Queen Elizabeth II went to the Coram, a charity for children with special needs. The Coram was founded in 1739, after Thomas Coram. The Queen plans on opening a center for the children on Thomas Coram's 350th birthday. The Queen was very sociable with the kids and answering their many questions. The oldest person from this charity is Edward Newton. He is 102 years young. Newton greeted the Queen when she first arrived at the Coram. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1055220/queen-elizabeth-II-news-reaction-little-boy-overwhelmed-meeting-queen
Russia will build missiles if US leaves treaty, Putin warns Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to make nuclear weapons if the US does. President Putin believes the United States is planning to leave a Cold War agreement. Putin said, "Now it seems our American partners believe that the situation has changed so much that [they] must also have such a weapon." Putin is ready to make nuclear weapons and is also ready to use them if necessary. President Donald Trump says the we would use nuclear weapons as a result of Russian actions. Putin denies all accusations made against them for building and firing missiles that break this "treaty."
On Saturday Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that the United States' re-imposed sanctions on Iran will not help his country in fighting drug trafficking and will open doors for illegal drugs into western countries like the United States. This could possibly cause high levels of drug-trafficking in the United States. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/middleeast/rouhani-drugs/index.html
While in office, Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, made multiple positive changes to Canada’s way of running. He lowered taxes on middle class residents and contributed to the prolonging of leave time on sick workers. He pushed for gender equality and even allowed Scientists and doctors to publicly announce upcomings in ongoing research.
Kim Jong-Un Invites Pope Francis to North Korea Kim Jong-Un has invited the Pope to come to North Korea. Many times in the past, North Korea has asked popes to visit, but it has been very uncommon. Kim Jong-Un is considered to be one of worst leaders relating to the acceptance of religious freedom. Due to this, many do not think Pope Francis will be accepting. Although, Kim is having the leader of South Korea, Moon Jae-In go to the Vatican to deliver the message. If the Pope does accept, Kim says he wants him to promote peace among North and South Korea. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-pope-francis-north-korea.html
The United States pulled out of an arms treaty involving different types of missiles a while back. Vladimir putin said that the russians would pull out if the US did. Russia has been violating the treaty anyways for years now, which is why the US is pulling out. This will mean the development of new missiles as well as new warheads. How this will affect the future is currently unknown at the moment.
The Philippine president joke about how he used marijuana. He said that he used it to stay awake at some sort of meeting. This is weird because of the law that he has paced to stop drug use in the Philippines. The law is that if a person is caught using or selling drugs they will be sentenced to death. It is interesting that he would make a joke about this considering that thousands of people have died.
India's cenbank governor Urjit Petal stepped down Petal says he had to resigned from his job because of the new bank board. The board felt the bank could be doing better if they changed their tools to high tech. Petal had been the governor of the bank for twelve years. Petal said "I feel the board is pushing me out of the bank. Why would I stay if I'm not wanted." https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/10/indias-cenbank-governor-urjit-patel-steps-down.html
COP24: Can leaders agree to climate rules in time? https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/europe/cop24-leaders-climate-rules/index.html The Paris agreement was established in 2015. It's a group of around 200 leaders who are trying to control global warming. Over the past week leaders from all over have come to Poland to discuss where they should go with the problem. The .UN secretary believes that whatever happens over the next couple weeks with the group can be just as important as the first Paris agreement. Leaders are also trying to refine the climate "rulebook".
Iran's President warns US sanctions could increase flow of illegal drugs
Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, warns the United States on Saturday, United States ban on trade will not stop the act of illegal drugs coming in through the country. Hassan states that his country spends millions of dollars just on preventing drug dealing and trafficking. Irans distance between Europe and Afghanistan is causing more drug trafficking through the United States. In 2018, 330 tons of illegal drugs were found in the whole country of Iran. Trump made it known that any company that does business with Tehran will suffer of penalties from the United States.
Russia will build missiles if US leaves treaty, Putin warns Russian president Vlad Putin says if the United States leaves the treaty, they will began making high powered missiles. Both countries signed a treaty in 1987 banning both countries from small- medium missiles. Since 1991, over 2,400 missiles have been destroyed. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46458604
A curious case of language development in action, the same words can mean different things in the same manner when it comes to loan words. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was talking about a memory on the internet when she described it as "uncharted territory" a few years back, which generated much discussion in various internet circles at around the same timeframe, and comments how "Das hat mir einen grosen Shitstorm eingebracht", which roughly translates to "It brought about quite the shitstorm toward me."
