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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest against Netanyahu, corruption
About 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against government corruption and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is under criminal investigation over allegations of abuse of office. The demonstration was by far the largest of weekly anti ...[Read more]
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The President of Honduras Is Deploying U.S.-Trained Forces Against Election Protesters
Honduran President Orlando Hernández, using the specter of rampant crime and the drug trade, won extensive support from the American government to build up highly trained state security forces. Now, those same forces are repressing democracy. The post-el ...[Read more]
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All aboard China’s newest high-speed rail service
A new 658km high-speed rail service will be up and running in western China on Wednesday, linking Xian, home of China’s famed terracotta warriors, to Chengdu in the heart of giant panda country. With a top speed up to 250km/h, the new line took five yea ...[Read more]
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Why the UN is investigating extreme poverty in America, the world’s richest nation
The United Nations monitor on extreme poverty and human rights has embarked on a coast-to-coast tour of the US to hold the world’s richest nation – and its president – to account for the hardships endured by America’s most vulnerable citizens. The ...[Read more]
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German government wants backdoor access to every digital device
The RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) reported that Thomas de Maizière had written up a draft proposal for the interior minister conference, taking place next week in Leipzig, which he has called “the legal duty for third parties to allow for secret ...[Read more]
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Bernie Sanders will Face Donald Trump in 2020 Election, Democrats Say
The 2020 presidential election is Senator Bernie Sanders race to win, according to a new survey of more than a dozen top Democratic strategists. The survey, conducted by The Hill, reveals a Democratic field crowded with old faces. Sanders, who will be ...[Read more]
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Trump Calls on Saudi Arabia to End Blockade of Yemen
In a rare divergence from Saudi Arabia, U.S. President Donald Trump called on the kingdom to end its blockade on Yemen, citing human rights. The blockade in Yemen that has accompanied the Saudi-led coalition’s intervention in Yemen’s war has restricte ...[Read more]
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All IS groups in Syria defeated – Russian Army Chief
“All of the IS [the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL)] band groups on the territory of Syria were defeated,” claimed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia at the annual foreign military briefing in Moscow on Wednesday ...[Read more]
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Philip Hammond Blames Britain’s Sagging Production on the Disabled
The British chancellor faces a storm of criticism after claiming that disabled people are partially responsible for the country’s low production efficiency. Facing a question brought up by the Treasury Select Committee about low productivity levels in t ...[Read more]
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Ryan pledges ‘entitlement reform’ in 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and welfare programs next year as a way to trim the federal deficit. “We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, ...[Read more]
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Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market
U.S. student loan debt now equals the size of the $1.3 trillion U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, presenting investors with a whole different range of risks. “Delinquency rates on student loans are much higher than those on auto loans or mortgages, ...[Read more]
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