Newz Posts: 2017

Thursday 23 February 2017

Citizens' Rights Questions Loom Over Brexit

Citizens’ Rights Questions Loom Over Brexit - WSJ

The post-Brexit future of millions of continental and British expatriates has become a point of contention as the U.K. and the European Union gear up for divorce talks, Laurence Norman and Valentina Pop write.

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U.S. Officials on 'Tough Trip' in Mexico, Trump Says

U.S. Official’s Diplomatic Line in Mexico Differs From Trump’s - WSJ

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said the U.S. wouldn’t use military force in immigration operations, even as President Donald Trump described U.S. efforts to enforce immigration laws as “a military operation.”

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Rebels Claim Capture of Syrian City From ISIS

Rebels Claim Capture of Syrian City From ISIS - WSJ

Turkish-backed rebels said they had seized one of Islamic State’s last urban strongholds in northern Syria on Thursday, a victory for the opposition on the day it began a new round of peace talks with the regime in Geneva.

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German Police Arrest Man With Bomb-Making Material

German Police Arrest Man With Bomb-Making Material - WSJ

German police detained a 26-year-old German man suspected of planning a terror attack and seized bomb-making material at his home, prosecutors and local police said.

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Europeans Scramble for Right to Live in U.K. Though Net Migration Falls

Europeans Scramble for Right to Live in U.K. Though Net Migration Falls - WSJ

The number of Europeans seeking permanent residence in the U.K. shot up in the wake of the Brexit referendum in a sign that EU citizens scrambled to secure their right to live in Britain.

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What Killing? North Korea Pushes Alternative Version of Kim Jong Nam's Death

What Killing? North Korea Pushes Alternative Version of Kim Jong Nam’s Death - WSJ

Reclusive regime in Pyongyang says dictator’s brother died from a heart attack in Malaysia and claims that a conspiracy says otherwise.

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Ecuador's Presidential Election Heading to Runoff

Ecuador’s Presidential Election Heading to Runoff - WSJ

Ecuador’s presidential election will go to a runoff between the ruling party’s leftist candidate and a conservative ex-banker after the first round of voting failed to produce a winner, electoral authorities said.

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North Korea Mocks China for 'Dancing to U.S. Tune'

North Korea Mocks China for ‘Dancing to U.S. Tune’ - WSJ

Pyongyang appeared to lash out at Beijing in a state-media commentary, aiming unusually pointed rhetoric at a powerful neighbor it has long relied on for economic and diplomatic support.

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Turkey's First Post-Coup Recruits Mark Change in Military

Turkey’s First Post-Coup Recruits Mark Change in Military - WSJ

Recruits are entering Turkey’s new military academies this month for the first time since last summer’s coup attempt as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moves to create a force that will be loyal to his civilian rule.

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Iraqi Forces Seize Runway at Mosul Airport From ISIS

Iraqi Forces Seize Runway at Mosul Airport Amid Battles With Islamic State - WSJ

Iraqi forces fought their way into a sprawling military base outside of Mosul and onto the grounds of the city’s airport, taking control of the runway amid fierce exchanges of fire with Islamic State militants.

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Lebanese Fear Being Caught in Trump's Push on Iran

Lebanese Fear Being Caught in Trump’s Push on Iran - WSJ

Lebanon’s Shiite militia Hezbollah has played a big role in helping Iran to expand its regional influence, something that could have repercussions for all Lebanese under the new U.S. president.

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Wednesday 22 February 2017

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Top U.S. Officials Get Chilly Reception in Mexico

Top U.S. Officials Get Chilly Reception in Mexico - WSJ

Two cabinet members arrived for talks here Wednesday to find a defiant Mexican government refusing to accept President Donald Trump’s tougher immigration and deportation policies.

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Macron's Campaign Gets Boost as Centrist Leader Declines to Run

French Candidate Macron Gets Boost as Centrist Leader Declines to Run - WSJ

Emmanuel Macron’s campaign for president of France received a boost after the leader of a centrist political party said he wouldn’t run in the election.