With different connotations in German and English, the word is much more specific in meaning in German, commonly referring to, according to the article, "storms of outrage", such as in social media. In fact, it became part of German dictionaries a few years ago, and, according to the article, most Germans generally aren't aware of its vulgar connotations in the English language and is generally accepted.
Of course, the comment itself brought about the subject of the very word in certain circles, and stands as an interesting case of cultural and linguistic differences, even when it comes to the "same" words.
Over the past few weeks there have been riots and protest al acrossed France over the proposed tax on gas to help fight carbon emissions. The plan was proposed by the French president Emmanuel Macron whose popularity is very low. Many French people think that the tax is just making things harder on the average person and that Macron is out to support the wealthy and elite of France which is why his popularity has gone down and a part of the reason there is widespread protest across France.
E.U. Leaders and U.L Agree on Brexit Divorce Terms November 25, 2018 Four years ago the European Union and Britain became one. Now, four years later, the Prime Minister Theresa May wants to split again and become two separate economic systems. In order for this to happen, May has to get approval for the split. She also has to lay out the plans for the future with the British Economy. The British voted to leave in 2016 and May doesn't know if that should be apart of her decision for the deal. Needless to say, the British Parliament is not very happy and the drama between the two is yet to be over. If her deal is rejected, her leadership could be questioned. Britain is set to leave on March 29, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/europe/brexit-uk-eu-agreement.html
A North Korean soldier has defected to South by crossing the border in the demilitarized zone. The escape came as the US president Donald Trump said he hoped for another Summit with the North Korean leader. The latest defector, whose name has not been given, was spotted moving towards demarcation line. In September deal was reached to reduce military tensions. Last year North Korean soldiers shot at the defector Oh Chong Song as he raced across the border. There have not been any unusual response to the latest border crossing in North Korea.
President Vladimir Putin and Mohammed Bin Salman raised eyebrows as they gave each other a high five. They were seen laughing and smiling at the meeting of world leaders in Buenos Aires. Some believe Mohammed may have been behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. He denies ordering the death. Tom Friedman said it was Stomach hurning for Putin to have five Mohammed. One complicit of murdering a journalist and the other of Russian-exile spies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/putin-bin-salman-mbs-high-five-handshake-g20-summit-argentina-saudi-arabia-russia-khashoggi-ukraine-a8662461.html December 1, 2018
The French president is upset with Trump after an "offensive" tweet he had made. After the french president had raised gas prices to gain more money. Though Trump have suggested giving the money back through lower taxes. Though the french president told him to leave their country alone. The french people are fighting back in a protest called the "yellow vest" protest.
Pope Francis http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/pope-francis-3/ Pope Francis is the first Latin-American pope. Pope Francis has been trying to nudge his church to become more welcoming with divorced Catholics and more LGTBQ marriages. Pope Francis is also allowing married men to become priest to un-shorten Catholic clergy.
Russia Reaches Out to Afghan Leaders for Taliban Talks https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-11-02/russia-reaches-out-to-afghan-leaders-for-taliban-talks-angering-kabul Russia invited some Afghan experienced politicians to speak with the Taliban in Moscow. Some have reason to believe that Russia will hold another peace meeting in Moscow with 12 other countries. The US already declined the invitation to this event, but they don't want to speak further on why. Senior members of the Taliban say they will send a delegation to Russia to also form peace with China, Iran, Pakistan and more.
Putin's East German identity card found in Stasi archives.
