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Trump's UN speech was a bizarre feat of gaslighting and fantasy
It only made sense if you see the world as Trump does – a world where he can do no wrong, and completely divorced from facts Seventy-five years after its founding, the United Nations is facing an unprecedented challenge in helping countries respond to a devastating pandemic. And President Donald Trump – leader of the world’s most powerful country, which helped establish the UN – is sabotaging efforts to collectively tackle the pandemic and other threats that the UN was created to solve.This year, the pandemic forced the UN to conduct diplomacy virtually. World leaders had to pre-record their speeches for the 75th general assembly, highlighting in stark fashion the grave challenges that all countries face today from Covid-19, as well as the tall task the UN has in marshaling an effective global coordination effort.Trump’s pre-recorded speech was fitting for a president who has decimated US credibility like few of his predecessors: speaking into the void, Trump spun a fantastical tale of a world in which the United States is leading the charge against all manner of evil, from the pandemic to China to Iran. Like much of Trump’s rants on Twitter or on stage, his speech to the UN only made sense if you see the world as Trump does – a world where he can do no wrong, and completely divorced from the facts.The facts, unfortunately, show a president who has exacerbated multiple crises roiling his own country, and who has made the world a more dangerous place.Trump has purposely downplayed the pandemic and its deadliness – despite knowing better – and has refused to appropriately prepare and respond to the crisis. As a result, more than 200,000 Americans so far have died – more than 20% of the world’s recorded deaths from Covid-19 come from America, which has roughly 4% of the world’s population. And while the pandemic continues to kill Americans and people around the world, Trump’s administration has refused to participate in global efforts to fight the pandemic, whether in the World Health Organization or through collaborative efforts with other countries to develop and distribute a vaccine.When it comes to China, Trump has only weakened America’s ability to address the real challenges that China poses. Instead of working with allies to pressure China over its trade practices, human rights abuses, or military aggression, Trump has alienated America’s allies. He launched a trade war that cost American jobs. He has withdrawn American leadership – from the UN, from the WHO, and other efforts to build and enforce norms that protect America – allowing China’s global influence to grow. And Trump has repeatedly sacrificed America’s interests to China in favor of helping himself, including by asking China’s President Xi Jinping to interfere in US politics to advantage Trump politically.Trump, amazingly, attempted to claim that he has a good record on the environment, while the reality is that his administration has intentionally reversed gains America has made in recent years in combating climate change. From announcing that America would leave the Paris climate agreement to rolling back myriad regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions, Trump has set the world back in its efforts to solve the planet’s most existential crisis.Trump’s Iran policy has been counterproductive and dangerous. To kick off UN general assembly week, Trump’s top cabinet officials announced new sanctions on Iran, and in the process reminded everyone just how isolated the United States is when it comes to Iran. America’s own allies – the UK, France, and Germany – responded to the latest Trump sanctions by noting that America was no longer a member of the nuclear deal, and therefore could not invoke the deal’s terms to impose “snapback” sanctions. Since withdrawing the United States from the deal that stopped Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Iran has accelerated its program in ways that the nuclear deal had halted.In today’s world, countries must partner to solve shared challenges. The United Nations and other multilateral organizations are where America can rally the world to take concrete action, whether it’s to reduce carbon emissions or to pressure China over its human rights abuses in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. The American people recognize this reality – a recent poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs reported that 62% of Americans believe that “the coronavirus outbreak has made it clear that it is more important for the United States to coordinate and collaborate with other countries to solve global issues.”Instead of using these institutions to America’s advantage, Trump has attempted to tear them down, from announcing the withdrawal of the US from the WHO in the middle of a pandemic to removing the US from the Global Migration Compact amid the worst displaced persons crisis ever, to name just a couple of examples.People around the world don’t trust Trump or Trump’s America. A recent Pew Research Center poll made clear that, in many countries considered America’s closest friends, “the share of the public with a favorable view of the US is as low as it has been at any point since the Center began polling on this topic nearly two decades ago”, and Trump has a lower approval rating than both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. When the world doesn’t respect or trust America, others won’t work with America in pursuing its goals.The pandemic could not be a more striking illustration of how desperately the world needs a robust UN. And the consequences of the Trump administration’s rejection of multilateralism and undermining of America’s credibility abroad is a powerful reminder that principled American leadership in the UN and international bodies is essential to solving our greatest challenges.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:33:49 GMT

