The United States men’s basketball team lost its first Olympic game since 2004 on Sunday morning. Despite taking an eight-point lead into the locker room at the half, the U.S. was ice cold out of the break, opening a door for the French to pick up an 83-76 win that will invariably bring up questions about whether the Americans will be able to pull off a four-peat.
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7/25/21
4/13/21
Afghanistan: Biden says US to leave Afghanistan on September 11 after a 20 year war against the Taliban the US did not win
US President Joe Biden is set to announce the withdrawal of all US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, an official told reporters on condition of anonymity on Tuesday.
The symbolic date, 20 years to the day of the historic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, will end the longest war in the US history.
Read more at: Biden says US to leave Afghanistan on September 11 | News | DW | 13.04.2021
The symbolic date, 20 years to the day of the historic terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, will end the longest war in the US history.
Read more at: Biden says US to leave Afghanistan on September 11 | News | DW | 13.04.2021
7/13/20
Suriname Elects a New President, Ending Desi Bouterse’s Long Rule - by Anatoly Kurmanaev and Harmen Boerboom
Suriname elected a new president on Monday, ending the long rule of Desi Bouterse, who dominated the small South American nation’s politics since its independence through intimidation and charisma.
The president, Chan Santokhi, a 61-year-old former police chief and leader of the opposition, was elected to the office by Suriname’s Congress following a landslide opposition victory in the May general elections.
In handing Mr. Santokhi a victory, the Surinamese punished Mr. Bouterse, a former military dictator turned populist champion, for a disastrous economic crisis and the widespread corruption in his government.
Note EU Digest: Finally Desi Bouterse, who dominated the small South American nation’s politics since its independence in 1975 from the Netherlands, at first by a coupe d'etat, where he ruled as a dictator, and later, as a populist president, is President no more .
Note EU Digest: Finally Desi Bouterse, who dominated the small South American nation’s politics since its independence in 1975 from the Netherlands, at first by a coupe d'etat, where he ruled as a dictator, and later, as a populist president, is President no more .
On June 2017, during a military court case, the prosecutor Roy Elgrin read his conclusions, and demanded a 20-year prison sentence for the main suspect Desi Bouterse. for the murder of 15 prominent young Surinamese men on 7, 8, and 9 December 1982, who had criticized the military dictatorship of Bouterse then ruling Suriname. The cruel killing became known as the "December murders" "Dutch: December moorden) Bouterse his lawyer has deposited an appeal. Final ruling is pending.
In memoriam - December - Massacre
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Cyrill Daal, union leade
Kenneth Gonçalves, lawyer
Eddy Hoost, lawyer
André Kamperveen, journalist and businessman
Gerard Leckie, university teacher
Sugrim Oemrawsingh, scientist
Lesley Rahman, journalist
Surendre Rambocus, military
Harold Riedewald, lawyer
Jiwansingh Sheombar, military
Jozef Slagveer, journalist
Robby Sohansingh, businessman
Frank Wijngaarde, journalist (with Dutch citizenship)
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Suriname Elects a New President, Ending Bouterse’s Long Rule - The New York Times
3/23/20
USA: Coronavirus puts a spotlight on the moral compass of America
No country has invested as heavily as the U.S. in the idea of itself as a land where freedom to pursue opportunity is paramount. But in a time of crisis, that creed can stray into the desperate territory of "every man for himself," writes Keith Boag.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/keith-boag-coronavirus-moral-character-1.5505963
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12/22/19
EU Foreign Policy: Has Europe's foreign policy lost relevance? - by Koert Debeuf
Last weekend (14-15 December) the Doha Forum took place in, well, Doha,
the capital of Qatar. The Gulf is in the middle of international
politics for many reason
Since 2015 a devastating war has been going on in Yemen, where udi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are fighting the Houthi rebels, who are supported by Iran.
Has Europe's foreign policy lost relevance?
Since 2015 a devastating war has been going on in Yemen, where udi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are fighting the Houthi rebels, who are supported by Iran.
Has Europe's foreign policy lost relevance?
11/7/19
9/3/19
Britain: Boris Johnson loses parliamentary majority after Philli0p Lee defects to Lib Dems
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8/2/19
Britain: Boris Johnson's Commons majority cut to one as Conservatives lose Welsh seat to Liberal Democrats
Britain's new Prime-Minister Boris Johnson suffered the first serious
blow to his leadership on Thursday when his ruling Conservative Party
lost a seat in Wales, cutting its working majority in parliament to just
one.
The seat in Brecon and Radnorshire was won by Jane Dodds, the candidate for the Liberal Democrats, who overturned a majority of more than 8,000 votes to beat Conservative Chris Davies.
The by-election was triggered when 19% of voters signed a recall petition after Davies was convicted over a false expenses claim.
In her acceptance speech, Dodds said her "victory must be a turning point not just for our communities here in Brecon and Radnorshire but for the whole country too."
"My very first act as your MP when I arrive in Westminster will be to find Boris Johnson, wherever he's hiding and tell him loud and clear: stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no-deal Brexit now," she also said.
Davies came in second with the Brexit Party helmed by Nigel Farage securing the third place. The main opposition labour party, meanwhile, finished fourth.
Several smaller parties including Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Independent Group for Change had decided not to field candidates in order not to split the Remain vote.
Adam Price, leader of Plaid Cymru, said on Twitter on Friday morning that "the single most important thing in this byelection was to put party politics aside, and deliver a pro-Remain MP" and called for People's Vote — or second referendum on Brexit.
"But if Boris Johnson is intent on a general election, he should know that Plaid Cymru and the other pro-Remain parties are committed to cooperating so that we can beat Brexit once and for all," he also wrote.
For Boris Johnson, who stormed to the Prime Ministership in a Conservative leadership contest last week, the election was a first electoral test and ultimately a blow.
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The seat in Brecon and Radnorshire was won by Jane Dodds, the candidate for the Liberal Democrats, who overturned a majority of more than 8,000 votes to beat Conservative Chris Davies.
The by-election was triggered when 19% of voters signed a recall petition after Davies was convicted over a false expenses claim.
In her acceptance speech, Dodds said her "victory must be a turning point not just for our communities here in Brecon and Radnorshire but for the whole country too."
"My very first act as your MP when I arrive in Westminster will be to find Boris Johnson, wherever he's hiding and tell him loud and clear: stop playing with the future of our communities and rule out a no-deal Brexit now," she also said.
Davies came in second with the Brexit Party helmed by Nigel Farage securing the third place. The main opposition labour party, meanwhile, finished fourth.
Several smaller parties including Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Independent Group for Change had decided not to field candidates in order not to split the Remain vote.
Adam Price, leader of Plaid Cymru, said on Twitter on Friday morning that "the single most important thing in this byelection was to put party politics aside, and deliver a pro-Remain MP" and called for People's Vote — or second referendum on Brexit.
"But if Boris Johnson is intent on a general election, he should know that Plaid Cymru and the other pro-Remain parties are committed to cooperating so that we can beat Brexit once and for all," he also wrote.
For Boris Johnson, who stormed to the Prime Ministership in a Conservative leadership contest last week, the election was a first electoral test and ultimately a blow.
Read More at: Boris Johnson's Commons majority cut to one as Conservatives lose Welsh seat to Liberal Democrats | Euronews
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4/2/19
Turkey: Turkish democracy (seems) to be alive and well
Via Euronews: Turkish democracy is alive and well. And could teach Europe a thing or two
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