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☆ India suspends visa services in Canada as diplomatic crisis escalates
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

India tourist visa is seen in a passport in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on March 17, 2022. India suspended visa applications in Canada on Thursday, escalating the festering diplomatic crisis between the two countries. The recent feud was sparked by the Canadian government's announcement of "credible allegations" the Indian government orchestrated the extra-judicial slaying of a Sikh separatist in Canada. The move will curtail India travel for Canada-based applicants and follows a travel advisory urging Indian nationals to "exercise utmost caution" while traveling in Canada and a reciprocal expulsion of senior diplomats. India's Ministry of External Affairs and Canada's High Commission in India were not immediately available to respond to CNBC requests for comment.

Persons: Justin Trudeau's Organizations: Canadian, BLS International, India's, External Affairs, CNBC Locations: India, Brampton , Ontario, Canada, New Delhi, Ottawa

☆ Multiple crises batter Washington and set up a fateful 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The octogenarian president is increasingly coming under scrutiny over his ability to serve a full second term if he wins in November 2024. But the trauma seizing Washington will soon intrude, transfixing the nation in a tumultuous 2024 election. The turmoil in the Republican Party is creating the kind of dysfunction and extremism that could turn off general election voters next year. In more placid times, the auto strike would be a dominant national issue defining a fraught political moment. But it’s just one of many crises threatening to overwhelm a political system that appears on the verge of a serious malfunction.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, – Trump, Biden, Hunter’s, Kevin McCarthy, It’s, Washington’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump, Zelensky, Vladimir Putin “, – Biden, tailgated, ”, McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, “, Kevin, ” Gaetz, demagogue, Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan, David Weiss, Hunter Biden, Trump’s, Hunter, –, David Ignatius, Kamala Harris, it’s Organizations: CNN, Republicans, White, Republican, Trump Republicans, Senate, GOP, Hollywood, Press, NBC, Caucus, Florida GOP, Sunday, Fox News . House Republicans, Republican Party, Trump, United Auto Workers, Big Three, Biden Locations: American, China, Ukraine, Washington, Russian, Rosh

☆ Why Racist Violence Keeps Happening - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Esau Mccaulley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Anti-black racism and white supremacy are frequent topics of research in history, law, anthropology, economics, sociology and religion. Racism resides in the mind, the heart, twisted imaginations and long-festering resentments that surge in times of perceived loss of power. Addressing anti-Black violence would require that we take seriously the disease of racism that has infected our Republic since its founding. You can close all the doors and shut the windows, but the truth will seep in through vents and chimneys. Americans must let the truth into the house or it will suffocate itself on the toxic fumes of malice and false memories.

Persons: “, Du Bois, James Baldwin Locations: America, Republic

☆ China's central bank trims 1-year rate, but unexpectedly leaves 5-year rate unchanged
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

China's central bank cut its one-year loan prime rate Monday, while leaving its five-year rate unchanged. This was the second time China has cut this rate in three months. The PBOC left its five-year loan prime rate — the peg for most mortgages — unchanged at 4.2%, while economists expected a 15 basis point cut due to default risks from festering liquidity woes in the country's property sector. Country Garden is on the verge of default, while Evergrande filed last week for bankruptcy protection in a Manhattan court. "Hopes for a stimulus-led turnaround in economic activity largely depend on the prospect of greater fiscal support," he added.

Persons: Evergrande, China Julian Evans, Pritchard Organizations: People's Bank of China, Index, China Enterprises, CSI Locations: China, Manhattan, Hong Kong

☆ Michigan Judge to Weigh Whether School Shooter Could Ever Leave Prison
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Mitch Smith | More About Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Ethan Crumbley had been a few years older when he killed four students at his Michigan high school and pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, there would be no question: He would be going to prison for the rest of his life. But because he was 15 when he opened fire in 2021 in the hallways of Oxford High School, his fate is less certain. In a hearing set to begin on Thursday morning, a state judge will consider whether Mr. Crumbley should be eligible for a sentence that could allow him to one day leave prison. And it could offer a preview of prosecutors’ separate cases against Mr. Crumbley’s parents, who are charged with involuntary manslaughter and accused of missing chances to intervene before the shooting. The parents have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.

