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What Are the Major Risks for the European Real Estate in 2019-2020?
The European real estate market continues to be one of the most popular in the world, yet like other markets, there are several factors that could have a negative impact on future performance. Unfortunately, most of the important reasons don’t have anything to do with...
Brexit Negotiations Are Poised to Become Chaotic
European policymakers rejected the latest Brexit plan from UK British Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying that the plan was unworkable. While the plan was not rejected outright, EU leaders said that in its current form it could not go forward. Basically, the plan in...
Bulat Utemuratov receives share in private school from Glencore
Glencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, handed out a large portion of its share in a Kazakh private school to a trusted lieutenant of the country’s ruling dictator, in an under the radar deal that uncovers the companies close ties with the repressive regime....
Trends in Responsible Gambling Around the World
For an activity that has been going on since Ancient times, gambling still manages to cause quite a stir in modern society. Countries have attempted to regulate or even ban it outright several times in the past, but no avail. In fact, strong-arm attempts to enforce...
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Why is India forcing 80 million people to justify their right to vote?
Mumbai, India – A move by India’s top election body, the Election Commission of India (ECI), to re-scrutinise nearly 80 million voters’ documents in a bid to weed out “foreign illegal immigrants” has prompted widespread fears of mass disenfranchisement and...
South Korea’s Yoon detained for a second time over martial law
The arrest comes after the court authorises former leader’s arrest, citing concerns he may destroy evidence.South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk-yeol, has been arrested for a second time and returned to a solitary jail cell over his ill-fated attempt to impose...
UK parliamentary committee seeks answers over US firm BCG’s role in Gaza
Boston Consulting Group questioned over involvement in establishing the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.A parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom is demanding that a US consulting giant explain its activities in Gaza, including its role in...
More than 100 premature babies in Gaza at risk as hospitals run out of fuel
Two of Gaza’s largest hospitals have issued desperate pleas for help, warning that fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege could soon turn the medical centres into “silent graveyards”.The warnings from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in...
Trump assails ex-FBI, CIA heads amid reports of criminal probe
US president attacks John Brennan and James Comey amid reports two men are under investigation over Trump-Russia probe.United States President Donald Trump has suggested that former CIA director John Brennan and ex-FBI chief James Comey may have to “pay a price” amid...
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,232
Ukrainian air defence units were defending Kyiv against Russian drones early on Thursday for the second night running, with officials reporting a fire in a city-centre apartment building and drone fragments landing in different districts. At least two people were...
If Trump wants Gaza ceasefire, he must pressure Netanyahu, experts say
Washington, DC – The White House says Donald Trump’s “utmost priority” in the Middle East is to end the war in Gaza. But as the United States president hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, the two leaders have heaped praise on each...
Trump singles out Brazil for 50 percent tariffs, citing political motives
United States President Donald Trump has continued to publish letters announcing individualised tariff hikes for foreign trading partners.But on Wednesday, one of those letters was different from the rest. While most of the letters are virtually identical, denouncing...
PSG hammer Real Madrid 4-0 to reach FIFA Club World Cup final
A Fabian Ruiz double helps Paris Saint-Germain thump Real Madrid to set up FIFA Club World Cup final against Chelsea.Fabian Ruiz scored twice, Ousmane Dembele tallied a goal and an assist, and Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Real Madrid as well as Kylian Mbappe from...
Palestinian children killed at GHF aid sites in Gaza
Over 700 Palestinians have been killed while trying to collect aid from the US- and Israel-backed GHF aid sites. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source
As Texas floodwaters recede, lawmakers grapple with emergency preparedness
In the aftermath of the devastating floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in Texas in the United States, a tight-knit community is mourning the loss of at least 110 lives to flash flooding – including 27 at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp situated...
Hamas agrees to release 10 captives as Israeli attacks kill 74 in Gaza
Hamas says it has agreed to release 10 Israeli captives as part of continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire in the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, but warned that ongoing talks for a truce were “tough” due to Israel’s “intransigence”.The Palestinian group said on...