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Trump says would withdraw from WTO if ‘they don’t shape up’

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Trump says would withdraw from WTO if ‘they don’t shape up’

U.S. President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Aug. 30, 2018. (AFP Photo) In an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would consider withdrawing from the World Trade Organization if “they don’t shape up,” in a […]

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US cracking down on citizenship for hundreds of Hispanics along border: report

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US cracking down on citizenship for hundreds of Hispanics along border: report

The Trump administration is reportedly accusing hundreds of Hispanics living along the U.S.-Mexico border of having fraudulent birth certificates, stripping some of their passports and throwing their citizenship into question. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that cases it examined and interviews with immigration attorneys suggest a dramatic increase in immigration enforcement and a decrease in the number […]

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Military Aircraft Crash in Ethiopia Kills 18, Including Children – Reports

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Military Aircraft Crash in Ethiopia Kills 18, Including Children – Reports

Among the victims of the crash were fifteen members of the country’s armed forces and three civilians, according to state-affiliated news agency Fana. All passengers onboard the ET-AIU aircraft died in the crash, which occurred in the Eastern Shoa zone, less than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the capital Addis Ababa, ENA report stated. The crash occurred in the morning […]

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US calls UN’s war crimes report on Yemen ‘concerning

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US calls UN’s war crimes report on Yemen ‘concerning

© Stringer, AFP | Yemenis dig graves for children killed when their bus was hit during a Saudi-led coalition air strike that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in the Huthi rebels’ stronghold province of Saada on August 10, 2018. A Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen on Wednesday dismissed as inaccurate a report by […]

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Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

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Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

UNICEF A child sitting at a desk in a school that was attacked, in Idlib, Syria. 2016. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province. According to a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mr. Guterres said that “any […]

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’: UN chief UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says Myanmar leader should have quit over army’s campaign against Rohingya.

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’: UN chief UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says Myanmar leader should have quit over army’s campaign against Rohingya.

Aung San Suu Kyi has missed several opportunities to speak publicly about the Rohingya issue [AP]  Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has said that Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over her country’s military’s campaign against the Rohingya last year. Hussein told the BBC that her attempts to […]

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Italian doc slammed for saying migrants ‘should be drowned’ as they have ‘no human rights’

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Italian doc slammed for saying migrants ‘should be drowned’ as they have ‘no human rights’

© Global Look Press/ Ropi An Italian doctor, who is reportedly facing disciplinary action after saying migrants should be “drowned,” has been lambasted on social media, with furious commentators slamming her as a “hypocrite” and demanding her sacking. The doctor, from the central Italian region of Umbria, shocked the public when she posted on the […]

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colonialism Namibia Germany Africa Germany returns human remains from colonial-era Namibian genocide

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colonialism Namibia Germany Africa  Germany returns human remains from colonial-era Namibian genocide

© Kay Nietfeld/dpa/AFP | Berlin’s Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (4th from R) poses with Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (C), chairwoman of the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation and Namibian delegation members on August 27 at Berlin’s justice ministry. Berlin will return human remains on Wednesday seized from Namibia a century ago following the slaughter of indigenous peoples […]

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South Korea, US: allies no longer? By Oh Young-jin

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South Korea, US: allies no longer? By Oh Young-jin

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a red card as he meets with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., Tuesday. Reuters What state is the ROK-U.S. alliance in? On the basis of a series of unilateral moves by Washington, it appears to be in so sorry […]

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Trudeau government brushes aside Trump’s threats as it returns to NAFTA bargaining table

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Trudeau government brushes aside Trump’s threats as it returns to NAFTA bargaining table

WASHINGTON—Brushing off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats once more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government returned to the North American Free Trade Agreement bargaining table on Tuesday with only praise for the preliminary deal the U.S. and Mexico made without Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Mexico’s “significant concessions” on automotive manufacturing and labour would benefit Canadian […]

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