Bullying': US Closes Palestinian Mission Office in Washington
The United States government announced the closure of the Palestinian leadership’s de facto embassy in Washington as a "punishment" for not engaging in one-sided talks with Israel, and for attempting to sue the Israeli government at the International Criminal Court despite warnings from Washington.
telesurtv.net
A week of crisis and deepening dysfunction in US politics
Every day last week brought new demonstrations of an unprecedented crisis within the Trump White House and US state apparatus.
wsws.org
Brazil's Lula to bow out of election; Poll rattles markets
Jailed former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will step aside on Tuesday so his running mate can stand for the presidency in next month’s election, party sources said, as leftist candidates’ strong showing in a poll pulled markets lower.
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Huge rise in deaths of homeless people in the UK
Aaron French-Willcox, aged just 19, was found dead in a tent in Cardiff in the early hours of February this year. Aaron had type one diabetes and he died from diabetic ketoacidosis.
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German military strikes on Syria would be ‘absurd & irresponsible’ – Left Party chair
The leader of Germany’s Left Party hit out at the government for mulling potential military strikes against Damascus, just one day after Berlin said it was in talks with allies about possible German military deployment in Syria.
rt.com
Duterte Dares Military Officers to Rebel Amid Standoff Over Senator’s Arrest
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on Tuesday challenged military veterans and serving officers who oppose him to mount a rebellion, a day after the head of the armed forces warned soldiers not to take sides in the president’s standoff with a senator he has threatened to arrest.
outline.com
Boris Johnson says May's Brexit plan 'worse than status quo'
Boris Johnson and other leading Tory Brexiteers have attacked Theresa May's Brexit plan at an event putting the economic case for leaving the EU without an agreement on trade.
bbc.com
Germany's New Far-Right Campaign Poster Is Unsubtly Racist
The far-right Alternative for Germany party released a new campaign poster last week with a slogan promising “Islam-free schools” beneath a photo of smiling white schoolchildren.
Alternative for Germany, also known as AfD, released the posters in the midst of its election campaign in the southern German state of Bavaria. Recent polls show the party is on track to win the third-largest share of the vote as it saps votes from the traditional conservative party aligned with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
outline.com
Global hunger levels rising due to extreme weather, UN warns
Global hunger has reverted to levels last seen a decade ago, wiping out progress on improving people’s access to food and leaving one in nine people undernourished last year, with extreme weather a leading cause, the UN has warned.
theguardian.com
Filming of staged chemical attack in Syrian Idlib begins - Russian MoD
Footage, meant to serve as proof that the Syrian government has conducted a chemical weapons attack in Idlib, Syria, is to be handed to global news outlets by the end of Tuesday, the Russian military claims.
rt.com
South Korea's talks with North are going well, unlike Trump's
All the while, often drowned by the din of Trump's headline-grabbing promises, a second, quieter set of negotiations has been making encouraging steps.
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