Persons: Ethan Crumbley, Crumbley, Crumbley’s Organizations: Michigan, Oxford High School, Supreme Locations: Michigan, U.S

☆ Read Your Way Through Maine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Lily King | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Read Your Way Around the World is a series exploring the globe through books. Maine is where you send a character you want to get rid of, someone who goes off to raise goats, farm oysters, prep for the apocalypse — or write a novel. I was in my mid-20s, waitressing on an island off the coast of Rockland, Maine, when the actor William Hurt — ultrafamous, at the height of his career — sat down in my section. Our shoreline is vast, over 3,000 miles of it, with hundreds of peninsulas and more than 4,000 islands. But Maine is not all coast.

Persons: William Hurt —, —, I’d, He’d Locations: Maine, California, Union, Rockland , Maine, Massachusetts

☆ Opinion: ‘Oppenheimer’ is a different kind of movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Bottom lines are important, especially when billions are at stake, as well as the future of an entire industry. US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often referred to as "the father of the atomic bomb." At once skittish and coy, self-effacing and self-aggrandizing, owlish and sexy, Murphy’s Oppenheimer is, at times, his own kind of super-powered being. A moviegoer unfamiliar with the particulars of the history here might be forgiven for wondering whether Murphy’s Oppenheimer is Obi-Wan Kenobi or Darth Vader. “Robert Oppenheimer can touch us still,” Kempton wrote, “because he was one of the few of those who have lived with the illusion of being history’s conqueror and the fact of being its victim.”I’m there for it.

Persons: Gene Seymour, Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman, “ Oppenheimer, ”, “ Oppenheimer ”, —, J, Robert Oppenheimer, Murray Kempton, “, “ Michael Corleone ”, Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan, diffidence, skittish, Murphy’s Oppenheimer, Obi, Wan, Darth Vader, Nolan, that’s, they’ll, “ Robert Oppenheimer, ” Kempton Organizations: The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment, The Washington, Twitter, CNN, Los Alamos Laboratory, Universal, coy, Manhattan Locations: Manhattan, New Mexico, Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Kelly Hanna’s leg was amputated on a summer day in 2020, after a Michigan doctor who called himself the “leg saver” had damaged her arteries by snaking metal wires through them to clear away plaque. Her podiatrist referred Ms. Hanna to Dr. Jihad Mustapha. Over 18 months, he performed at least that many artery-opening procedures on Ms. Hanna’s legs, telling her they would improve blood flow and prevent amputations. They didn’t — for Ms. Hanna or many of his other patients. An insurance company told state authorities that 45 people had lost limbs after treatment at his clinics in the past four years.

Persons: Kelly Hanna’s, Hanna, Dr, Jihad Mustapha, —, Mustapha Organizations: Surgeons, The New York Times Locations: Michigan

☆ Women’s World Cup: Plane carrying Brazil team to Australia for tournament emblazoned with tribute to Iran protesters
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The plane carrying Brazil’s Women’s World Cup squad arrived in Australia for the 2023 tournament emblazoned with a tribute to Iranian human rights protestors. “CBF chartered the private plane, whose messages are the responsibility of the aircraft owner,” the CBF said. “It was not an institutional message.” CNN has reached out to the CBF and world governing body FIFA for comment. Brazil is in Group F for the 2023 Women’s World Cup alongside France, Jamaica and Panama. Last week, world soccer governing body FIFA announced that captains of teams of Women’s World Cup teams would be allowed to wear an armband around eight different social causes, including gender equality, inclusion and peace.

