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Mr. Trump’s position on a two-state solution discarded a policy that has underpinned America’s role in Middle East peacemaking since the Clinton administration and raised a host of thorny questions. Continue reading the main story The Palestinians are highly unlikely to accept anything short of a sovereign state, and a single Israeli state encompassing the Palestinians would either leave them as second-class citizens or would no longer […]

Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Nigel Farage made a brief speech in European Parliament on Monday in which he stated:   “Chatham House, the reputable group, published a massive survey from 10 European states, and only 20% of people want immigration from Muslim countries to continue.” Here is the Chatham House poll referenced by Farage: What Do Europeans Think About Muslim Immigration? Chatham House Poll In […]

BEIRUT Syrian Islamist fighters have executed scores of insurgents in the west of the country in an increasingly bloody battle between different militant groups, the SITE Intelligence Group said. An offshoot of the Jund al-Aqsa group killed more than 150 members of rebel factions in the village of Khan Sheikhoun in southern Idlib province, the U.S.-based monitoring service reported on Wednesday. Dozens of those executed were members […]

LONDON The head of Britain’s Supreme Court has accused politicians of not doing enough to protect the independence of the judicial system when judges came in for harsh criticism from pro-Brexit newspapers last year. England’s High Court triggered an angry response from some newspapers in November when it ruled that the decision to begin Britain’s formal divorce talks with the European Union had to be approved by […]

By Lisa Baertlein and Paul Ingram | NOGALES, Arizona NOGALES, Arizona For up to 16 hours a day, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and mangoes grown in Mexico flow north through a border checkpoint into Nogales, Arizona, helping to ensure a year-round supply of fresh produce across the United States. This is a city built on cross-border trade. Each year, some 330,000 trucks and 75,000 train cars carrying $17 […]

New Zealand telecommunications provider Spark has announced its financial results for the first half of FY17, reporting earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) of NZ$471 million, up 3.5 percent. Revenue was up by 4.1 percent, to NZ$1.79 billion, while earnings after tax amounted to NZ$178 million, up 12.7 percent. Capex increased by 3.7 percent for a total of NZ$224 million, and opex was up by […]

Engineering researchers have developed the first stretchable integrated circuit that is made entirely using an inkjet printer, raising the possibility of inexpensive mass production of smart fabric. (via WSJ)

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SYDNEY Australia’s Catholic Church has paid A$276 million ($213 million) in compensation to thousands of child abuse victims since 1980, a government inquiry heard on Thursday — the first time the total compensation paid by the church’s schools, orphanages and residences has been revealed. A report at a royal commission into institutional abuse said 3,066 victims had received some form of compensation from a Catholic body in […]

By Joyce Lee and Hyunjoo Jin | SEOUL SEOUL A South Korean judge questioned Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee and another executive behind closed doors on Thursday to decide whether they should be arrested over their roles in a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye. Dozens of protesters surrounded by riot police met Lee, 48, who was wearing a dark coat and navy tie […]

February 16, 2017 by: Bryan Harris in Seoul and Jeevan Vasagar in Kuala Lumpur Police in Malaysia have arrested a second woman as they hunt for suspects over the murder of the brother of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. A 25-year-old woman holding an Indonesian passport was apprehended early on Thursday morning on the basis of identification from CCTV footage, the police said in a […]

Photo President Trump and Prim Minister Netanyahu entering the White House on Wednesday. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times President Trump came forward with a nonsensical statement on Wednesday as he dangerously backed away from the two-state solution, which has been central to America’s Mideast policy for more than 20 years and remains the only just answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “So, I’m looking at two-state and […]

YANGON Myanmar’s military has ended a clearance operation in the country’s troubled Rakhine State, government officials said, ending a four-month sweep that the United Nations said may amount to crimes against humanity and possibly ethnic cleansing. The security operation had been under way since nine policemen were killed in attacks on security posts near the Bangladesh border on October 9. Almost 69,000 Rohingyas have since fled from […]

