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Iran bans 1,300 imports as protesters, police clash over currency weakness
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-economy/iran-bans-1300-imports-as-protesters-police-clash-over-currency-weakness-idUSKBN1JL1XT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is banning imports of over 1,300 products, preparing its economy to resist threatened U.S. sanctions, amid rare public protests against the plunge of its currency to record lows.
Police patrolled Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Monday as security forces struggled to restore normality after clashes with protesters angered by the rial’s collapse, which is disrupting business by driving up the cost of imports, witnesses said.
Traders from the bazaar, whose merchants supported Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, told Reuters by telephone that most shops remained closed.
Industries and trade minister Mohammad Shariatmadari slapped the import ban on 1,339 goods that could instead be produced within the country, Iran’s Financial Tribune newspaper reported on Monday, quoting an official document.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-economy/iran-bans-1300-imports-as-protesters-police-clash-over-currency-weakness-idUSKBN1JL1XT
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is banning imports of over 1,300 products, preparing its economy to resist threatened U.S. sanctions, amid rare public protests against the plunge of its currency to record lows.
Police patrolled Tehran’s Grand Bazaar on Monday as security forces struggled to restore normality after clashes with protesters angered by the rial’s collapse, which is disrupting business by driving up the cost of imports, witnesses said.
Traders from the bazaar, whose merchants supported Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, told Reuters by telephone that most shops remained closed.
Industries and trade minister Mohammad Shariatmadari slapped the import ban on 1,339 goods that could instead be produced within the country, Iran’s Financial Tribune newspaper reported on Monday, quoting an official document.
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Illegal immigrant parents not facing U.S. prosecution for now
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/illegal-immigrant-parents-not-facing-u-s-prosecution-for-now-idUSKBN1JL1DS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents who cross illegally from Mexico to the United States with their children will not face prosecution for the time being because the government is running short of space to house them, officials said on Monday.
President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally but its policy of separating immigrant children from parents met fierce international criticism so it is now trying to keep detained families together while the parents await trial.
That has created logistics problems of how to house those families, and the Customs and Border Protection agency is now not referring new cases for prosecution, CBP officials said.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the administration was not dropping its policy of “zero-tolerance” of illegal immigration but it needed a “temporary solution” until it can house migrant families.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration/illegal-immigrant-parents-not-facing-u-s-prosecution-for-now-idUSKBN1JL1DS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parents who cross illegally from Mexico to the United States with their children will not face prosecution for the time being because the government is running short of space to house them, officials said on Monday.
President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed to prosecute all adults who cross the border illegally but its policy of separating immigrant children from parents met fierce international criticism so it is now trying to keep detained families together while the parents await trial.
That has created logistics problems of how to house those families, and the Customs and Border Protection agency is now not referring new cases for prosecution, CBP officials said.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the administration was not dropping its policy of “zero-tolerance” of illegal immigration but it needed a “temporary solution” until it can house migrant families.
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Nicaragua: Violence flares as Daniel Ortega's government and opposition resume talks
http://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-violence-flares-as-daniel-ortegas-government-and-opposition-resume-talks/a-44395828
Representatives from the embattled government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance opposition resumed talks Monday, one week after they had been suspended. The day ended without a resolution.
The fresh round of dialogue, moderated by the country's influential Catholic bishops, is aimed at stemming the violence that has engulfed the Central American nation over the past two months. However, as the parties met in the capital Managua, violence was reported in numerous Nicaraguan cities, resulting in unconfirmed deaths.
According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), at least 218 people have died and more than 1,300 have been injured since mid-April in a conflict that began as a protest to proposed state reforms and morphed into a challenge over Ortega's increasing consolidation of power and growing government repression.
A government-backed commission places the number of deaths at 173.
http://www.dw.com/en/nicaragua-violence-flares-as-daniel-ortegas-government-and-opposition-resume-talks/a-44395828
Representatives from the embattled government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance opposition resumed talks Monday, one week after they had been suspended. The day ended without a resolution.
The fresh round of dialogue, moderated by the country's influential Catholic bishops, is aimed at stemming the violence that has engulfed the Central American nation over the past two months. However, as the parties met in the capital Managua, violence was reported in numerous Nicaraguan cities, resulting in unconfirmed deaths.
