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  • EU declares end of migration crisis

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    The European Commission has declared the migration crisis over, as it sharpened its attack on “fake news” and “misinformation” about the issue. Frans Timmermans, the European commission’s first vice-president, said: “Europe is no longer experiencing the migration crisis we lived in 2015, but structural problems remain.”….

  • Russia’s hypersonic weapons targets US

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    After INF suspension, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, threatening to attack Western capitals with new weaponry. On 20 October 2018, citing Russian non-compliance, US President Donald Trump announced that he was…

  • Saudi Arabia faces censure at U.N Rights forum

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    European countries have urged Saudi Arabia to release detained activists and to co-operate with the U.N led probe into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jamal Khashoggi was one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists and commentators. He was living in self-imposed exile …..

  • Burundi closes human rights office

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    Burundi has forced the United Nations to shut its local human rights office after 23 years, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said. Burundi is a landlocked country amid the African Great Lakes region where East and Central Africa converge. The capital is Gitega, having moved from Bujumbura in February 2019. The ….

  • French customs agents disrupt Calais

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    Traffic jams built up around the French port of Calais as customs officers worked to rule, carrying out tighter checks on lorries heading for the Channel Tunnel and the ferry port. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general…

  • Italy to endorse OBOR?

    Italy to endorse OBOR?

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    Italy has planned to sign a memorandum of understanding to become part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the flagship multi-national, mega-project which is investing billions of dollars in infrastructure across South and Central Asia. The Belt and Road initiative is a development strategy adopted by the Chinese government involving infrastructure development and investments in…

  • Pyongyang rebuilds rocket launch facility?

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    North Korea has begun rebuilding work on a satellite rocket launchpad and engine test site, in an ominous sign about its attitude toward negotiations on denuclearization. The relationship between the US and North Korea has always been fractious. During the war between North and…

  • Trump terminates trade benefits

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    US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to end preferential trade treatment for India and Turkey, accusing New Delhi and Ankara of failing to convince Washington it will provide “equitable and reasonable” access to its markets. The Generalized System of Preferences, or GSP, is a preferential tariff system which …..

  • Macron stresses on a “European Renaissance”

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    Emmanuel Macron has stepped up calls for a more united EU, laying out a series of proposals for a “European Renaissance” to fend off resurgent populists threatening to score big gains in the bloc’s elections in May 2019. Emmanuel Macron is a French politician serving as President of France ….

  • Well being index

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    According to global surveys, smaller countries such as Singapore are placed at the top of global wellness ranks while countries with large and booming economies are at the bottom. Gross National Wellness or Well-being (GNW) is a socioeconomic development and measurement framework. The GNW / GNH Index consists of 7 dimensions…