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A Look Back at Japanese Internment

A Look Back at Japanese Internment - WSJ

How artists including Dorothea Lange, Ansel Adams and Isamu Noguchi reacted to FDR’s incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Brazil's Central Bank Continues Easing, Cuts Selic Rate to 12

Brazil's Central Bank Continues Easing, Cuts Selic Rate to 12.25%

Brazil’s Central Bank Continues Easing, Cuts Selic Rate to 12.25% - WSJ

Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark Selic interest rate to 12.25% from 13%, as expected, taking advantage of rapidly slowing inflation during a prolonged recession to slash the country’s high borrowing costs. After holding the Selic at a nine-year high of 14.25% for more than a year, the central bank began its latest monetary-easing cycle in October. Following two quarter-point cuts in the fourth quarter of last year, the bank cut the rate by...

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China Exceeded U.N. Cap on North Korean Coal Imports in December

China Exceeded U.N. Cap on North Korean Coal Imports in December - WSJ

Before Beijing suspended North Korean coal imports over the weekend to squeeze Pyongyang’s nuclear program, the hermit state shipped more coal to China in December than allowed under United Nations sanctions.

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Ireland's Kenny to Reveal Plans for End of Tenure as Prime Minister

Ireland’s Kenny to Reveal Plans for Exit From Country’s, Party’s Leadership - WSJ

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday said he would lay out his plans for stepping down as leader of his party and the country when he returns from a traditional St. Patrick’s Day visit to Washington next month.

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Eurozone Growth Bucks Political Unease

Eurozone Growth Bucks Political Unease - WSJ

There is an strange disconnect in Europe at the moment, Simon Nixon writes, with the eurozone economy growing at its fastest rate in more than six years as Europe’s political class is in deep malaise.

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Greece Needs Further Overhauls, IMF Chief Says

Greece Needs Further Overhauls Before IMF Can Provide Funds, Lagarde Says - WSJ

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in an interview that as Greece makes more structural changes, less debt relief will be needed from the Washington-based fund.

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Emerging Details Point to North Korean Plot in Scion's Killing

Emerging Details Point to North Korean Plot in Scion’s Killing - WSJ

New developments are bolstering suspicions that the killing last week of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korea’s mercurial dictator, was a well-orchestrated plot directed from Pyongyang.

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Ukraine's Ex-President Pushes Peace Proposal

Ukraine’s Ex-President Viktor Yanukovych Pushes Peace Proposal - WSJ

Ukraine’s former president, living in self-imposed exile in Russia, has sent President Donald Trump a peace plan on ending the conflict in Ukraine, in the newest freelance effort by a Ukrainian politician to reach out to the White House.

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Eurozone Finally Finds Itself Free of Deflation

Eurozone Finally Finds Itself Free of Deflation - WSJ

For the first time in almost four years, none of the eurozone’s 19 members was in deflation during January, an encouragement to the ECB in its long struggle to lift inflation to its target and keep it there.

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Tillerson, Kelly Head to Mexico for Talks Amid Diplomatic Tensions

Tillerson, Kelly Head to Mexico for Talks Amid Diplomatic Tensions - WSJ

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly were set to arrive in Mexico on Wednesday for talks, as President Donald Trump’s immigration and trade stances toward the country have strained relations between the longtime allies.

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South Africa's Notification to Leave International Criminal Court Ruled Illegal

South Africa’s Notification to Leave International Criminal Court Ruled Illegal - WSJ

The South African government’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court was unconstitutional because it failed to get approval from Parliament, a court ruled.

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Former Hong Kong Leader Tsang Sentenced to Jail

Former Hong Kong Leader Donald Tsang Sentenced to 20 Months in Jail - WSJ

Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang has been sentenced for 20 months in prison after he was found guilty of misconduct, the most senior official ever in the former British colony to be sent to jail.

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