U.S. Campaign Against Migration Goes Unheard, or Unheeded, in Guatemala
Summary The US government recently launched a messaging campaign in Guatemala to stop those in the country from entering US territory. The $750,000 effort is …
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In a first, a Chinese economic espionage is extradited to the U.S. after stealing technology secrets, Justice Dept. says
Summary Earlier this week US federal agents were able to lure Yanjun Xu, a senior officer in China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), to Belgium …
Apple Watch Worn by Saudi Journalist May Have Transmitted Evidence of His Death, Turkish Paper Reports
Summary Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi turned on the recording function of his Apple Watch before walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October …
Environmental activist fasts to death over fate of India’s Ganges River
Summary In breaking news, Agrawal, 86, a pioneering environmental activist, died after a nearly four-month hunger strike that he began in late June to pressure …
Belgium Elects Nation’s First Black Mayor, a Congolese Immigrant
Summary Belgium recently elected its first Black mayor in their history, Pierre Kompany, 71. Kompany originally hails from Congo, a former colony of Belgium. …
U.S. Credit Card Giants Flout India’s New Law on Personal Data
Summary At midnight on Tuesday, nearly every American payments company offering services in India was breaking the law every time Indians used their banking cards. …
Pittsburgh Killing Aftermath Bares Jewish Rifts in Israel and America
Summary Last Saturday when a gunman opened fire on Jewish worshippers in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, bullet wounds were not the …
GLOBAL ECONOMY- Trade war impact deepens across Asia, but ‘real economic shock’ yet to hit
Summary Recent reports found out that intensifying trade war between the U.S. and China is not the only challenge confronted by Asian economies, but the …
Erdogan points finger at Saudi ‘puppet masters’ in Khashoggi case
Summary On November 2, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the …
Ethiopia swears in first female Supreme Court chief
Summary: At the start of the month Meaza Ashenafi, a human right lawyer, becomes the first woman to head Ethiopia’s Supreme Court. Meaza was …