Author: synergia
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Iran’s IRGC – A terrorist organization?
US intends to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist, organization, a move condemned by Tehran. Iran’s most powerful security organisation, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was set up to protect the country’s clerical ruling system after its 1979…
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IRGC designated “foreign terrorist organisation”
The US is expected to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organisation in an unprecedented move that sees a national security force as a terror agent. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a branch of Iran’s Armed Forces founded after 1979 Revolution on 22 April 1979 by…
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Maldives delivers stunning electoral mandate
Maldives gives an overwhelming majority to incumbent President Solih’s MDP, in a rebuke of authoritarianism, China’s policies in the archipelago and nationalist politics. The Maldives, an island-nation in the Indian Ocean, after a period of political instability and strife, has recently…
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EU Trade chief criticizes China
Cecilia Malmstrom has voiced frustration over China’s trade policies ahead of a summit this week as Brussels struggles to get Beijing to deliver on commitments to open up its market to European investments.The European Commissioner for Trade (sometimes referred to as the EU Trade Commissioner) is…
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Social media bosses to be accountable: UK
The British government recently said that it will explore making social media executives personally liable for harmful content published on their platforms, in a raft of new online safety proposals. Facebook, a social media and social networking site, was launched by Mark…
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Urgent action on Peatlands
The United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya has adopted a new resolution for conservation and restoration of peatlands.
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Google disbands AI advisory panel
Concerns over the presence of the defence industry and conservative voices on an AI ethics board results in Google disbanding the panel. Artificial intelligence is the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that can otherwise be performed only through human intelligence. This includes, but is…
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Trump threatens tariffs; risks hurting Americans
Trump threatens to place a 25% tariff on cars coming to the US from Mexico, demanding Mexican action on illegal immigration and the drug trade. The Mexico–United States barrier, sometimes colloquially called the Border Wall, is a series of vertical barriers along the Mexico–United…
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Trump’s second veto?
The House voted Thursday to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war, denouncing the Saudi-led bombing campaign there as worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis and sending the measure to President Trump for his expected veto. The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing conflict that began in…
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LNA marches towards Tripoli
The leader of Libyan National Army (LNA) forces in eastern Libya has ordered them to march on the capital Tripoli, the base of the internationally recognised government. Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.158 million people in 2018. It is located in the northwest of…