‘You are not in North Korea’: Pelosi blasts Trump over refusal to promise peaceful transfer of power
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reminded President Trump on Thursday that he’s “not in North Korea” after he refused to promise that there’ll be a peaceful transition of power in the event he loses the election in November. In a press conference on Capitol Hill, Pelosi called Trump’s dithering on the fundamental issue “very sad" and noted that he often offers praise for the authoritarian leaders of North Korea, Russia and Turkey. “But I remind him: You are not in North Korea, you are not in Turkey, you are not in Russia, Mr. President, and, by the way, you are not in Saudi Arabia," she said.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:27:27 GMT

At UN, China, Russia and US clash over pandemic responses
China, the United States and Russia butted heads at the United Nations on Thursday over responsibility for the pandemic that has interrupted the world, trading allegations about who mishandled and politicized the virus in one of the few real-time exchanges among top officials at this year's COVID-distanced U.N. General Assembly meeting. The remarks at the U.N. Security Council came just after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the lack of international cooperation in tackling the still “out-of-control” coronavirus.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:09:30 GMT

If world handles climate like COVID-19, U.N. chief says: 'I fear the worst'

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:58:52 GMT

Hermès to Sell Special United Nations Tie

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:57:25 GMT

Yemen's president urges Houthis to allow humanitarian aid
Yemen’s embattled and exiled president on Thursday urged his government’s rival, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, to stop impeding the flow of urgently needed humanitarian aid. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi's plea aired more than a week after an international watchdog organization warned that all sides in Yemen's conflict were interfering with the arrival of food, health care supplies, water and sanitation support. In his speech, the Yemeni president also asked that the Houthis allow a U.N. team immediate access to an abandoned oil tanker that risks causing massive environmental damage to the Red Sea.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:25:40 GMT

UN official: Bosnia authorities expose migrants to suffering
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — With harsh weather fast approaching, the number of migrants and refugees who are sleeping rough in Bosnia keeps rising because of the persistent refusal by authorities at different levels of government in the country to coordinate their work and embrace “rational” solutions, a U.N. migration official said Thursday. Peter Van der Auweraert, the Western Balkans coordinator and Bosnia representative of the International Organization for Migration, told The Associated Press that instead of helping the U.N. agency to expand accommodation for migrants, some local authorities in the country are now even restricting access to housing that is already available. Of around 8,500 migrants stuck in Bosnia, 2,500 are forced to sleep outside “in squats, forests, streets (and) abandoned buildings,” mostly in the northwestern Krajina region, which shares a highly porous 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) border with European Union member Croatia.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:22:42 GMT

UAE, Israeli cyber chiefs discuss joining forces to combat common threats
The establishment of formal Israel-UAE ties over the last month - spurred in part by common worries about Iran - unleashed a flurry of bilateral deals, including on cyber technologies, Israeli exports of which were valued at .5 billion in 2019. "We are threatened by the same threats ... because of the nature of the region, because of the nature of our new, 'outed' relations and because of who we are - strong economically and technologically," Igal Unna, head of Israel's National Cyber Directorate, told UAE counterpart Mohamed al-Kuwaiti in an online conference.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:05:33 GMT

Ministers 'seek alternatives' for UK sat-nav
The government says it is after all ideas for a sovereign satellite-navigation system post-Brexit.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:05:15 GMT

At UN, Africa urges fiscal help against virus 'apocalypse'
African nations came out swinging on the third day of the United Nations annual gathering of world leaders Thursday, calling for dramatic fiscal measures to help economies survive the coronavirus pandemic — which one leader called the “fifth horseman of the apocalypse.” African countries estimate they need 0 billion in support annually for the next three years, pointing out it’s a fraction of the trillions of dollars some richer countries are using to revive their economies. Meanwhile, Africa has tilted into its first recession in a quarter-century.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:04:56 GMT

