Via euronews: Sweden prepares to vote in a highly charged general election
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September 8, 2018
Middle East - Idlib - EU: Eight EU countries call for protection of civilians in Idlib
Eight EU member states in the UN Security Council have called on Russia
and Iran to maintain a previously agreed ceasefire and avoid military
escalation in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib to avoid
"catastrophic humanitarian consequences for civilians".
The statement was signed by the UK, France, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, together with Germany, Belgium and Italy, who recently sat in the Council or will soon be sitting.
The statement was signed by the UK, France, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, together with Germany, Belgium and Italy, who recently sat in the Council or will soon be sitting.
September 7, 2018
Most Americans Think Catholic Church Has A Serious Problem with Sexual Predators
The Roman Catholic Church has been making headlines recently for all the
wrong reasons. Most Americans – including Catholics -- think the
church has no one to blame but itself.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73% of American Adults think the Catholic Church has a serious problem with sexual predators among its clergy. Fifteen percent (15%) feel the media is overhyping the church’s sex problems. Another 12% are not sure.
(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Note EU-Digest: This problem could be solved quickly if the Vatican removes the celibacy laws for priests and nuns.
For the complete report go to Rasmussen Polls
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73% of American Adults think the Catholic Church has a serious problem with sexual predators among its clergy. Fifteen percent (15%) feel the media is overhyping the church’s sex problems. Another 12% are not sure.
(To see survey question wording, click here.)
Note EU-Digest: This problem could be solved quickly if the Vatican removes the celibacy laws for priests and nuns.
For the complete report go to Rasmussen Polls
September 5, 2018
USA -Trump Trade Wars: Southern states among hardest hit by China tariffs - by Andrew Soerge
Exporters in manufacturing-heavy states such as Alabama, South Carolina
and Kentucky are among those that stand to lose the most from a
protracted trade war with China, according to a U.S. News analysis of
government trade data that suggests newly erected trade barriers into
the Chinese market could stifle industries shipping billions of dollars
of goods into Asia's largest economy each year.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the U.S. exported nearly $130 billion in commodities to China last year, an increase of nearly $14 billion from 2016's trade total. Newly erected tariffs on some of those goods – a byproduct of a tit-for-tat trade conflict that's developed between President Donald Trump's administration and members of Chinese President Xi Jinping's regime – stand to raise prices on U.S. exports, with farmers and manufacturers, in particular, concerned about their products getting priced out of the world's second-largest economy.
"What is clear is that we are in a trade war," Daniel Ikenson, director of the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, said in a statement last week. "With very little substantive dialogue underway between the governments, matters are likely to get much worse before they get better."
The average U.S. state shipped 9 percent of its total commodity exports to China in 2017 – valued at an average of $2.5 billion. Washington, California and Texas led the way in China exports, each shipping more than $16 billion in goods to the country in 2017.
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The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the U.S. exported nearly $130 billion in commodities to China last year, an increase of nearly $14 billion from 2016's trade total. Newly erected tariffs on some of those goods – a byproduct of a tit-for-tat trade conflict that's developed between President Donald Trump's administration and members of Chinese President Xi Jinping's regime – stand to raise prices on U.S. exports, with farmers and manufacturers, in particular, concerned about their products getting priced out of the world's second-largest economy.
"What is clear is that we are in a trade war," Daniel Ikenson, director of the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, said in a statement last week. "With very little substantive dialogue underway between the governments, matters are likely to get much worse before they get better."
The average U.S. state shipped 9 percent of its total commodity exports to China in 2017 – valued at an average of $2.5 billion. Washington, California and Texas led the way in China exports, each shipping more than $16 billion in goods to the country in 2017.
Read more: Southern states among hardest hit by China tariffs
September 3, 2018
Britain - Brexit: Theresa May should start reading the Tea Leaves as 2.6 million Leave voters have abandoned support for Brexit since referendum, major new study finds - by Benjamin Kentish
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| The Brexit disaster |
If the huge number of Britons who have changed their mind had voted to stay in the EU in 2016, the referendum would have delivered a clear Remain verdict.
In a key finding that will particularly intensify pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to take a tougher stance against Brexit, the study found the overwhelming majority of those changing minds are Labour voters in seats the party currently holds.
It comes as Conservative divisions over Brexit deepened, with Theresa May attempting to slap down Boris Johnson after he wrote another article attacking her approach.
The Independent has launched its own campaign for a Final Say referendum, with almost three quarters of a million people having signed our petition demanding one so far.
Read more: 2.6 million Leave voters have abandoned support for Brexit since referendum, major new study finds | The Independent
September 2, 2018
US Economy: might look good based on Wall Street figures, but certainly not good for "Joe Bloke" and the "Have Not"s
US economy might look good, but reports show collectively, Americans
have more than $1 trillion in credit-card debt, according to the Federal
Reserve.
They have another $1.5 trillion in student loans, up from $1.1 trillion in 2013. Motor vehicle loans are now topping $1.1 trillion, up from $878.5 billion in 2013. And they have another nearly $15 trillion in mortgage debt outstanding.
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They have another $1.5 trillion in student loans, up from $1.1 trillion in 2013. Motor vehicle loans are now topping $1.1 trillion, up from $878.5 billion in 2013. And they have another nearly $15 trillion in mortgage debt outstanding.
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