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has detained a second woman suspected in the apparent assassination of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, state news agency Bernama reported on Thursday, citing the inspector general of police. The other woman being held in connection with the slaying of Kim Jong Nam was due to be brought to a Kuala Lumpur court on Thursday. Police had said they […]

Details have been revealed about plans to build the first Legoland Hotel in the Middle East in Dubai. DXB Entertainments, a Dubai-based company, and Merlin Entertainments Group, one of the world’s biggest theme park and attraction operators, will open the hotel at Dubai Parks and Resorts.  Every room in the first Legoland Hotel in the Middle East and the seventh to open worldwide will have Lego models […]

Japan External Trade Organization highlights health benefits of Japanese diet and the use of authentic Japanese ingredients in World Cuisine at Food Tasting Seminar US$ 51 million worth of Japanese food and beverage exports to the UAE in 2016 Japanese diet considered one of the healthiest in the world Participating in Gulfood 2017 for the fourth consecutive year with over 40 Japanese food companies supports efforts in […]

BERLIN No country can solve the world’s problems on its own and governments can achieve more for their nations if they work together closely, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. Germany holds the presidency of the G20 leading economies this year, a platform Merkel wants to use to safeguard multilateral cooperation after U.S. President Donald Trump questioned international alliances and obligations and insisted on putting “America […]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. Boeing Co defeated a union drive by workers at the company’s aircraft factory in South Carolina on Wednesday, as workers voted to reject union representation. The secret ballot vote, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) at polling locations throughout the North Charleston plant, was the first for Boeing and a high-profile test for organized labor in the nation’s most strongly anti-union state. […]

About 10 years have passed since Google’s stalwart engineers started creating a system that, in all reality, defeats the conventional logic of database services. It’s now named Cloud Spanner, and it’s the first global database — an information storage system spanning millions of machines across data centers placed all throughout the world, which Google itself has long used to maintain proprietary services like Gmail, Google Photos and […]

ABU DHABI // Seven insect species have been reported in the UAE for the first time by a university researcher. Huw Roberts was studying a group of small insects in the Jebel Hafeet area of Al Ain, discovering lacewing insects which have only been sighted in Saudi Arabia. The find adds to a surge of discoveries disproving notions of a lack of biodiversity. In fact, scientists are […]

The Syrian civil war has left nearly half a million people dead, displaced millions more, and turned its largest city, Aleppo, into an open-air slaughterhouse. The war is destroying antiquity too. For just under a year, from May 2015 to March 2016, the so-called Islamic State held control of the ancient central city of Palmyra, a boomtown that became a Roman colony in the 3rd century A.D. […]

China ended a six-month streak disposing of its US Treasury holdings in December, adding to its position for the first time since last May as the country’s central bank seeks to manage capital flight. The country, which ceded its status as the world’s largest owner of haven Treasuries in October to Japan, added $9.1bn of US sovereign debt to its reserves in the final month of 2016, […]

SEOUL Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee appeared at South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office on Thursday before a court hearing that will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant over his role in a corruption scandal that has engulfed President Park Geun-hye. South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday it had expanded charges against Lee to include hiding the proceeds of a criminal act, as well […]

By Sarah N. Lynch | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON In a blow to President Donald Trump as he tries to assemble his administration, his nominee for labour secretary, Andrew Puzder, withdrew his name from consideration on Wednesday amid concerns that he could not garner enough Senate votes to be confirmed. Puzder’s decision to withdraw is yet another setback this week for a White House still grappling with fallout from […]

By Phil Stewart and Robin Emmott | BRUSSELS BRUSSELS U.S. President Donald Trump’s defence secretary warned NATO allies on Wednesday that they must honour military spending pledges to ensure the United States does not “moderate” support for the alliance. Jim Mattis, on his debut trip to Brussels as Pentagon chief, also accused some NATO members of ignoring threats, including from Russia. “America cannot care more for your […]

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