Putin's Germanic secret police card was just recently found. It was discovered with the Soviet-era personal files in Dresden, where he served as a police officer in the 1980's. On December 5 he called Russia to ask for orders because a crowd of people were planning on trying to take down the Berlin Wall. The wall came down exactly one month later. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/valdimir-putin-east-german-identity-card-found-in-stasi-archives-report
The President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, has just learned that his son, Florian Van der Bellen will be living outside of Austria. After a trip to Georgia last year, he made the decision to move their permanently. One reason of this change is hearing about the countries liberal motives and lack of corruption. Florian recently opened a business in the capital of Georgia. He hopes to move all of his business over there when settling permanently. https://www.georgianjournal.ge/society/35350-the-son-of-the-president-of-austria-plans-to-live-in-georgia.html
Macron to address French nation as students blockade dozens of schools https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/europe/macron-address-nation-french-schools-intl/index.html France's president, Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Monday about protests being held the past four weeks. The protests have taken place because of fuel tax rises and living expenses, among other issues. Students from 140 schools disrupted class by leaving to protest against Macron and his decisions. 40 schools were completely blockaded by students. These students were protesting against the governments recent reforms against education, such as a difference in university admissions, which would be more selective. Many citizens are protesting against the residency of the president, and wish him to no longer hold the position of president.
Is the US Withdrawal from the INF Treaty an Attempt to Contain China?
President Trump had an intention to withdraw from the 1987 INF Treaty. They made an agreement that no missiles were made. But according to Trump Russia has been making weapons. And this wasn't the first time. https://www.fairobserver.com/more/international_security/us-inf-treaty-withdrawal-russia-china-nuclear-security-news-43210/
Polish political leader rejects converting to euro currency: December 7, 2018
Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s ruling party has spoken out against having Poland convert to using euros as a shared currency with the European Union. Jaroslaw says that they aspire to change to western European living standards, but their zloty currency would protect them during international financial crises. Other high positioned people in Poland think it would help improve their living standards if they did convert.
These 59 Countries Had a Woman Leader Before the United States http://time.com/4557050/woman-leaders-world-election-hillary-clinton/
As of 2016 59 countries have already had a women leader. The country, Sri Lanka, is reportedly the first to have a women leader when Sirimavo Bandaranaike became prime minister in 1960. In the last 20 years three-quarters of prime ministers and presidents have been women. This includes women leaders who have been appointed, elected, or took over after someones death. In the last 2 years, 13 other countries have had a women leader. All women leaders have only served for a maximum of 5 years.
Queen Elizabeth ll visited the UK's oldest children's charity. She then opened another children's center in her honor before she died because the center was so old. Meeting all of the children, a young boy was so overwhelmed he was on the floor crying. Queen Elizabeth opened the center on the Thomas Coram's 350th birthday for the founder. https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1055220/queen-elizabeth-II-news-reaction-little-boy-overwhelmed-meeting-queen
In Paris the president is disliked by the people. The people are fighting in the streets. They are lighting things on fire, have signs in the streets and there is fighting. They are mad because of how he is running the country. He is trying to make the people happy by giving them a $100 raise each month. This hasn't worked and people are still fighting in the streets. Erin Heins
Taiwan’s leader is asking for more misery at the polls if she plays the ‘America card’, analysts warn
Last months local elections in Taiwan took a harsh defeat in the party of Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan. If the leader of Taiwan tries again to win the second polls, she could be at risk for another loss if she tries playing the "American Card" as officials have said. She claims by using some of Trump's tactics, like promising receiving economic incentives to her self ruled island. Some officals said it is not sure yet that if she will run for second trials. Although if Tsai Ing-wen runs for second elections, she has some major changing to do. With the change in need, this might lead to Trump's ideas, being the future of Taiwan. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2177016/taiwans-leader-asking-more-misery-polls-if-she-plays-america
The queen visits Coram,the UK's oldest children's charity.Coram has been helping children ever since it gained Royal Charter in 1739.One little kid was so overwhelmed upon meeting the queen he dropped to the ground and crawled out the nearest door shouting bye.
More Nurses Should Consider Pursuing a Leadership Position Posted October 19th, 2018 People are wanting nurses to start pursuing other jobs that involve leadership. They want this because in order to become a good nurse, you need to be able to take control of the situation at hand and solve it right then and there. Companys are having a hard time trying to fill higher positions that involve leadership.
Trefoil is a three cornered building recently constructed under the order of Vladimir Putin. Painted to resemble the Russian flag, the structure holds up to 150 troops as well as war planes. During some of the soldiers time away, they will be staying in and using the Trefoil as their main base. Some of these deployments last up to 18 months. Although the conditions are far below zero degrees, Russian troops pride themselves on their ability to perform in such low temperatures. Majority of the base is tope secret, but some can be viewed in a video tour. Putin says this is just the beginning of his plans to conquer the arctic.