According to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), at least 218 people have died and more than 1,300 have been injured since mid-April in a conflict that began as a protest to proposed state reforms and morphed into a challenge over Ortega's increasing consolidation of power and growing government repression.
A government-backed commission places the number of deaths at 173.
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Mexican leftist consolidates presidency vote lead: poll
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-election-poll/mexican-leftist-consolidates-presidency-vote-lead-poll-idUSKBN1JL005
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has consolidated his commanding lead over rivals in the race to become Mexico’s next president with just a week to go, a voter survey by polling firm Consulta Mitofsky showed on Sunday.
The opinion poll showed Lopez Obrador, a former mayor of Mexico City, with support of 37.7 percent of voters, up 0.5 percentage points from a survey earlier this month.
Backing for his closest rival, Ricardo Anaya, who fronts a right-left coalition, inched down to 20.0 percent from 20.3 percent in the previous month, according to the nationwide poll of 1,000 voters from June 16-19.
基本上都係由AMLO一路領先，冇咩分別。佢勝出對NAFTA的談判會有大影響
John Oliver上星期日有個section講墨西哥大選可以睇吓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hahRWhFvg
Bloomberg: Mexican Election Coverage
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-mexican-election/
Al Jazeera的Summary
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/mexico-elections-important-180330081303766.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-election-poll/mexican-leftist-consolidates-presidency-vote-lead-poll-idUSKBN1JL005
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has consolidated his commanding lead over rivals in the race to become Mexico’s next president with just a week to go, a voter survey by polling firm Consulta Mitofsky showed on Sunday.
The opinion poll showed Lopez Obrador, a former mayor of Mexico City, with support of 37.7 percent of voters, up 0.5 percentage points from a survey earlier this month.
Backing for his closest rival, Ricardo Anaya, who fronts a right-left coalition, inched down to 20.0 percent from 20.3 percent in the previous month, according to the nationwide poll of 1,000 voters from June 16-19.
基本上都係由AMLO一路領先，冇咩分別。佢勝出對NAFTA的談判會有大影響
John Oliver上星期日有個section講墨西哥大選可以睇吓
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-hahRWhFvg
Bloomberg: Mexican Election Coverage
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-mexican-election/
Al Jazeera的Summary
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/mexico-elections-important-180330081303766.html
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另外，墨西哥大選比較痴線的係好多政治家被殺
As Mexico’s election day approaches, over 100 politicians have been brutally murdered
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/14/17463474/mexico-election-murder-politicians-presidential-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador
Mexico’s election season is underway — and dozens of candidates have been brutally killed by unknown assailants in an apparent attempt to control the country’s political future.
Since September, 113 politicians, including 43 candidates running for office, have been killed, according to Etellekt, a Mexican political consulting agency. And earlier this month, three female political candidates were shot dead in just 24 hours.
But since the violence began in September, hundreds of candidates have pulled out of races out of fear of being targeted. The uptick in violence indicates how risky it is to run for public office in a country known for its endemic corruption and high rate of crime. And it shows no sign of abating.
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As Mexico’s election day approaches, over 100 politicians have been brutally murdered
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/14/17463474/mexico-election-murder-politicians-presidential-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador
Mexico’s election season is underway — and dozens of candidates have been brutally killed by unknown assailants in an apparent attempt to control the country’s political future.
Since September, 113 politicians, including 43 candidates running for office, have been killed, according to Etellekt, a Mexican political consulting agency. And earlier this month, three female political candidates were shot dead in just 24 hours.
But since the violence began in September, hundreds of candidates have pulled out of races out of fear of being targeted. The uptick in violence indicates how risky it is to run for public office in a country known for its endemic corruption and high rate of crime. And it shows no sign of abating.
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Macedonian president refuses to sign law on country's name change
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macedonia-greece-name/macedonian-president-refuses-to-sign-law-on-countrys-name-change-idUSKBN1JM0W2?il=0
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov refused on Tuesday to sign an agreement on changing the name of the Former Yugoslav republic, saying it violated the constitution.
In a statement quoted by the state-run agency MIA, Ivanov said he had “no mandate to sign the agreement”.