Trump niece files suit saying family cheated her of millions

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:36:31 GMT

Carney backs call for climate risk to be baked into company financial accounts

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:29:43 GMT

TVO Original Series ‘Striking Balance’ (Season 2) Invites Viewers to Explore Sustainable Communities and Economies in Canada’s Biosphere Reserves starting October 4

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:23:00 GMT

US envoy wants dialogue with Iran on Afghanistan
The US negotiator on Afghanistan said Thursday he would welcome talks with Iran on ending the Afghan conflict, accusing Tehran of seeking to bog down its arch-enemy in its longest war.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:19:50 GMT

Controversial UK bill threatens EU trade deal: Irish FM
Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney on Thursday said Brussels will not rubberstamp an EU-UK trade agreement if London keeps threatening to breach its Brexit divorce deal.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:15:24 GMT

In sign of frustration, US shortens sanctions waiver to Iraq
The United States has extended a sanctions waiver that enables Iraq to continue importing gas from Iran but this time granting a significantly shorter waiver period, Iraqi officials and the U.S. State Department said Thursday. The development is a sign of unease in U.S.-Iraq relations amid near-daily attacks targeting American presence in the Mideast country and underscores the standing U.S. demand that Baghdad wean itself off dependence on Iranian oil.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:06:51 GMT

AP-NORC poll: Support for racial injustice protests declines
As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in a raid that killed Breonna Taylor sparks renewed protests nationwide, a new survey finds support has fallen for demonstrations against systemic racism. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 44% of Americans disapprove of protests in response to police violence against Black Americans, while 39% approve. The new survey was conducted Sept. 11-14, before Wednesday's announcement that a lone Louisville police officer would be charged in the Taylor case, but not for her actual death.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:00:21 GMT

For North Korea, UN membership is a key link to larger world
To pay close attention to North Korean diplomacy is to notice the many ways it upends the stereotype of the isolated, nuclear-armed wildcard of Northeast Asia. Along with scattered embassies throughout the world, the North also has a permanent mission at the United Nations in New York, where one of its diplomats will dutifully, if virtually, join other world leaders speaking at the annual U.N. General Assembly. The United Nations makes a point of welcoming all nations, regardless of political persuasion.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:47:05 GMT

The Latest: Nations urged to help stranded seafarers
Here’s another COVID-19 problem that the U.N. is trying to solve: how to help more than 300,000 merchant mariners trapped at sea because of virus restrictions get home. Saying many seafarers are at a “breaking point” after as much as a year away from home, Captain Hedi Marzougui pleaded their case Thursday at a U.N.-organized meeting with shipping executives and government transport officials.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:25:43 GMT

Russia's season of war games unites West-weary allies
President Vladimir Putin will on Friday oversee massive military exercises as Russia stages a series of drills with China and other allies amid fresh tensions with the West.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:22:21 GMT

Trump pays respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg
President Donald Trump paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday morning, just two days before he announces his nominee to replace her on the high court. The president and first lady Melania Trump — both wearing masks — stood silently at the top of the steps of the court and looked down at Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin, surrounded by white flowers. The death of the liberal-leaning justice has sparked a controversy over the balance of the court just weeks before the November presidential election.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:19:31 GMT

Kellogg Company Significantly Reduces Food Loss and Organic Waste
According to the United Nations World Food Programme, roughly one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. Through Kellogg's commitment to create Better Days for 3 billion people by the end of 2030, Kellogg today announced that since 2016, it has reduced its total organic waste by 13.4% and total waste per pound of food produced by 5.7%. Furthermore, in 2019, just 1.1% of food handled across its manufacturing operations went unused globally, which was provided to local food banks and farmers for animal feed.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:15:00 GMT

Coronavirus corruption in Kenya: Officials and businesspeople targeted
Millions of dollars meant for buying Covid-19 medical supplies are alleged to have been misused.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:13:28 GMT

Kenosha shooter's defense portrays him as 'American patriot'
The way lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse tell it, he wasn't just a scared teenager acting in self-defense when he shot to death two Kenosha, Wisconsin, protesters. “They’re playing to his most negative characteristics and stereotypes, what his critics want to perceive him as — a crazy militia member out to cause harm and start a revolution,” said Robert Barnes, a prominent Los Angeles defense attorney.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:08:52 GMT