Vladimir Putin's Stasi ID Card Found In German Archives. He is the current leader of Russia. When he is a young man he was a spy for the KGB. His ID card was just found in the German Archives. On the card his nickname was "Stasi". There are stamps on his card that would have allowed him to get into top secret buildings. In 1989, Communism started to fall.
Kim Jong-Un invited the Pope to visit North Korea. He is known to be one of the worst leaders when it comes down to religious acceptance. Kim is sending South Korea leader to deliver the message. Many people speculate the pop will refuse, but Kim still wishes for him to promote peace throught the koreas. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-pope-francis-north-korea.html
Queen Elizabeth spreads cheer when she appeared in Coram, London on Wednesday. She visited the oldest U.K childrens charity to open a new center in her name, while also taking part in holiday activites. She had a cute encounter with a girl, as she hung her christmas ornament up.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46547832 Brexit: Teresa May asking EU for Backstop Assurances Teresa may is the prime minister of Great Britain. She wants Great Britain to not be a part of the European Union. The country is divided into two parts about this issue. Some people like the idea and some people are very against it. This affects Teresa May because she may lose her job over this.
Kim Jong Un has announced he will go down and visit South Korea. The South Korea president Moon Jae-In has visited North Korea 3 times recently. North Korea is cautious about setting an exact date because of the security in South Korea. Moon Jae-In stated that the visit would be "difficult". If Kim Jong does visit South Korea it would be the first time a North Korean president visited South Korea since WW2. People are predicting that Kim would probably visit early next year.
Theresa May, UK's prime minister, is being faced with a vote by members of parliament to see if she will stay in office. 48 Conservative MP's called for a vote to be held. The majority of the group says that they will support the prime minister. Theresa May says she will not run for office in 2022. She hopes to stay in office until then though to carry out her plans for the Brexit deal. The voting will take place on Thursday, December 13. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46535739
Will Kim Jong-un Visit Seoul This Month? South Korea Is Holding Its Breath "If Mr. Kim doesn't visit Seoul it will be a major let down." They said that Kim promised he would try to visit sometime soon and this seems to be his only opportunity. In anticipation for the visit a large mutual of Mr. Moon and Mr. Kim shaking hands outside of a building known as Blue Moon. Some say Kim will not make the journey before talking with Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/asia/kim-jong-un-visit-seoul.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FKim%20Jong-un&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection
https://www.foxnews.com/world/thai-islamic-leaders-tighten-rules-on-child-marriage Thai Islamic leaders are making the marriage stronger. A 11 year old girl married a 41 year old man. They can get married if they had permission from there parents. Now the leaders made it where you have to be 17 to married.
There's a company selling face masks in South Korea and on the package Kim Jon Un is wearing the mask. Over 25,000 masks have been sold since June. The masks have caused a lot of controversy because he's the leader of North Korea, not South Korea. Some stores have even stopped selling the mask because of rude backlash. It's illegal to favor certain politics and they are technically still at war right now.
Putin has made it clear to the U.S. that if they leave the treaty they will build missiles. They think the U.S. will leave because our president has made treats to leave it before because of Russia's actions. The Cold War treaty they agreed upon, and Putin plans to use the weapons if necessary. Russia refuses to break the Cold War Treatyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46458604
The U.S. and Russia signed a treaty back in 1987. The treaty said that they are banning all short and medium missles. Putin is aruging about how diffrent counries made weapons under a treaty. Donald Trump is leaving the treaty because of what Russia is saying.
Islamic leaders have new regulations for marriage. The regulations state the 17-year-olds and younger must be approved by a religious committee. This said because of what happened earlier in the year. An 11-year-old married a 41-year-old. The girl was from Thailand, and the man was from Malaysian. This triggered both countries to regulate the marriage laws. Wisut Binlateh said that all children at any age could get married by approval from parents, but now children under the age of 17, needs approval by a religious committee to get married. This effect took place on December 4.
Queen Elizabeth II went to the Coram, a charity for children with special needs. The Coram was founded in 1739, after Thomas Coram. The Queen plans on opening a center for the children on Thomas Coram's 350th birthday. The Queen was very sociable with the kids and answering their many questions. The oldest person from this charity is Edward Newton. He is 102 years young. Newton greeted the Queen when she first arrived at the Coram.
