Day: June 20, 2018
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Every number has a name. Every number is a person. – The full list of the 34,000 refugees and migrants who have died whilst trying to get into Europe due to the restrictive policies of “Fortress Europe”
Today is World Refugee a day.
The Guardian, in collaboration with artist Banu Cennetoğlu, Chisenhale Gallery and Liverpool Biennial, is distributing the full UNITED … Read more
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Breaking News : Trump to stop legislation which is separating child migrants from their families
BBC: US President Donald Trump has promised action to “keep families together” amid fury over separations of undocumented child migrants from adults.
“I’ll be signing … Read more
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Wildlife crime: global seizures and arrests in transcontinental operation
Interpol: An international operation against the illegal trade in wildlife and timber has seen hundreds of seizures worldwide as well as suspects arrested.
Codenamed Thunderstorm … Read more
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Italy’s Guardia di Finanza crack down on tax evasion
Ansa/TgCom/Rai Italy’s financial crimes force has identified around a thousand tax evaders accused of dodging more than €2 million a piece in 18 months. Collectively … Read more -
Children should be banned from using their mobile phones (UK)
The Telegaph: Children should be banned from using their mobile phones at school, the culture secretary has said.
Not content with merely barring them from
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Condoms, kites, birthday balloons: Silly Gaza weapons could lead to serious war
For over two months, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been flying kites, birthday balloons and inflated latex condoms into Israel, relying on the gentle … Read more
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Developing Story: Hungary approves law through which aid given to ‘illegal immigrants’ is criminalised
Euronews: Hungary’s parliament on Wednesday approved “STOP Soros” legislation, which will criminalise aid given to illegal immigrants.
The ruling right-wing Fidesz party, which has the
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Prince Louis to be christened on 9th July
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 8-week-old son will be christened on Monday, July 9, Kensington Palace confirmed on Wednesday.
“The Duke and Duchess of … Read more
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Tv anchor breaks down during report on ‘tender age’ detention centres
The Guardian : T MSNBC host struggles to get through a segment on her nightly show, describing babies being forcibly removed from their parents and … Read more
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Gaza tension escalates
France 24/The Times of Israel: Israeli fighter jets hit 25 targets in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian … Read more
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Italian coastguard ship Diciotti carrying 522 people arrive in Pozzallo on Tuesday night
Ansa/The Local An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived on Tuesday … Read more -
250 left dead after Libyan air-war
The Washington Post: At least 230 civilians have died in Libya in the chaotic, multiparty air war that has followed the ouster of dictator Moammar … Read more
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Pope Francis criticised Trump’s administration policy of separating migrant families – “Populism is not the solution”.
Pope Francis has criticised the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the Mexican border, saying populism is not the answer to the world’s … Read more
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Babies and other young children sent to at least three ‘tender age’ shelters
AP: Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three … Read more
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Juncker convenes informal working meeting on migration and asylum issues
The European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker announced that he will be convening an informal working meeting on migration and asylum issues in Brussels … Read more
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Prime Minister Conte calls out Salvini on Roma register
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Tuesday criticized Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s plans to create a Roma “register.”
“No one is planning to create files … Read more
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Major drink manufacturers experience disruption following shortage of CO2
SkyNews: A shortage of carbon dioxide gas (CO2) across Europe means soft and alcoholic drink makers are scrambling to secure supplies to ensure their products … Read more
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Gaza on the “brink of war”
Al Jazeera: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the “most serious escalation” of violence in the Gaza Strip places the besieged enclave on the … Read more
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Hungary is to step up its anti-immigration measures with a new 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration
Euronews: Hungary is to step up its anti-immigration measures with a new 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration.
Prime Minister Viktor … Read more
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Corporate Dispatch – Wednesday Morning Briefing
Good morning
Our briefing for today covers what took place in the past 24 hours.
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The Maltese Newspapers refer to the Parliamentary vote taken yesterday,
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