U.S. renews waiver for Iraq to import Iranian energy, for 60 days

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:08:23 GMT

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears
The slice of Michigan that covers Detroit, its suburbs and towns dependent on the auto industry is coveted political terrain in one of this year's most important presidential swing states. It also has another distinction as home to one of the worst-performing U.S. Postal Service districts in the country. In Michigan and beyond, states are seeing record-breaking interest in mail-in voting during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 14:01:56 GMT

AP PHOTOS: In era of the virus, the UN meeting that wasn't
When world leaders descend on the United Nations for their yearly meeting, U.N. headquarters in New York City transforms into a hectic, vibrant place. More than 1,000 members of the media converge on New York from all over the world to cover the global gabfest and hundreds of side events. Media work areas are expanded but still cramped because there are so many writers, photojournalists and video journalists.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:28:47 GMT

Trump-appointed judges under an election-year political lens
U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson, a Trump administration appointee who bucked the president's conservative base by blocking a Tennessee law that restricts mail-in voting, had an announcement to make before wrapping up his decision: it had nothing to do with politics. The declaration dropped as lower-court judges, like Richardson, face greater scrutiny over their perceived ideological purity. Richardson even took the step of addressing potential critics in his opinion.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:07:12 GMT

Algorithmia Survey Finds Companies Doubling Down on AI/ML

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:00:00 GMT

North Korea shot, burned the body of South Korean official, Seoul says
The official, described as 47-year-old Mr. A., was traveling on a government-affiliated ship near a disputed maritime border with North Korea.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:26:00 GMT

North Korea shot, burned the body of South Korean official, Seoul says
Gen. Ahn Young-ho, in charge of operations at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a press briefing that the military received the report of a missing official affiliated with the ministry of oceans and fisheries on Monday. The official, described as 47-year-old Mr. A., was traveling on the ship a mile off the coast of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, which lies off the west coast of the Korean peninsula near a disputed maritime border with North Korea.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:26:00 GMT

Verizon commits million to We Mean Business coalition to help scale climate action

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:18:00 GMT

NYC mayor skips Saudi Arabia summit, citing rights concerns

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:16:52 GMT

Ginsburg's empathy born of Jewish history and discrimination
In the Jewish tradition, burials usually take place within 24 hours of death. “Even though it generally goes against Jewish tradition, the fact that Americans will have a chance to pause in front and say thank you to her” shows the depth of her legacy, said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. While politicians heatedly debate over replacing Ginsburg on the court, others are reflecting on how she advocated for women's rights and how she tried to reach just decisions as a jurist, all informed by her Jewish upbringing.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:16:06 GMT

IMF endorses Sudan's reform plan for battered economy
The International Monetary Fund has signed off on Sudan's economic reform program, a move that can eventually allow the highly-indebted African country to get debt relief and move ahead with rebuilding its battered economy as it transitions to democratic rule. Until the end of June 2021, IMF staff will be monitoring the implementation of a “home-grown” economic restructuring program that aims at “stabilizing the economy, removing distortions, improving competitiveness, and strengthening governance,” according to an IMF statement released Wednesday. Sudan has been ruled by a transitional military-civilian government following last year’s pro-democracy uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:49:06 GMT

Over 360 more detained in Belarus in protests against leader
Over 360 more people have been detained in Belarus during protests against the country's authoritarian president, who was unexpectedly sworn in to his sixth term in office after an election the opposition says was rigged. Thousands of Belarusians took to the streets of the capital of Minsk and other cities on Wednesday evening to protest President Alexander Lukashenko's morning inauguration, which took place without advance public notice. Police fiercely dispersed the crowds of protesters; in Minsk, officers used truncheons and water cannons, leaving dozens injured.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:38:10 GMT

Election 2020 Today: Trump's power move; Biden courted
TRUMP BALKS: Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. BIDEN'S COURT: Some leading progressives are pressing Biden to endorse expanding the number of high court justices should he win the White House and Democrats take control of the Senate.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 11:31:42 GMT

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Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:43:00 GMT