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Russia will build missiles if US leaves treaty, Putin warns
ReplyDeleteRussian President Vladimir Putin plans to make nuclear weapons if the US does. President Putin believes the United States is planning to leave a Cold War agreement. Putin said, "Now it seems our American partners believe that the situation has changed so much that [they] must also have such a weapon." Putin is ready to make nuclear weapons and is also ready to use them if necessary. President Donald Trump says the we would use nuclear weapons as a result of Russian actions. Putin denies all accusations made against them for building and firing missiles that break this "treaty."
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DeleteOn Saturday Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that the United States' re-imposed sanctions on Iran will not help his country in fighting drug trafficking and will open doors for illegal drugs into western countries like the United States. This could possibly cause high levels of drug-trafficking in the United States. https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/middleeast/rouhani-drugs/index.html
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ReplyDeleteWhile in office, Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, made multiple positive changes to Canada’s way of running. He lowered taxes on middle class residents and contributed to the prolonging of leave time on sick workers. He pushed for gender equality and even allowed Scientists and doctors to publicly announce upcomings in ongoing research.
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Kim Jong-Un Invites Pope Francis to North Korea
ReplyDeleteKim Jong-Un has invited the Pope to come to North Korea. Many times in the past, North Korea has asked popes to visit, but it has been very uncommon. Kim Jong-Un is considered to be one of worst leaders relating to the acceptance of religious freedom. Due to this, many do not think Pope Francis will be accepting. Although, Kim is having the leader of South Korea, Moon Jae-In go to the Vatican to deliver the message. If the Pope does accept, Kim says he wants him to promote peace among North and South Korea.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/world/asia/kim-jong-un-pope-francis-north-korea.html
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ReplyDeleteThe United States pulled out of an arms treaty involving different types of missiles a while back. Vladimir putin said that the russians would pull out if the US did. Russia has been violating the treaty anyways for years now, which is why the US is pulling out. This will mean the development of new missiles as well as new warheads. How this will affect the future is currently unknown at the moment.
The Philippine president joke about how he used marijuana. He said that he used it to stay awake at some sort of meeting. This is weird because of the law that he has paced to stop drug use in the Philippines. The law is that if a person is caught using or selling drugs they will be sentenced to death. It is interesting that he would make a joke about this considering that thousands of people have died.
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DeleteIndia's cenbank governor Urjit Petal stepped down
ReplyDeletePetal says he had to resigned from his job because of the new bank board. The board felt the bank could be doing better if they changed their tools to high tech. Petal had been the governor of the bank for twelve years. Petal said "I feel the board is pushing me out of the bank. Why would I stay if I'm not wanted."
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COP24: Can leaders agree to climate rules in time?
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The Paris agreement was established in 2015. It's a group of around 200 leaders who are trying to control global warming. Over the past week leaders from all over have come to Poland to discuss where they should go with the problem. The .UN secretary believes that whatever happens over the next couple weeks with the group can be just as important as the first Paris agreement. Leaders are also trying to refine the climate "rulebook".
Iran's President warns US sanctions could increase flow of illegal drugs
ReplyDeleteIran's president, Hassan Rouhani, warns the United States on Saturday, United States ban on trade will not stop the act of illegal drugs coming in through the country. Hassan states that his country spends millions of dollars just on preventing drug dealing and trafficking. Irans distance between Europe and Afghanistan is causing more drug trafficking through the United States. In 2018, 330 tons of illegal drugs were found in the whole country of Iran. Trump made it known that any company that does business with Tehran will suffer of penalties from the United States.
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Russia will build missiles if US leaves treaty, Putin warns
ReplyDeleteRussian president Vlad Putin says if the United States leaves the treaty, they will began making high powered missiles. Both countries signed a treaty in 1987 banning both countries from small- medium missiles. Since 1991, over 2,400 missiles have been destroyed.
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ReplyDeleteAngela Merkel says shitstorm, and Twitter goes into a tailspin
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A curious case of language development in action, the same words can mean different things in the same manner when it comes to loan words. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was talking about a memory on the internet when she described it as "uncharted territory" a few years back, which generated much discussion in various internet circles at around the same timeframe, and comments how "Das hat mir einen grosen Shitstorm eingebracht", which roughly translates to "It brought about quite the shitstorm toward me."