Persons: Amir Nasr, Mahsa Amini, ”, Enrique Piñeyro, Nasr, Azadani, Asadullah Jafari, Baghi Organizations: CNN, Sydney Morning Herald, Brazilian Football Confederation, CBF, ” CNN, FIFA, SBS, Nationwide, France Locations: Australia, Brisbane, Iran, Argentine, Isfahan, Brazil, Jamaica, Panama, Adelaide

The last time a U.S. Treasury secretary visited China, Washington and Beijing were locked in a trade war, the Trump administration was preparing to label China a currency manipulator, and fraying relations between the two countries were roiling global markets. Treasury Department officials have downplayed expectations for major breakthroughs on Ms. Yellen’s four-day trip, which begins when she arrives in Beijing on Thursday. They suggest instead that her meetings with senior Chinese officials are intended to improve communication between the world’s two largest economies. But tensions between United States and China remain high, and conversations between Ms. Yellen and her counterparts are likely to be difficult. She met in Washington with Xie Feng, China’s ambassador, on Monday, and the two officials had a “frank and productive discussion,” according the Treasury.

Persons: Trump, Janet L, Yellen, Donald J, Biden, Yellen’s, Xie Feng Organizations: Treasury, Biden, Treasury Department Locations: U.S, China, Washington, Beijing, United States

☆ The Wagner revolt made everyday Russians start to question Putin's mission in Ukraine, Russian blogger says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ordinary Russians are starting to question the war in Ukraine, a Russian blogger told Insider. For the majority of typical Russian citizens, the Wagner uprising came as a "huge shock," Konstantinova told Insider. "You say we go to denazify Ukraine; you say they are our enemies," she said of Russia's leaders. On the surface, life has changed very little for most Russians since their country went to war, Konstantinova said. Konstantinova traveled to Mariupol with several other Russian citizens in December of last year, delivering electric heaters to Ukrainian citizens still living in the decimated and frozen city.

Persons: Wagner, Natalia Konstantinova, —, Vladimir Putin, Konstantinova, Chaos, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Putin, she's, festering, aren't, Natasha, it's Organizations: Service, Kyiv, Group, Kremlin Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Moscow, Belarus, Ukrainian, Mariupol, Rostov

☆ Analysis: Why Prigozhin's short-lived Russian rebellion failed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

When he packed up his tanks and pulled out of the Russian military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don on Saturday, well-wishers rushed up to say thank you. For weeks, months even, he’d been arguing Russia’s war in Ukraine was being badly and unnecessary fought by an elite who couldn’t care less how many Russian lives were lost. Prigozhin claimed his troops were being starved of ammunition by another of Putin’s trusted inner circle, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. What the Russian public was hearing from Prigozhin, about how badly the war was going, was dangerous for Putin. Prigozhin's actions followed months of feuding with Russia's military top brass.

Persons: CNN — Wagner, Yevegeny Prigozhin, he’d, Putin, Prigozhin, Sergey Shoigu, Wagner, Shoigu, boss’s, Mikhail Mizintsev, Sergey Surovkin, ” Prigozhin, Alexander Ermochenko, Reuters Wagner, Don, Roman Romokhov, Ramzan Kadyrov, “, ” Kadyrov, Kadyrov, ”, kingmakers, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko Organizations: CNN, Moscow, Don, Russia’s, Kremlin, Army, Reuters, Getty, Wagner PMC, Shoigu, Ministry of Defense Locations: Rostov, Ukraine, Africa, Russian, Kremlin, Moscow, AFP, Belarus, Russia, Mali, Central African Republic, Sudan, Libya

☆ Biden set to host Rishi Sunak for British PM’s first White House visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Stability in 10 Downing Street has allowed for better coordination on Ukraine, according to officials, and helped resolve a festering dispute over Northern Ireland trade rules. Ahead of the visit, Sunak cast his economic objectives as directly linked to the security agenda. When Biden met Sunak in San Diego earlier this year, he made reference to the condo the Stanford MBA graduate maintains in California. Yet that meeting was only a brief chat over tea; Biden spent most of his visit to Ireland exploring his ancestral roots. Sunak has been lobbying for the British defense secretary Ben Wallace, but other candidates are also thought to be under consideration.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Joe Biden, Sunak’s, Sunak, ”, He’s, “, Donald Trump, Biden, ” Biden, Few, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, George W, Bush, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, David Cameron, bro ”, Biden’s, Thatcher, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace Organizations: CNN, United, Prime, Sky News, US, Russia, Britain, British, EU, Stanford, European Union, Group, White House, Biden, Northern Ireland, Downing Locations: Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Russia, Nova, Thursday’s, Washington, Ukraine’s Kherson, Europe, Silicon Valley, lockstep, London, San Diego, California, Britain, Japan, Belfast, Northern, Ireland

