital Santiago has been singed by fire. In riots sparked by anger over fare hikes, masked and hooded protesters have torched buses, metro stations, supermarkets, banks and the high-rise headquarters of a major energy firm. Aro…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Protectionism

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday his exports-reliant country could be hit with trade sanctions amid rising protectionism highlighted by the US-China tariff war. Mahathir did not mention the source of possible sanctions o…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Star Wars

The Mandalorian: Early reactions to Disney Plus’ ‘truly incredible’ Star Wars show – CNET

Lookin' good. Disney/Lucasfilm The Mandalorian is set to launch Nov. 12 as the centrepiece of Disney's new streaming service Disney Plus, but over the weekend Lucasfilm screened 27 minutes of the upcoming show to a select group of journalists. The reaction…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Feudalism

In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here’s how that might play out

5 movie “Back to the Future,” Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) travels in a time machine from the 1980s to the 1950s. When he tells people of the ’50s he is from the ’80s, he is met with skepticism. 1950s person: Then tell me, future boy, who’s Preside…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Tayyip Erdogan

Trump reportedly leaning toward keeping few hundred US troops in Syria

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is leaning toward approving a new Pentagon plan to keep a small contingent of American troops in eastern Syria, perhaps 200 special operations forces, a senior administration official told The New York Times on Sunday. …

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Protectionism

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday his exports-reliant country could be hit with trade sanctions amid rising protectionism highlighted by the U.S.-China tariff war. Mahathir did not mention the source of possibl…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Protectionism

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday his exports-reliant country could be hit with trade sanctions amid rising protectionism highlighted by the U.S.-China tariff war. Mahathir did not mention the source of possibl…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Cold War

Malaysia Fears Becoming Sanctions Target in Trade War Crossfire

(Bloomberg) -- Malaysia may become a target of sanctions as the export-reliant economy is caught in the crossfire of the U.S.-China trade war, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir said trade tensions between the worlds two biggest economies…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Grexit

Greece’s half-miracle

ATHENS A little-noticed semi-miracle has occurred in Greece. After a devastating decade of depression and three wrenching austerity programs, the ancestral home of European democracy has emerged with its democratic institutions intact, social cohesion improb…

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Checkpoint

Estonia’s Russian reset

TALLINN After a nightmarish experience last year crossing the paranoid Ukraine-Russia border, I was nervous about driving alone from Moscow to Estonias capital, Tallinn early September to sell my Peugeot, which I had bought there five years ago. Estonia is a …

bubmagOctober 21, 2019

Chile’s deadly weekend of fire as youth anger ignites

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

The Mandalorian: Early reactions to Disney Plus’ ‘truly incredible’ Star Wars show – CNET

In extreme crises, conservatism can turn to fascism. Here’s how that might play out

Trump reportedly leaning toward keeping few hundred US troops in Syria

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

Mahathir warns of possible trade sanctions on Malaysia

Malaysia Fears Becoming Sanctions Target in Trade War Crossfire

Greece’s half-miracle

Estonia’s Russian reset

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