With different connotations in German and English, the word is much more specific in meaning in German, commonly referring to, according to the article, "storms of outrage", such as in social media. In fact, it became part of German dictionaries a few years ago, and, according to the article, most Germans generally aren't aware of its vulgar connotations in the English language and is generally accepted.
Of course, the comment itself brought about the subject of the very word in certain circles, and stands as an interesting case of cultural and linguistic differences, even when it comes to the "same" words.
Over the past few weeks there have been riots and protest al acrossed France over the proposed tax on gas to help fight carbon emissions. The plan was proposed by the French president Emmanuel Macron whose popularity is very low. Many French people think that the tax is just making things harder on the average person and that Macron is out to support the wealthy and elite of France which is why his popularity has gone down and a part of the reason there is widespread protest across France.
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E.U. Leaders and U.L Agree on Brexit Divorce Terms
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Four years ago the European Union and Britain became one. Now, four years later, the Prime Minister Theresa May wants to split again and become two separate economic systems. In order for this to happen, May has to get approval for the split. She also has to lay out the plans for the future with the British Economy. The British voted to leave in 2016 and May doesn't know if that should be apart of her decision for the deal. Needless to say, the British Parliament is not very happy and the drama between the two is yet to be over. If her deal is rejected, her leadership could be questioned. Britain is set to leave on March 29, 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/europe/brexit-uk-eu-agreement.html
North Korean soldier flees to South as Trump talks up Kim Summit
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A North Korean soldier has defected to South by crossing the border in the demilitarized zone. The escape came as the US president Donald Trump said he hoped for another Summit with the North Korean leader. The latest defector, whose name has not been given, was spotted moving towards demarcation line. In September deal was reached to reduce military tensions. Last year North Korean soldiers shot at the defector Oh Chong Song as he raced across the border. There have not been any unusual response to the latest border crossing in North Korea.
President Vladimir Putin and Mohammed Bin Salman raised eyebrows as they gave each other a high five. They were seen laughing and smiling at the meeting of world leaders in Buenos Aires. Some believe Mohammed may have been behind the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. He denies ordering the death. Tom Friedman said it was Stomach hurning for Putin to have five Mohammed. One complicit of murdering a journalist and the other of Russian-exile spies.
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The French president is upset with Trump after an "offensive" tweet he had made. After the french president had raised gas prices to gain more money. Though Trump have suggested giving the money back through lower taxes. Though the french president told him to leave their country alone. The french people are fighting back in a protest called the "yellow vest" protest.
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Pope Francis is the first Latin-American pope. Pope Francis has been trying to nudge his church to become more welcoming with divorced Catholics and more LGTBQ marriages. Pope Francis is also allowing married men to become priest to un-shorten Catholic clergy.
Russia Reaches Out to Afghan Leaders for Taliban Talks
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Russia invited some Afghan experienced politicians to speak with the Taliban in Moscow. Some have reason to believe that Russia will hold another peace meeting in Moscow with 12 other countries. The US already declined the invitation to this event, but they don't want to speak further on why. Senior members of the Taliban say they will send a delegation to Russia to also form peace with China, Iran, Pakistan and more.
ReplyDeletePutin's East German identity card found in Stasi archives.
Putin's Germanic secret police card was just recently found. It was discovered with the Soviet-era personal files in Dresden, where he served as a police officer in the 1980's. On December 5 he called Russia to ask for orders because a crowd of people were planning on trying to take down the Berlin Wall. The wall came down exactly one month later.
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The President of Austria, Alexander Van der Bellen, has just learned that his son, Florian Van der Bellen will be living outside of Austria. After a trip to Georgia last year, he made the decision to move their permanently. One reason of this change is hearing about the countries liberal motives and lack of corruption. Florian recently opened a business in the capital of Georgia. He hopes to move all of his business over there when settling permanently.
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Macron to address French nation as students blockade dozens of schools
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France's president, Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation on Monday about protests being held the past four weeks. The protests have taken place because of fuel tax rises and living expenses, among other issues. Students from 140 schools disrupted class by leaving to protest against Macron and his decisions. 40 schools were completely blockaded by students. These students were protesting against the governments recent reforms against education, such as a difference in university admissions, which would be more selective. Many citizens are protesting against the residency of the president, and wish him to no longer hold the position of president.
