1 Year to Brexit: So Much to Do, So Little Time Britain’s exit from the European Union has been likened to putting toothpaste back in the tube. But it’s more like trying to separate the fluoride from the paste: complicated and messy. Thursday marks 365 days until Britain officially leaves […]
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Amal Clooney Will Represent Two Reuters Journalists Jailed in Myanmar Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar, lending both counsel and an international spotlight to a case that has widely been decried as an attack on free press. The two […]
Saudi Prince Calls For Stepped Up Pressure on Iran Saudi Arabia’s crown prince called on the international community to squeeze Iran economically and politically to avoid a direct military confrontation in the region. Sanctions “will create more pressure on the regime,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told The Wall Street […]
Vatican tamps down report that Pope Francis denies existence of hell The Vatican on Thursday worked to set the record straight on whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview with a well-known Italian journalist. The controversy started when 93-year-old journalist Eugenio Scalfari, the founder of La […]
Trump wants ‘out’ of Syria ‘very soon,’ contradicting top officials President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will end its military presence in Syria “very soon”—contradicting his secretaries of state and defense, who have said U.S. troops should stay in the Arab country for the foreseeable future. Trump’s […]
New Taxes Could Spell End of Cryptocurrency Trading in Thailand Thailands new Royal Decree on regulating the transactions of digital assets was passed on March 27, granting potential ICOs an additional 30 days to inform the SEC of their plans while raising the capital gains tax and adding 7% VAT […]
Trump administration claims win in trade negotiations with South Korea The Trump administration is claiming the U.S. has successfully renegotiated its trade dealings with South Korea, in what would mark the first major trade deal since President Donald Trump announced hardline blanket tariffs last month. Senior administration officials, speaking to […]
Life and death in Vietnam National Vietnam War Veterans Day is being observed today. And while the war spanned many years and northwest Ohio suffered losses throughout, this spring also marks 50 years since early 1968, a time when several local men were killed. Vietnam War-era newspaper reports told a […]
Poland signs $4.75 billion deal for U.S. Patriot missile system facing Russia Poland signed the largest arms procurement deal in its history on Wednesday, agreeing with the United States to buy Raytheon Co’s Patriot missile defence system for $4.75 billion in a major step to modernise its forces against a […]
Ecuador Cuts Off Julian Assange’s Internet Access. Again Ecuador’s government said Wednesday that it had suspended internet access for Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who since 2012 has lived in Ecuador’s Embassy in London, out of concern that he was harming its relationships with Britain and other European nations. The […]