This month the foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia agreed to rename the tiny ex-Yugoslav republic the “Republic of North Macedonia.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-macedonia-greece-name/macedonian-president-refuses-to-sign-law-on-countrys-name-change-idUSKBN1JM0W2?il=0
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Macedonia’s President Gjorge Ivanov refused on Tuesday to sign an agreement on changing the name of the Former Yugoslav republic, saying it violated the constitution.
In a statement quoted by the state-run agency MIA, Ivanov said he had “no mandate to sign the agreement”.
This month the foreign ministers of Greece and Macedonia agreed to rename the tiny ex-Yugoslav republic the “Republic of North Macedonia.”
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Macron’s En Marche, Spain’s Ciudadanos working on joint 2019 platform
https://www.politico.eu/article/macrons-en-marche-spains-ciudadanos-working-on-joint-2019-platform/
French President Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche is working on an election platform with other like-minded parties, including Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos, to forge a large, “progressive” force for the 2019 European Parliament election.
The effort was announced Monday at a meeting in Madrid between Christophe Castaner, En Marche’s chief executive, and José Manuel Villegas, general secretary of Ciudadanos.
An official from En Marche said that the platform, which is “in the process of being drafted,” is a “set of commitments which any progressive parties in Europe will converge on.”
Castaner, who also met Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera, has been discussing the proposals with other EU politicians during a tour of Europe that began last week in Rome and included Italy’s former center-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Sandro Gozi, a former EU affairs minister. Castaner has other visits planned for this summer, but the En Marche official declined to say where he would be going. “We want to do in Europe what Macron did in France,” the official said.
https://www.politico.eu/article/macrons-en-marche-spains-ciudadanos-working-on-joint-2019-platform/
French President Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche is working on an election platform with other like-minded parties, including Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos, to forge a large, “progressive” force for the 2019 European Parliament election.
The effort was announced Monday at a meeting in Madrid between Christophe Castaner, En Marche’s chief executive, and José Manuel Villegas, general secretary of Ciudadanos.
An official from En Marche said that the platform, which is “in the process of being drafted,” is a “set of commitments which any progressive parties in Europe will converge on.”
Castaner, who also met Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera, has been discussing the proposals with other EU politicians during a tour of Europe that began last week in Rome and included Italy’s former center-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Sandro Gozi, a former EU affairs minister. Castaner has other visits planned for this summer, but the En Marche official declined to say where he would be going. “We want to do in Europe what Macron did in France,” the official said.
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26日午後、富山市の交番で、男が警察官を刃物で刺して拳銃を奪い、近くの小学校にいた警備員に発砲して、警察官と警備員の２人が死亡した事件で、逮捕された21歳の男が元自衛官だということがわかりました。
関係者によりますと、逮捕された島津慧大容疑者は元自衛官で、３年前の平成27年３月に入隊したあと、金沢市にある陸上自衛隊金沢駐屯地の部隊に配属され、小銃を使った訓練などを受けていたということです。２年間勤務し、去年３月に自衛隊を辞めたということです。
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26日午後、富山市の交番で、男が警察官を刃物で刺して拳銃を奪い、近くの小学校にいた警備員に発砲して、警察官と警備員の２人が死亡した事件で、逮捕された21歳の男が元自衛官だということがわかりました。
関係者によりますと、逮捕された島津慧大容疑者は元自衛官で、３年前の平成27年３月に入隊したあと、金沢市にある陸上自衛隊金沢駐屯地の部隊に配属され、小銃を使った訓練などを受けていたということです。２年間勤務し、去年３月に自衛隊を辞めたということです。
大致內容：富山市一名21歲男子用刀刺死警察後搶警槍打死一個保安員後被捕，疑犯係前自衛隊隊員
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Supreme court backs Trump on travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/supreme-court-backs-trump-on-travel-ban-targeting-muslim-majority-nations-idUSKBN1JM1U9?il=0
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.
The 5-4 ruling, with the court’s five conservatives in the majority, ends for now a fierce fight in the courts over whether the policy represented an unlawful Muslim ban. Trump can now claim vindication after lower courts had blocked his travel ban announced in September, as well as two prior versions, in legal challenges brought by the state of Hawaii and others.
The court held that the challengers had failed to show that the ban violates either U.S. immigration law or the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition on the government favoring one religion over another.