Is the US Withdrawal from the INF Treaty an Attempt to Contain China?
ReplyDeletePresident Trump had an intention to withdraw from the 1987 INF Treaty. They made an agreement that no missiles were made. But according to Trump Russia has been making weapons. And this wasn't the first time.
https://www.fairobserver.com/more/international_security/us-inf-treaty-withdrawal-russia-china-nuclear-security-news-43210/
Polish political leader rejects converting to euro currency: December 7, 2018
ReplyDeleteJarosław Kaczyński, the leader of Poland’s ruling party has spoken out against having Poland convert to using euros as a shared currency with the European Union. Jaroslaw says that they aspire to change to western European living standards, but their zloty currency would protect them during international financial crises. Other high positioned people in Poland think it would help improve their living standards if they did convert.
http://www.wsfa.com/2018/12/07/polish-political-leader-rejects-converting-euro-currency/
These 59 Countries Had a Woman Leader Before the United States
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As of 2016 59 countries have already had a women leader. The country, Sri Lanka, is reportedly the first to have a women leader when Sirimavo Bandaranaike became prime minister in 1960. In the last 20 years three-quarters of prime ministers and presidents have been women. This includes women leaders who have been appointed, elected, or took over after someones death. In the last 2 years, 13 other countries have had a women leader. All women leaders have only served for a maximum of 5 years.
Queen Elizabeth ll visited the UK's oldest children's charity. She then opened another children's center in her honor before she died because the center was so old. Meeting all of the children, a young boy was so overwhelmed he was on the floor crying. Queen Elizabeth opened the center on the Thomas Coram's 350th birthday for the founder.
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https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/europe/macron-address-nation-french-schools-intl/index.html
ReplyDeleteIn Paris the president is disliked by the people. The people are fighting in the streets. They are lighting things on fire, have signs in the streets and there is fighting. They are mad because of how he is running the country. He is trying to make the people happy by giving them a $100 raise each month. This hasn't worked and people are still fighting in the streets. Erin Heins
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ReplyDeleteTaiwan’s leader is asking for more misery at the polls if she plays the ‘America card’, analysts warn
Last months local elections in Taiwan took a harsh defeat in the party of Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan. If the leader of Taiwan tries again to win the second polls, she could be at risk for another loss if she tries playing the "American Card" as officials have said. She claims by using some of Trump's tactics, like promising receiving economic incentives to her self ruled island. Some officals said it is not sure yet that if she will run for second trials. Although if Tsai Ing-wen runs for second elections, she has some major changing to do. With the change in need, this might lead to Trump's ideas, being the future of Taiwan.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2177016/taiwans-leader-asking-more-misery-polls-if-she-plays-america
The queen visits Coram,the UK's oldest children's charity.Coram has been helping children ever since it gained Royal Charter in 1739.One little kid was so overwhelmed upon meeting the queen he dropped to the ground and crawled out the nearest door shouting bye.
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More Nurses Should Consider Pursuing a Leadership Position
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People are wanting nurses to start pursuing other jobs that involve leadership. They want this because in order to become a good nurse, you need to be able to take control of the situation at hand and solve it right then and there. Companys are having a hard time trying to fill higher positions that involve leadership.
Putin Building Massive Arctic Military Base
ReplyDeleteTrefoil is a three cornered building recently constructed under the order of Vladimir Putin. Painted to resemble the Russian flag, the structure holds up to 150 troops as well as war planes. During some of the soldiers time away, they will be staying in and using the Trefoil as their main base. Some of these deployments last up to 18 months. Although the conditions are far below zero degrees, Russian troops pride themselves on their ability to perform in such low temperatures. Majority of the base is tope secret, but some can be viewed in a video tour. Putin says this is just the beginning of his plans to conquer the arctic.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/04/21/putin-arctic-mega-military-base-todd-tsr-dnt.cnn
Vladimir Putin's Stasi ID Card Found In German Archives.