☆ Lebanese Christian and opposition coalition nominate IMF's Azour for president
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT, June 4 (Reuters) - Lebanon's disparate opposition, independent and main Christian parties said on Sunday they had nominated IMF official Jihad Azour for the presidency in a challenge to Hezbollah-backed candidate Suleiman Franjieh. A meeting of the parties endorsed the nomination of Azour, currently director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund and also a former Lebanese finance minister. Pro-Iranian Hezbollah, the country's main armed political force, and its Shi'ite ally Amal, had backed Franjieh, 56, heir of an old Lebanese Christian political dynasty and an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with strong ties to the ruling political establishment in Damascus. "This new candidate that was announced is for us a candidate for confrontation," Hezbollah deputy Hassan Fadlallah said on Sunday, without naming Azour. Washington has warned that the administration was considering sanctions on Lebanese officials for their continued obstruction of the election of a new president and warned the paralysis could only worsen the country's crisis.

Persons: Azour, Suleiman Franjieh, Michel Aoun's, Amal, Bashar al, Assad, Michel Mouawad, Lebanon's, Beshara al, Rai, “, Hassan Fadlallah, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Maya Geibeily, David Holmes Organizations: Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund, Hezbollah, Lebanese Christian, Maronite, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, East, Lebanese, Lebanon, Damascus, Azour, Syria, Iran, Arab, Washington

☆ China's youth unemployment hits a record high, deepening its economic scars
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In this article GSBDGS Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTChina's young face the prospect of dimmer economic gains amid record youth unemployment in the world's second-largest economy. "The expansion of college education in the late 1990s created this huge influx of college graduates, but there is a misalignment between demand and supply of high skilled workers. "Increasingly, college graduates are taking up positions that are not commensurate with their training and credentials to avoid unemployment," Lu told CNBC. China's young face the prospect of dimmer economic gains amid record youth unemployment in the world's second-largest economy. "But the plan was for China's economy to transform from labor-intensive industry to more technological, with a strong service-oriented, knowledge economy," Yeung added.

☆ China doesn't really care who wins the war in Ukraine — it just wants to win the peace, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

There's little doubt that China wants the war between Russia and Ukraine to end, and soon. Political analysts and China watchers note that, ultimately, Beijing doesn't really care who "wins" the war — or what form a peace deal takes. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via phone line, in Kyiv on April 26, 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023. Any peace will be hard-wonNo-one is underestimating the challenges any would-be peace broker has before them.

☆ The Forces Behind South Korea’s and Japan’s Thaw
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Choe Sang-Hun | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For years, the forces driving South Korea and Japan apart, deeply rooted in bitter history, had seemed too strong to overcome despite repeated efforts and the urging of their mutual ally, the United States. South Koreans say Japan never properly apologized or atoned for its brutal colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. To the Japanese, South Korea has often been an untrustworthy neighbor that has broken several promises, including treaty agreements that were designed to salve historical wounds. But the advent of two new administrations in the neighboring countries — President Yoon Suk Yeol in South Korea, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Japan — has led to a rapid thawing of relations. In April, South Korea restored Japan’s status as a preferred trading partner, prompting Tokyo to start the process of restoring the same status for South Korea.

☆ Amid ongoing Lebanese stalemate, France renews sanctions threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Foreign states have historically played a part in determining the presidency's fate in a country that has been a theatre for international rivalries. Two diplomats aware of the talks said Paris had brought up the issue of imposing EU sanctions targeting Lebanese leaders, although they cautioned the idea did not seem to be top of the agenda. "We call on the Lebanese authorities, Lebanese leaders, all the political leaders to get out of this constitutional impasse," foreign ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre told reporters in a daily briefing. The European Union adopted a legal framework for a sanctions regime targeting Lebanese individuals and entities in 2021 in an attempt to put pressure on the Lebanese, but it has not used it and the political and economic crisis has worsened. "We are currently examining the situation to see how we can work on these consequences," she said.