The ruling affirmed broad presidential discretion over who is allowed to enter the United States. It means that the current ban can remain in effect and that Trump could potentially add more countries. Trump has said the policy is needed to protect the country against attacks by Islamic militants.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-immigration/supreme-court-backs-trump-on-travel-ban-targeting-muslim-majority-nations-idUSKBN1JM1U9?il=0
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed Donald Trump one of the biggest victories of his presidency, upholding his travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries.
The 5-4 ruling, with the court’s five conservatives in the majority, ends for now a fierce fight in the courts over whether the policy represented an unlawful Muslim ban. Trump can now claim vindication after lower courts had blocked his travel ban announced in September, as well as two prior versions, in legal challenges brought by the state of Hawaii and others.
The court held that the challengers had failed to show that the ban violates either U.S. immigration law or the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment prohibition on the government favoring one religion over another.
The ruling affirmed broad presidential discretion over who is allowed to enter the United States. It means that the current ban can remain in effect and that Trump could potentially add more countries. Trump has said the policy is needed to protect the country against attacks by Islamic militants.
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Trump Signals He Favors Less Confrontation With China on Tech
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-26/trump-says-u-s-will-use-cfius-to-protect-technology-from-china
President Donald Trump signaled he may take a less confrontational path toward curbing Chinese investments in sensitive American technologies, potentially relying on a U.S. committee that scrutinizes foreign acquisitions for national security risks.
Trump made remarks Tuesday at the White House that appeared to align with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s approach, in an internal administration debate over how to protect U.S. intellectual property from China.
Trump directed the Treasury Department in March to weigh options for restricting Chinese investment in American companies. In May, he said the U.S. “will implement specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls for Chinese persons and entities related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-26/trump-says-u-s-will-use-cfius-to-protect-technology-from-china
President Donald Trump signaled he may take a less confrontational path toward curbing Chinese investments in sensitive American technologies, potentially relying on a U.S. committee that scrutinizes foreign acquisitions for national security risks.
Trump made remarks Tuesday at the White House that appeared to align with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s approach, in an internal administration debate over how to protect U.S. intellectual property from China.
Trump directed the Treasury Department in March to weigh options for restricting Chinese investment in American companies. In May, he said the U.S. “will implement specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls for Chinese persons and entities related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology.”
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North Korea making 'rapid' upgrades to nuclear reactor despite summit pledges
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.
Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are “continuing at a rapid pace”, according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.
The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified and at least two new non-industrial buildings have been built on the site, possibly for use by visiting officials. A new engineering office building has been completed and construction has continued on support facilities throughout the complex, according to a blog post written by Frank V Pabian, Joseph S Bermudez Jr and Jack Liu.
The status of various parts of the nuclear complex remains unclear, and experts cautioned linking ongoing improvements to negotiations with the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/north-korea-nuclear-reactor-upgrades-summit-pledges
North Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its weapons program, satellite imagery has shown, despite ongoing negotiations with the US and a pledge to denuclearise.
Infrastructure improvements at the Yongbyon nuclear plant are “continuing at a rapid pace”, according to an analysis by monitoring group 38 North of commercial satellite images taken on 21 June.
The cooling system for the plutonium production reactor has been modified and at least two new non-industrial buildings have been built on the site, possibly for use by visiting officials. A new engineering office building has been completed and construction has continued on support facilities throughout the complex, according to a blog post written by Frank V Pabian, Joseph S Bermudez Jr and Jack Liu.
The status of various parts of the nuclear complex remains unclear, and experts cautioned linking ongoing improvements to negotiations with the US.
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Najib raids: $273m of goods seized from former Malaysian PM's properties
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/najib-raids-273m-of-goods-seized-from-former-malaysian-pms-properties
The cache of jewellery, handbags and watches seized from the houses of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is worth up to $273m, according to Malaysian police, who described it as the biggest seizure in Malaysian history.
Police Commissioner Amar Singh confirmed that in the raids on six properties linked to Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor, as part of the 1MDB investigation, the police seized a treasure trove of expensive goods, including 1,400 necklaces, 567 handbags, 423 watches, 2,200 rings, 1,600 brooches and 14 tiaras.
The total market value of the goods was estimated to be between $223m and $275m.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/najib-raids-273m-of-goods-seized-from-former-malaysian-pms-properties
The cache of jewellery, handbags and watches seized from the houses of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is worth up to $273m, according to Malaysian police, who described it as the biggest seizure in Malaysian history.