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U.S.-Trained Forces Are Raping Women in Cameroon—and Rebels Are Beheading Them
IKOM, Nigeria—Lucy was contemplating closing early for the day when soldiers—believed to be from the Cameroon government’s notorious Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR)—stormed her shop in the northwestern Cameroon town of Bamenda at the end of August, dragged her outside, asked her to take off the shirt she was wearing, and forced her to sit on the bare ground for hours.“When I asked them what I had done wrong, one of them gave me a terrible slap and began to kick me all over my body,” Lucy, who sells foodstuffs close to a market in Bamenda, told The Daily Beast via telephone. “I thought the soldiers were going to kill me.”On the same day Lucy was brutalized by government forces in Bamenda, about 80 other women—mostly traders at the local food market—were detained at a police station for three days, many of them beaten and wounded by soldiers who were searching for English-speaking separatists following the killing of a police officer days before.“The soldiers entered the food market unannounced and began to forcefully remove everybody to the mobile police station,” said Lucy, who wanted to be identified by just her first name. “They looted and destroyed shops and ordered every woman to sit on the ground. The weather was so hot and some women collapsed as a result of the heat.”Slaughtered Because They Spoke EnglishScores of women have been assaulted and abused by both Cameroonian government forces and English-speaking separatists in the northwest and southwest Anglophone parts of Cameroon since violence erupted in the two regions, along the long Nigerian border, more than three years ago.Reports of sexual violence against women have grown in recent months, mostly perpetrated by BIR soldiers who’ve received lots of financial support from the United States in recent years. Last year, Human Rights Watch documented how two BIR soldiers raped a 22-year-old mother in the northwest and how a 23-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl in the same home were raped in front of two children by three BIR soldiers who accused them of hiding separatists. Women have also been assaulted while fleeing from their communities.“Soldiers stopped us as we were heading to the [Nigerian] border and forced us to take off our clothes,” a 17-year-girl, who fled the Cameroonian town of Akwaya with her 25-year-old sister to the Ogoja refugee settlement in Nigeria, told The Daily Beast. “They began to touch our private parts and were about to rape us when they heard gunshots, which made them leave us and run away.”In recent years, the Cameroonian military—including the BIR—has relied heavily on the U.S. for funding. Since 2014, America has given more than 0 million to Cameroon in security assistance—including 0,000 spent so far this year on assisting the country’s military and police.Created in 2001 by the Cameroonian government to tackle armed bandits on its northern border with Chad and Nigeria and its eastern border with the Central African Republic, the BIR soon began to stray from its original mission—allegedly committing a number of human-rights atrocities including extrajudicial killing of civilians suspected to work for Boko Haram militants in northern Cameroon.The elite army unit, which is better trained and equipped than the regular Cameroonian army, is overseen by retired Israeli officers who report directly to President Paul Biya. These officers were recently accused of living extravagantly. One of them was reported to have bought properties worth about million in New York and Los Angeles, and spent his holidays in luxury resorts in the Bahamas, costing ,000 per night.But the rapid reaction force isn’t the only group that has targeted women and girls in western Cameroon. Armed separatists have assaulted and murdered women amid intensifying violence and growing calls for secession of the northwest and southwest regions.In an astonishing video widely shared on social media last month, three suspected separatist fighters in the southwestern town of Muyuka were seen beating and dragging a woman whom the government later identified as Confort Tumassang, a 35-year-old mother of four. Her hands were tied behind her back and Tumassang, who was accused of collaborating with the military, could be heard in the clip begging for mercy. She was then beheaded and her body abandoned in the street. The incident, which occurred on Aug. 11, came during the same period that reports of sexual assault perpetrated by separatists on women in Anglophone communities began to grow.