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Finns come to terms with 'new normal' of populism
AFP, Published on 16/04/2019
» HELSINKI - Populism is the "new normal" in Finland, the country's likely next prime minister Antti Rinne said Monday, as experts warned that Europe's fragmenting political landscape would bring more instability.
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Rabbi wounded in US synagogue shooting says Jews won't be cowed
AFP, Published on 29/04/2019
» POWAY (UNITED STATES) - A rabbi who carried on preaching despite being wounded in the latest deadly shooting at a US synagogue said Sunday that Jews would not be intimidated by the "senseless hate" of anti-semitism.
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Bolsonaro to visit Trump to firm up conservative alliance
AFP, Published on 15/03/2019
» BRASíLIA - Brazil's far right President Jair Bolsonaro will meet US counterpart Donald Trump next week to strengthen ties in the nascent regional conservative alliance aiming to ramp up the pressure on Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.
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Shopping for a judge
News, Postbag, Published on 17/03/2019
» Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward Party, in a recent interview with the Bangkok Post, is quoted as saying "The criminal charges against Khun Thaksin [were laid] under the military government … we are proposing to get him back. Reopen the cases against him, and the judge has to be neutral … he has the right to a free and fair trial."
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Together, we can transform China
News, Published on 26/11/2018
» The behaviour of Chinese officials at last weekend's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Papua New Guinea, reportedly barging into the foreign minister's office to try to cut mildly critical language on trade from a final communique, seemed intended to signal that China won't budge an inch on US demands. Commerce Minister Zhong Shan has declared that those who assume Beijing will cave to President Donald Trump's bullying "don't know the history and culture of China". As a matter of fact, they might understand it better than he thinks.
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US mid-terms reflect an ideologically divided nation
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/11/2018
» Former United States president Barack Obama said of the US mid-term elections that "the character of our country is on the ballot", and the outcome proved him right. The country is a psychological basket case, more deeply and angrily divided than at any time since the Vietnam War.
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Synagogue shooter spoke of 'genocide,' police ID victims
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» PITTSBURGH - The shooter in the attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue spoke of "genocide and his desire to kill Jewish people," authorities said Sunday, as they identified the dead and worked to console the living.
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US mail bombs: who has been targeted?
AFP, Published on 25/10/2018
» WASHINGTON - Since Monday, 10 pipe bombs and suspicious packages have been mailed to top Democrats including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, news channel CNN and other hate figures for supporters of US President Donald Trump.
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Pipe bombs sent to Trump foes Obama, Clinton, CNN
AFP, Published on 25/10/2018
» NEW YORK: Pipe bombs were sent to Barack Obama, prominent Democrats and CNN - all hate figures for backers of President Donald Trump - in a coordinated plot to "terrorise" ahead of polarising US elections, officials said Wednesday.
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Windows for dummies
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/10/2018
» While many people love higher tech, forever upgrading and updating their computer programs, (and mobile phones), did it ever occur to Bill Gates and Microsoft that there are those of us who do not need all the availability of continual upgrades?
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