Singapore and Paris Top World’s Most Expensive Cities
Bloomberg–1 hour ago
Though Asia is home to the world’s most expensive places to live, it also has some of the most affordable. South Asian cities including Bangalore, Chennai, Karachi and New Delhi provided good value for money, the report noted. This year, the Syrian capital of Damascus and Venezuela’s Caracas were …
UN Envoy Urges Cambodia to Let Opposition Stand in Election
U.S. News & World Report–Mar. 14, 2018
Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in November and banned more than 100 of its politicians in a ruling that was widely condemned by the international community. Rhona Smith, U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, said the …
UK Expels Russian Diplomats Over ‘Appalling’ Spy Poisoning
Wall Street Journal–12 hours ago
“I expected a stronger reaction, but I can understand the need for caution,” said Jonathan Eyal, international director at the Royal United Services Institute, a security think tank with close ties to the British government. He said Russia’s membership in the United Nations Security Council meant the U.K. must …
Sick and Injured Start Leaving Syria’s Besieged Ghouta
U.S. News & World Report–Mar. 13, 2018
International attention has been focused in recent weeks mainly on the plight of civilians in eastern Ghouta, where the United Nations believes 400,000 people have been trapped under punishing bombardment, deprived of food and medicine. Women carrying infants, men hobbling on crutches and an old …
David Byrne on Traveling the World by Bicycle—and Getting Lost
Wall Street Journal–20 hours ago
THIS SPRING and summer, you may notice a familiar-looking figure pedaling along your local cycling path, and you may ask yourself: “Is that David Byrne, the former frontman of Talking Heads?” It could well be. Mr. Byrne has just embarked on a world tour—taking him to more than 90 cities, from Santiago, …
Israel’s ‘Hannibal’ Directive Criticized in Official Report
U.S. News & World Report–18 hours ago
The Palestinians have accused Israel of committing war crimes during the 2014 war and turned to the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israel. The court has not yet decided whether to take on the case, but one factor that could influence it is determining whether Israel is capable of carrying out …
China Says Eastern Europe Summits Have Been Very Successful
U.S. News & World Report–Mar. 13, 2018
FILE PHOTO: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov attend the China-CEEC Economic and Trade Forum in Budapest, Hungary November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh Reuters. BEIJING (Reuters) – China is in close …
Eritrea Arrests Hundreds of Perceived Opponents: UN
U.S. News & World Report–18 hours ago
FILE PHOTO: A old Fiat car drives along a street in Eritrea’s capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo Reuters. NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrean authorities detained hundreds of perceived opponents this month after a school director who defied government orders died in …
One Woman Rolls Her Eyes and Captivates a Nation
Wall Street Journal–19 hours ago
The Belt-and-Road initiative is part of Mr. Xi’s vision of Chinese global leadership, involving pledges to build infrastructure and trade links between Asia and Europe. The eye-roller, Liang Xiangyi, a television reporter for Shanghai-based Yicai Media Group, emerged as a kind of folk hero for those tired of …
The Nerve Agent Too Deadly to Use, Until Someone Did
New York Times–16 hours ago
LONDON — For nearly three decades, since a Soviet whistle-blower told the worldof its existence, the nerve agent Novichok has scared American weapons experts. The Pentagon sent teams to destroy abandoned laboratories that once produced the chemical, believed to be orders of magnitude more …
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