☆ Taiwan to allow more China flights in show of goodwill
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAIPEI, March 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's government said on Thursday it would allow the resumption of more direct flights to China that had been stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a show of political goodwill to Beijing despite festering military tensions. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, currently allows direct flights to only four Chinese cities - Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Xiamen - but before the pandemic multiple Chinese cities were connected to the island. China has been pressing Taiwan to resume the flights, urging against using the pandemic as an excuse for further delay. "We also hope to build on the foundation of these resumed flights to gradually increase the exchange of goodwill gestures and cooperative interactions by both sides." Taiwan and China began regular direct flights to each other in 2009, after beginning charter flights in 2003.

☆ China's defence spending increases have been 'reasonable' - parliament spokesman
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China's defence spending as a share of gross domestic product has been kept basically stable for many years, with the increases "moderate" and "reasonable", the spokesman of the country's parliament said on Saturday. "The modernisation of China's military will not pose a threat to any country," Wang Chao, spokesman for the National People's Congress, told reporters. Wang was asked at a news conference by how much China's defence budget would increase this year, and whether any increase would be larger than in previous years. The spending figure will be officially unveiled in the national budget to be released on Sunday at the start of this year's annual meeting of parliament. China staged war games near Taiwan in August to express anger at the visit to Taipei of then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

☆ Myanmar military has caused 'perpetual human rights crisis', UN report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating "a perpetual human rights crisis" in the southeast Asian country and called for an immediate end to violence there. "The military, emboldened by continuous and absolute impunity, has consistently shown disregard for international obligations and principles," the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said in a statement. James Rodehaver, chief of the U.N. Human Rights Office's Myanmar team, said that armed clashes were occurring in about 77% of the country. In its recommendations, the report called on authorities in Myanmar to end the violence and stop persecuting opponents. "Military operations must stop to provide room for dialogue that could end this crisis," the report said.

☆ Factbox: What to look for as China kicks off its annual session of parliament
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( Laurie Chen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Besides meeting annually to deliberate legislation and appoint government personnel, it oversees the State Council, China's cabinet. Its top body, the roughly 170-member NPC Standing Committee, meets more frequently to pass legislation. The Standing Committee also has the power to amend semiautonomous Hong Kong's mini-constitution, known as the Basic Law. The NPC will also appoint top government positions including vice president, NPC chair, vice premiers, state councillors, head of the Supreme Court and ministers. China will announce its central and local government budgets, military spending budget and economic growth target on the opening day of the NPC.

☆ Hong Kong's Lee faces stern test over $3.4 bln bid to ease housing shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Clare Jim | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Hong Kong is notorious for its number of subdivided flats, estimated at 110,000 units at a median area of 124 square feet, smaller than a parking space. The government said the Light Public Housing would help tenants of sub-divided flats, as the rent would be HK$780 to HK$2,650 per month, significantly below the current median of HK$5,000 rent for subdivided flats. "Many people said Hong Kong is an international city, but its living environment is not ideal," Eric Chan, the city's No.2 official, told reporters this week. "Is the government trying to achieve the task (of increasing public housing) at any cost of public money?" ($1 = 7.8490 Hong Kong dollars)Reporting by Clare Jim; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree & Shri NavaratnamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

LONDON/HONG KONG, Jan 30 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Renault (RENA.PA) and Nissan (7201.T) have helped their 24-year alliance move forward after four years of stalemate. The deal marks the end of the French group’s domination of its Japanese partner, and addresses festering governance issues. The voting rights of the Nissan shares transferred to the trust will be "neutralised" for most decisions, the statement said. Renault shares fell 2.7% to 37.16 euros, as of 0837 GMT. Nissan shares were largely unchanged at 453.9 yen.

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