Police Commissioner Amar Singh confirmed that in the raids on six properties linked to Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor, as part of the 1MDB investigation, the police seized a treasure trove of expensive goods, including 1,400 necklaces, 567 handbags, 423 watches, 2,200 rings, 1,600 brooches and 14 tiaras.
The total market value of the goods was estimated to be between $223m and $275m.
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Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans. Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-are-wrong-about-republicans-republicans-are-wrong-about-democrats/
In short, “the parties in our heads,” as Ahler and Sood write, are not the parties in real life.
You might say, “This is just one study.” And it is. I suspect that some of these results just show Americans’ innumeracy — most blacks are Democratic-leaning, but most Democratic voters are not black. But I wanted to highlight this research in part because I think it speaks to the political moment we are in, and the study’s findings fit well with other recent research on political polarization. Lilliana Mason, a political scientist at the University of Maryland, published a book earlier this year that I highly recommend called “Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity.” In describing American politics today, she argues that partisan identity (Democrat or Republican) has become a “mega-identity” because it increasingly combines a number of different identities.
In other words, if you told someone on the phone whom you had never met before that you are white, that single fact would not tell them much more about you. But if you told them that you are a Republican, they could reasonably assume that you are not black, lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual, nonreligious or Jewish.
So we are in a situation where Americans have sorted themselves into two parties along not just ideological lines, but also by geographical, religious, racial and other social and cultural differences. At the same time, they’ve adopted inaccurate, caricatured views of both parties that overstate these already sizable demographic differences. And they’ve started taking positions on issues based on whatever stance their party adopts.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/democrats-are-wrong-about-republicans-republicans-are-wrong-about-democrats/
In short, “the parties in our heads,” as Ahler and Sood write, are not the parties in real life.
You might say, “This is just one study.” And it is. I suspect that some of these results just show Americans’ innumeracy — most blacks are Democratic-leaning, but most Democratic voters are not black. But I wanted to highlight this research in part because I think it speaks to the political moment we are in, and the study’s findings fit well with other recent research on political polarization. Lilliana Mason, a political scientist at the University of Maryland, published a book earlier this year that I highly recommend called “Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity.” In describing American politics today, she argues that partisan identity (Democrat or Republican) has become a “mega-identity” because it increasingly combines a number of different identities.
In other words, if you told someone on the phone whom you had never met before that you are white, that single fact would not tell them much more about you. But if you told them that you are a Republican, they could reasonably assume that you are not black, lesbian, gay, transgender or bisexual, nonreligious or Jewish.
So we are in a situation where Americans have sorted themselves into two parties along not just ideological lines, but also by geographical, religious, racial and other social and cultural differences. At the same time, they’ve adopted inaccurate, caricatured views of both parties that overstate these already sizable demographic differences. And they’ve started taking positions on issues based on whatever stance their party adopts.
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US wants allies to cease oil imports from Iran by Nov. 4
http://thehill.com/policy/international/394218-us-pressing-allies-to-cease-oil-imports-from-iran-by-nov-4
The U.S. is pressing its allies to cut all oil imports from Iran by Nov. 4, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
Teams of State and Treasury Department officials have been dispatched to Europe and Asia in recent weeks to garner support for the Trump administration's Iran strategy, telling allies that they are expected to cease oil imports from the country, the official said.
The diplomatic efforts will affect several key U.S. allies that import significant amounts of Iranian oil, including Japan, South Korea and Turkey. The Trump administration is not planning to issue waivers that would allow allies to continue importing oil from Iran, according to the State Department official.
Japan, South Korea in talks with U.S to avert damage from Iran sanctions
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-japan-suga/japan-south-korea-in-talks-with-u-s-to-avert-damage-from-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN1JN0A9
Iran says would be impossible to cut its oil from market 'easily' as demanded by U.S.: Tasnim
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-oil-usa/iran-says-would-be-impossible-to-cut-its-oil-from-market-easily-as-demanded-by-u-s-tasnim-idUSKBN1JN0UK
http://thehill.com/policy/international/394218-us-pressing-allies-to-cease-oil-imports-from-iran-by-nov-4
The U.S. is pressing its allies to cut all oil imports from Iran by Nov. 4, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
Teams of State and Treasury Department officials have been dispatched to Europe and Asia in recent weeks to garner support for the Trump administration's Iran strategy, telling allies that they are expected to cease oil imports from the country, the official said.
