Day: November 19, 2019

Categories Russia

Russia’s holdings of US state debt is 25 times smaller than that of tiny Luxembourg

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Russia’s holdings of US securities as of September stood at $10.75 billion, recent data from the US Treasury Department shows. Moscow’s total is just a fraction of what small states, like the Cayman Islands and Luxemburg, hold. … Read More >Russia’s holdings of US state debt is 25 times smaller than that of tiny Luxembourg

Categories Asia & Pacific

Worst deal ever? S. Korea fumes as US tries to raise price tag for hosting American troops by FIVE TIMES

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A US demand for South Korea to quintuple spending for hosting American troops earned a stiff rebuke from Seoul, to which Washington responded by walking out of “cost-sharing” talks to give Koreans time to “reconsider.” … Read More >Worst deal ever? S. Korea fumes as US tries to raise price tag for hosting American troops by FIVE TIMES

Categories USA

Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great

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Hearing that the Americans “have become the bad guys” on the world stage was a “gut punch” to NBC News reporter Richard Engel, but Twitter quickly set the astonished journalist straight with some history and facts. … Read More >Are we the baddies? NBC chief foreign correspondent tweets amazement to find US foreign policy not always great

Categories Latin America

Journalists & politicians from Morales’ party threatened with sedition arrests as Bolivia purges socialist elements

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The interim government of Bolivia has tasked a special prosecutor with rooting out “subversives” in former President Evo Morales’ party, and dissident journalists have also been threatened with arrest, local media reports. … Read More >Journalists & politicians from Morales’ party threatened with sedition arrests as Bolivia purges socialist elements