Tag: Government

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Leaders who changed global economics: Lenin, FDR, Deng Xiaoping, Thatcher (Sir Vince Cable)

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On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, about his new book ‘Money & Power: The World Leaders Who Changed Economics’. He discusses the prominent role of the most iconic figures of the 20th century in shifting economics, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt … Read More >Leaders who changed global economics: Lenin, FDR, Deng Xiaoping, Thatcher (Sir Vince Cable)

Categories EU

German CSU leader Soeder hoping to succeed Chancellor Merkel says candidacy bid is up to CDU sister party

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The leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), Markus Soeder, has said his intention to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor is really a matter for the wider Christian Democratic party (CDU) to decide upon. … Read More >German CSU leader Soeder hoping to succeed Chancellor Merkel says candidacy bid is up to CDU sister party

Categories World

France ‘enabled’ the 1994 genocide, new Rwandan report says, after French report clears France of complicity

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A Rwandan government-commissioned report on the 1994 genocide has accused France of “enabling” the slaughter, going further than a recent French report that held the country responsible but stopped short of judging it complicit. … Read More >France ‘enabled’ the 1994 genocide, new Rwandan report says, after French report clears France of complicity

Categories Latin America

Cuba’s Castro steps down, says he’s handing power to next generation of ‘anti-imperialist’ leaders

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Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro has announced that he is stepping down and handing leadership to a younger generation “full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit.” The Castro family has led the party since 1961. … Read More >Cuba’s Castro steps down, says he’s handing power to next generation of ‘anti-imperialist’ leaders

Categories Asia & Pacific

Bye-bye, Little Mr. Tritium: Rollout of cartoon MASCOT to promote dumping Fukushima’s radioactive waters into ocean flops in Japan

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Japan’s government has scrapped a mascot promoting the plan to dump contaminated Fukushima wastewaters into the ocean just a day after its release, after the cute character received an extremely poor reception from the public. … Read More >Bye-bye, Little Mr. Tritium: Rollout of cartoon MASCOT to promote dumping Fukushima’s radioactive waters into ocean flops in Japan

Categories Asia & Pacific

Anti-French Pakistani party outlawed under terrorism law after clashes with police leave two dead

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The Pakistani government has announced it will ban the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party under anti-terrorism laws after the group staged protests calling for the expulsion of the French ambassador, paralyzing Lahore. … Read More >Anti-French Pakistani party outlawed under terrorism law after clashes with police leave two dead

Categories World

‘Pandemic against our people’: Australians rally against deaths of indigenous people in police custody (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

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Hundreds have rallied in cities across Australia against the deaths of aboriginal people in prisons and police custody. The government admitted that indigenous inmates are over-represented in the justice system. … Read More >‘Pandemic against our people’: Australians rally against deaths of indigenous people in police custody (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Categories Middle East

Israeli lawmaker manhandled by police as protest against Palestinian evictions turns violent (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)

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An Israeli lawmaker has fired off an angry tirade at the government after a video appeared to show him being punched in the face by a police officer at a weekly protest in a majority-Palestinian neighborhood. … Read More >Israeli lawmaker manhandled by police as protest against Palestinian evictions turns violent (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)