The diplomatic efforts will affect several key U.S. allies that import significant amounts of Iranian oil, including Japan, South Korea and Turkey. The Trump administration is not planning to issue waivers that would allow allies to continue importing oil from Iran, according to the State Department official.
Japan, South Korea in talks with U.S to avert damage from Iran sanctions
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-japan-suga/japan-south-korea-in-talks-with-u-s-to-avert-damage-from-iran-sanctions-idUSKBN1JN0A9
Iran says would be impossible to cut its oil from market 'easily' as demanded by U.S.: Tasnim
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-oil-usa/iran-says-would-be-impossible-to-cut-its-oil-from-market-easily-as-demanded-by-u-s-tasnim-idUSKBN1JN0UK
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Australia to pass foreign interference laws amid rising China tensions
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-security-review-china/australia-to-pass-foreign-interference-laws-amid-rising-china-tensions-idUSKBN1JN0BY
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is expected to pass legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing interference by foreign governments, a move likely to further stoke tensions with major trading partner China.
Mirroring similar rules in the United States, Australia will require lobbyists for foreign countries to register, and makes them liable for criminal prosecution if they are deemed to be meddling in domestic affairs.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last year referred to “disturbing reports about Chinese influence” as justification for the measures.
China has denied allegations of meddling in Australian affairs, but concern over Chinese political donations and relationships between lawmakers and Chinese businesses has intensified in Australia.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-security-review-china/australia-to-pass-foreign-interference-laws-amid-rising-china-tensions-idUSKBN1JN0BY
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is expected to pass legislation on Wednesday aimed at preventing interference by foreign governments, a move likely to further stoke tensions with major trading partner China.
Mirroring similar rules in the United States, Australia will require lobbyists for foreign countries to register, and makes them liable for criminal prosecution if they are deemed to be meddling in domestic affairs.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last year referred to “disturbing reports about Chinese influence” as justification for the measures.
China has denied allegations of meddling in Australian affairs, but concern over Chinese political donations and relationships between lawmakers and Chinese businesses has intensified in Australia.
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Tip of the Spear: The shock troops who expelled the Rohingya from Myanmar
Two elite divisions led a crackdown that forced 700,000 Muslims to flee Myanmar. Here's how they did it.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rohingya-battalions/
Tip of the Spear: The shock troops who expelled the Rohingya from Myanmar
Two elite divisions led a crackdown that forced 700,000 Muslims to flee Myanmar. Here's how they did it.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-rohingya-battalions/
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歐洲動態: 打救默克爾？
https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post_28.html
// 為期２天的歐盟峰會今天（２８日）展開，德國總理默克爾（Angela Merkel；文首為美聯社照片，來自ＤＷ網頁）在任１３年來，一向是焦點，是左右峰會主要決定的關鍵人物。她在這次峰會同樣是焦點，但形勢卻掉轉了：她在國內面對嚴峻的倒台危機，其餘２７國領袖需要，究竟應否在移民問題幫她一把？
