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Tayyip Erdogan

Jailed militant leader tells Kurdish party to be neutral in Istanbul vote: lawyers

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Lawyers for jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan confirmed on Friday that he had called on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to remain neutral ahead of Sunday’s Istanbul election re-run. Ocalan’s lawyers issued a…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Matteo Salvini

Italy’s Salvini Deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Contribution to EU Security – AfD Lawmaker

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A member of Germany's right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Beatrix von Storch, believes that Italian Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for his "great contribution" to…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Xi Jinping

Xi in North Korea: Kim hails ‘invincible’ ties with China

Image copyrightReutersImage caption The two leaders shaking on their 'invincible' friendship Kim Jong-un has hailed North Korea's "invincible" ties with China, during a state visit by President Xi Jinping. Beijing is Pyongyang's closest ally but their rel…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Xi Jinping

China’s President Xi completes state visit to North Korea: China state media

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s President Xi Jinping has departed North Korea, following a two-day state visit, Chinese state media reported Friday. Xi’s visit was the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years. Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Sim…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Belt and Road

China-owned SEZ in Cambodia denies transhipping to evade U.S. tariffs

By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A China-owned special economic zone in Cambodia has denied that its firms have been fined by the United States for transhipping goods from China in a bid to dodge U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese impor…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Xi Jinping

North Korea has more than sanctions to overcome for foreign investment: report

SEOUL (Reuters) - A historic visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping this week may have bolstered Kim Jong Un’s hopes that economic relief may be coming soon, but a new report reveals North Korea’s road to international investment may be blocked by more than sa…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Chinese Economy

US runs risk of backfire with trade war tariffs, Chinese banking chief warns

Published: 1:35pm, 21 Jun, 2019 Updated: 1:35pm, 21 Jun, 2019

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Julian Assange

Assange lawyer reveals Pentagon behind pursuit of Wikileaks publisher

After asking officials at the Obama administration if they “really wanted” the publisher for whistleblowers and warning that “there are dangerous precedents here,” Assange lawyer Geoffrey Robertson said they responded: We don’t want him, but the Pentagon doe…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Scotland

The Silence of Scotland – Headphones recommended

Only in silence can we hear the song of nature. Natural silence is not the absence of sound from nature it is the absence of noise from modern life. Listen in a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Headphones are highly recommended. CasperRolsted.co…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Brexit Negotiator

Boris Johnson keen to break Brexit deadlock and deliver deal, will face Jeremy Hunt in race to become Britain’s next prime minister

Boris Johnson will face Jeremy Hunt in a run-off to become Britain's next prime minister after a final ballot of MPs on Thursday, with the winner tasked with guiding the country through Brexit. In the fifth ballot of MPs in the governing Conservative Party, f…

bubmagJune 21, 2019

Jailed militant leader tells Kurdish party to be neutral in Istanbul vote: lawyers

Italy’s Salvini Deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Contribution to EU Security – AfD Lawmaker

Xi in North Korea: Kim hails ‘invincible’ ties with China

China’s President Xi completes state visit to North Korea: China state media

China-owned SEZ in Cambodia denies transhipping to evade U.S. tariffs

North Korea has more than sanctions to overcome for foreign investment: report

US runs risk of backfire with trade war tariffs, Chinese banking chief warns

Assange lawyer reveals Pentagon behind pursuit of Wikileaks publisher

The Silence of Scotland – Headphones recommended

Boris Johnson keen to break Brexit deadlock and deliver deal, will face Jeremy Hunt in race to become Britain’s next prime minister

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