“My 17-year-old cousin was raped by two rebels on her way to the market." Helen, a 25-year-old hairdresser in Muyuka, told The Daily Beast via telephone. “They beat her up and threatened to kill her before eventually raping her.”The U.S.-Backed Military Slaughters Women and Children in CameroonRape has become one of the most common forms of violence against women in the conflict in the western Cameroon. A study last year by the Rural Women Center for Education and Development, a Cameroonian non-profit group, revealed that at least 300 school-age girls from the northwest region became pregnant after being raped by suspected separatist fighters or government soldiers, and that many victims terminated their pregnancies with unsafe or crude abortions. Following the revelation, Cameroon government officials noted that the actual number could be much higher, as many girls involved in the practice do so in hiding.“It is obviously clear that rape has become a weapon of war in the conflict in western Cameroon,” Eno Edet, a human rights lawyer and advocate in Cross River State—which is hosting the vast majority of Cameroonian refugees in Nigeria—told The Daily Beast. “There are dozens of Cameroonian girls in refugee settlements here in Cross River with stories of sexual assault perpetrated by separatists or government forces back in their country.”Cameroon’s western regions descended into conflict in 2016 when the government repressed peaceful protests by English speakers against perceived marginalization. It turned into a full war when separatists declared western Cameroon an independent nation in October 2017. Over 3,000 civilian deaths have been recorded, along with dozens of soldiers killed by separatists. More than 700,000 Anglophone Cameroonians have been displaced during the crisis, and at least 52,000 people are currently taking refuge in Nigeria.As The Daily Beast previously reported, Anglophones make up about 20 percent of Cameroon’s population of 26 million. In February 1961, the United Nations organized a referendum in which English-speaking Cameroonians, then under British rule, voted to rejoin Francophone Cameroon. Both merged on Oct. 1, 1961, and inherited a constitution which recognized the country as a federation of two states with “the same status.” But not long after the reunification, things began to change. Then-President Ahmadou Ahidjo, a Francophone, replaced the two federal states with six regions. He appointed federal inspectors of each region and gave them more power than locally elected politicians. Ahidjo followed up by discarding the currency used by the Anglophones. He refused to recognize Cameroon’s membership of the Commonwealth, and he abolished federalism altogether through a national referendum.Incumbent President Paul Biya, also a Francophone, succeeded Ahidjo in November 1982 and began to introduce policies similar to that of his predecessor. In 1983, he split the Anglophone region into the Northwest and Southwest provinces. A year later he changed the country’s official name to the Republic of Cameroon, as it was known as when it was a Francophone territory, and removed the second star from the flag that had stood as a representation of the Anglophone region.Many prominent figures in Cameroon’s western region from time to time condemned the policies of the Biya administration as they affect the western region, but when the government went ahead to appoint French-speaking magistrates in Anglophone courts, many believed he had gone too far.Unfortunately, the conflict that followed has crippled social amenities and left much of the Anglophone region in ruins. But it is the frequent targeting of women and girls by major players in the war that leaves many in English-speaking communities worried.“We are living in fear because women are becoming victims of rape every day,” said Helen, the hairdresser in Muyuka. “The other day, it was my cousin [who was raped]. Tomorrow, it could be another innocent woman. No woman is safe here.”Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:01:57 GMT