根據英國《金融時報》２６日的文章Besieged Merkel seeks escape as rebellion mounts（設有付款牆）及路透社２７日的文章Saving Chancellor Merkel: German leader seeks EU lifeline，他們詢問不具名的成員國政府官員及一些具名回應的智庫研究員，目前歐洲政界的氛圍是：默克爾自作自受，「唔抵可憐」，但擔心她短期內下台會對全歐洲引發很大衝擊，有可能還是要幫她一把。
一些國家已放軟口氣，表示可以協助默克爾。連在債務危機時與德國關係惡劣的希臘總理齊普拉斯（Alexis Tsipras）也向《金時》說，可以與德國達成雙邊協議，協助減低德國接收的難民數目。（相關訪問可看此鏈結，有付款牆）
現在取態最關鍵的是意大利新政府——究竟意大利會向默克爾「開價」多少，作為答應在移民問題上與德國合作的條件？意大利現政府剛剛上場，大家覺得他們會開天殺價，在歐洲政壇先來個下馬威。
另一個問題是，就算各國都在移民問題有一致立場，想盡快解決，但這個出現了至少３年的問題，有沒有辦法匆匆在這次峰會就解決到？事實是，默克爾其實很快就已經轉軚，一早就悄悄地在難民問題收緊了其門戶開放立場，如果可以簡單解決這問題的話，包括動用強硬阻截偷渡者的手段，她也一早就提出使用——在難民問題上，默克爾沒有大家所想的那麼「大愛」、「包容」。 //
另有巴打 (土木膠程師) 貼咗全文:
[內外夾擊] 歐盟峰會打救默克爾？
https://lihkg.com/thread/720329/page/1
https://europechinese.blogspot.com/2018/06/blog-post_28.html
// 為期２天的歐盟峰會今天（２８日）展開，德國總理默克爾（Angela Merkel；文首為美聯社照片，來自ＤＷ網頁）在任１３年來，一向是焦點，是左右峰會主要決定的關鍵人物。她在這次峰會同樣是焦點，但形勢卻掉轉了：她在國內面對嚴峻的倒台危機，其餘２７國領袖需要，究竟應否在移民問題幫她一把？
根據英國《金融時報》２６日的文章Besieged Merkel seeks escape as rebellion mounts（設有付款牆）及路透社２７日的文章Saving Chancellor Merkel: German leader seeks EU lifeline，他們詢問不具名的成員國政府官員及一些具名回應的智庫研究員，目前歐洲政界的氛圍是：默克爾自作自受，「唔抵可憐」，但擔心她短期內下台會對全歐洲引發很大衝擊，有可能還是要幫她一把。
一些國家已放軟口氣，表示可以協助默克爾。連在債務危機時與德國關係惡劣的希臘總理齊普拉斯（Alexis Tsipras）也向《金時》說，可以與德國達成雙邊協議，協助減低德國接收的難民數目。（相關訪問可看此鏈結，有付款牆）
現在取態最關鍵的是意大利新政府——究竟意大利會向默克爾「開價」多少，作為答應在移民問題上與德國合作的條件？意大利現政府剛剛上場，大家覺得他們會開天殺價，在歐洲政壇先來個下馬威。
另一個問題是，就算各國都在移民問題有一致立場，想盡快解決，但這個出現了至少３年的問題，有沒有辦法匆匆在這次峰會就解決到？事實是，默克爾其實很快就已經轉軚，一早就悄悄地在難民問題收緊了其門戶開放立場，如果可以簡單解決這問題的話，包括動用強硬阻截偷渡者的手段，她也一早就提出使用——在難民問題上，默克爾沒有大家所想的那麼「大愛」、「包容」。 //
另有巴打 (土木膠程師) 貼咗全文:
[內外夾擊] 歐盟峰會打救默克爾？
https://lihkg.com/thread/720329/page/1
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Poland makes partial U-turn on Holocaust law after Israel row
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/poland-partial-u-turn-controversial-holocaust-law
Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has signed a legal amendment to decriminalise the false attribution to Poland and Poles of crimes committed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, signalling a partial retreat on contentious legislation enacted this year.
The legislation, which threatened prison terms of up to three years for any breaches, sparked a war of words between Polish and Israeli politicians and an outpouring of antisemitic rhetoric in Poland, as nationalist and pro-government media sought to portray the country as under attack from an international anti-Polish campaign orchestrated by foreign powers and Jewish advocacy groups.
The amendment was passed by both houses of the Polish parliament during emergency sessions on Wednesday, and means anyone who “publicly and against the facts” accuses the Polish state or nation of being “responsible or complicit in” Nazi crimes will be guilty of a civil rather than a criminal offence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/poland-partial-u-turn-controversial-holocaust-law
Poland’s president, Andrzej Duda, has signed a legal amendment to decriminalise the false attribution to Poland and Poles of crimes committed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, signalling a partial retreat on contentious legislation enacted this year.
The legislation, which threatened prison terms of up to three years for any breaches, sparked a war of words between Polish and Israeli politicians and an outpouring of antisemitic rhetoric in Poland, as nationalist and pro-government media sought to portray the country as under attack from an international anti-Polish campaign orchestrated by foreign powers and Jewish advocacy groups.
The amendment was passed by both houses of the Polish parliament during emergency sessions on Wednesday, and means anyone who “publicly and against the facts” accuses the Polish state or nation of being “responsible or complicit in” Nazi crimes will be guilty of a civil rather than a criminal offence.