ReplyDeleteHe is the current leader of Russia. When he is a young man he was a spy for the KGB. His ID card was just found in the German Archives. On the card his nickname was "Stasi". There are stamps on his card that would have allowed him to get into top secret buildings. In 1989, Communism started to fall.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/12/europe/putin-stasi-id-card-grm-scli-intl/index.html
Kim Jong-Un invited the Pope to visit North Korea. He is known to be one of the worst leaders when it comes down to religious acceptance. Kim is sending South Korea leader to deliver the message. Many people speculate the pop will refuse, but Kim still wishes for him to promote peace throught the koreas.
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Queen Elizabeth 11 Visits Charity
ReplyDeleteQueen Elizabeth spreads cheer when she appeared in Coram, London on Wednesday. She visited the oldest U.K childrens charity to open a new center in her name, while also taking part in holiday activites. She had a cute encounter with a girl, as she hung her christmas ornament up.
https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Queen-Elizabeth-II-Coram-Charity-London-December-2018-45555126
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46547832
ReplyDeleteBrexit: Teresa May asking EU for Backstop Assurances
Teresa may is the prime minister of Great Britain. She wants Great Britain to not be a part of the European Union. The country is divided into two parts about this issue. Some people like the idea and some people are very against it. This affects Teresa May because she may lose her job over this.
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DeleteSouth Korea Rules Out Visit By North Korea
ReplyDeleteKim Jong Un has announced he will go down and visit South Korea. The South Korea president Moon Jae-In has visited North Korea 3 times recently. North Korea is cautious about setting an exact date because of the security in South Korea. Moon Jae-In stated that the visit would be "difficult". If Kim Jong does visit South Korea it would be the first time a North Korean president visited South Korea since WW2. People are predicting that Kim would probably visit early next year.
https://www.voanews.com/a/south-korea-rules-out-visit-by-north-korean-leader-this-year/4698805.html
Theresa May, UK's prime minister, is being faced with a vote by members of parliament to see if she will stay in office. 48 Conservative MP's called for a vote to be held. The majority of the group says that they will support the prime minister. Theresa May says she will not run for office in 2022. She hopes to stay in office until then though to carry out her plans for the Brexit deal. The voting will take place on Thursday, December 13.
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Will Kim Jong-un Visit Seoul This Month? South Korea Is Holding Its Breath
ReplyDelete"If Mr. Kim doesn't visit Seoul it will be a major let down." They said that Kim promised he would try to visit sometime soon and this seems to be his only opportunity. In anticipation for the visit a large mutual of Mr. Moon and Mr. Kim shaking hands outside of a building known as Blue Moon. Some say Kim will not make the journey before talking with Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/asia/kim-jong-un-visit-seoul.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FKim%20Jong-un&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection
https://www.foxnews.com/world/thai-islamic-leaders-tighten-rules-on-child-marriage
ReplyDeleteThai Islamic leaders are making the marriage stronger. A 11 year old girl married a 41 year old man. They can get married if they had permission from there parents. Now the leaders made it where you have to be 17 to married.
There's a company selling face masks in South Korea and on the package Kim Jon Un is wearing the mask. Over 25,000 masks have been sold since June. The masks have caused a lot of controversy because he's the leader of North Korea, not South Korea. Some stores have even stopped selling the mask because of rude backlash. It's illegal to favor certain politics and they are technically still at war right now.
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Putin has made it clear to the U.S. that if they leave the treaty they will build missiles. They think the U.S. will leave because our president has made treats to leave it before because of Russia's actions. The Cold War treaty they agreed upon, and Putin plans to use the weapons if necessary. Russia refuses to break the Cold War Treatyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46458604
ReplyDeleteThe U.S. and Russia signed a treaty back in 1987. The treaty said that they are banning all short and medium missles. Putin is aruging about how diffrent counries made weapons under a treaty. Donald Trump is leaving the treaty because of what Russia is saying.
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Thai Islamic leaders tighten rules on child marriage
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Islamic leaders have new regulations for marriage. The regulations state the 17-year-olds and younger must be approved by a religious committee. This said because of what happened earlier in the year. An 11-year-old married a 41-year-old. The girl was from Thailand, and the man was from Malaysian. This triggered both countries to regulate the marriage laws. Wisut Binlateh said that all children at any age could get married by approval from parents, but now children under the age of 17, needs approval by a religious committee to get married. This effect took place on December 4.