Many firms 'have not considered Brexit effect'
Only half of UK firms that trade internationally have assessed the impact of Brexit, says a business group.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:31:56 GMT

Mike Pompeo urges US states to beware of China's 'sinister' attempts at engagement
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on American state governments to reject appeals from China for closer ties and asked them to cooperate more with Taiwan.Warning about Beijing's attempts to sidestep road blocks erected by Washington on the federal level, Pompeo told state lawmakers in Madison, Wisconsin, that overtures from Chinese diplomats, Chinese nationals or "Americans working with [Chinese Communist Party]-linked interests" were often part of a plot to further "Beijing's form of authoritarianism".Chinese President Xi Jinping "knows that the federal government is pushing back against the CCP's malign influence. He sees that here in the US, and increasingly around the world", Pompeo said. "General Secretary Xi thinks you're the weak link."Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on the big stories originating in China.The warning comes just weeks after Pompeo's department ordered Chinese diplomats in the US to seek permission before meeting with local government officials or visiting university campuses, a move that he said was made to match restrictions that American diplomats face in China.The top US diplomat cited entreaties this year by an official from China's Chicago consulate to Wisconsin Senate President Roger Roth for his chamber to pass a resolution praising Beijing's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic as an example of attempts to co-opt state-level officials.He called these efforts "a much more sinister vision of engagement" compared with initiatives by other countries to burnish their image overseas, such as France's Alliance Francais language and culture schools.US accusations that China deliberately delayed warning the world about the novel coronavirus have further strained a relationship already damaged by a trade war that US President Donald Trump started more than two years ago.Trump made China's alleged culpability for the pandemic, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans, a key theme of his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, further inflaming tensions.Pompeo also cited the case of a New York City police officer charged with acting as an agent for China as an example of Beijing's covert efforts to undermine US interests. The federal indictment of Baimadajie Angwang - a naturalised US citizen who is accused of spying on fellow ethnic Tibetans in New York - was unsealed on Monday.The secretary of state called on the Wisconsin lawmakers to adopt a number of measures to check Beijing's influence, including "laws to codify closer cooperation with federal agencies in [intellectual property] protection, investment screening and counter-infiltration operations".Mike Pompeo speaks to socially distanced lawmakers and guests at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison on Wednesday. Photo: AFP alt=Mike Pompeo speaks to socially distanced lawmakers and guests at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison on Wednesday. Photo: AFPAfter welcoming local representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office of Chicago to his speech, Pompeo also asked the lawmakers to "ignore CCP threats, and encourage mayors and businesspeople to engage with a free and democratic Taiwan".The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office is Taiwan's de facto embassy in the US. Washington does not have official diplomatic relations with the self-ruled island.Pompeo also suggested that funds managed by the Wisconsin Retirement System for state and local government employees be divested of holdings in two of China's largest telecom companies."As of its last report the Wisconsin Retirement System was invested in China Mobile and China Telecom," he said. "Both are state-owned giants and they're an integral part of the Chinese Orwellian surveillance system. Do you want your teachers, firefighters, your policeman invested in those kinds of activities?"China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2020 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2020. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:30:00 GMT

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Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:24:25 GMT

Quarantine ordered for 2,500 students at elite Swiss school
Swiss authorities ordered 2,500 students at an elite hospitality management school to quarantine themselves due to a coronavirus outbreak allegedly linked to off-campus partying, the latest back-to-school sign of higher education's place in the pandemic. Authorities in Switzerland's Vaud canton, or region, said all undergraduates at the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, or the Lausanne Hospitality Management University in English, were told to quarantine at home both on and off campus because the virus already had spread too widely for a more limited order. “Significant outbreaks of infection have appeared at several levels of training, making impossible a more targeted closure than that involving 2,500 students,” the Vaud regional office said in a statement.

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Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:23:00 GMT

Israel tightens second lockdown as virus cases soar
Israel on Thursday moved to further tighten its second countrywide lockdown as coronavirus cases continued to soar, ordering all nonessential businesses to close and requiring people to stay within 1,000 meters (yards) of their homes. Prayers during the ongoing Jewish High Holidays, as well as political demonstrations, would be limited to open spaces and no more than 20 people, and participants would have to remain within the restricted distance from home. The measures are set to go into force on Friday afternoon, as the country shuts down for the weekly Sabbath ahead of the solemn holiday of Yom Kippur on Sunday and Monday.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:06:55 GMT

Probe of gang rape case that shocked Egypt ensnares many
An announcement last month that Egypt’s top prosecutor would investigate an alleged 2014 gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at a luxury Cairo hotel marked a rare moment of triumph for human rights activists. “It’s frightening and terrifying,” said Azza Soliman, an attorney who runs the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance. The case has also captivated many in Egypt as it exposed free-wheeling practices of alcohol- and drug-fueled partying among a small subsection of the country’s very wealthy youth.

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:16:39 GMT

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Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:03:00 GMT

Amnesty: Migrants face 'vicious cycle of cruelty' in Libya
Amnesty International said Thursday that thousands of Europe-bound migrants who were intercepted and returned to Libyan shores this year were forcefully disappeared after being taken out of unofficial detention centers run by militias allied with the U.N.-supported government in the capital, Tripoli. In its latest report, the group also said that rival authorities in eastern Libya forcibly expelled several thousand migrants “without due process or the opportunity to challenge their deportation.” Libya, which descended into chaos following the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has emerged as a major transit point for African and Arab migrants fleeing war and poverty to Europe.

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