Generational Dynamics - Page 20

Contents: Israel to open another truck crossing to the Gaza Strip; Report: Hamas, Israel and Egypt in alliance fighting ISIS; Laos sides with China in South China Sea dispute

Contents: Kenya’s huge ivory burning event may endanger elephants further; China makes four demands of Japan to improve relations

Contents: Papua New Guinea Supreme Court bombshell throws Australia’s refugee policy into chaos; Papua New Guinea repudiates refugee agreement after Supreme Court Ruling; North Korea nuclear test expected after three botched missile tests

Contents: Syria’s air force deliberately targets hospital in Aleppo, killing dozens; Bank of Japan shocks investors with no stimulus, leading to global stock selloff

Contents: Violence spreads across Turkey as both Turkey and PKK escalate fight; Puerto Rico headed for new financial default on May 1

Contents: Britain’s NHS facing massive strike from ‘junior doctors’; Britain’s NHS financial crisis is being tied to the ‘Brexit’ debate; Obama administration tries to stop Obamacare death spiral

Contents: Egypt arrests journalists in cafes and homes ahead of Monday protests; Egypt’s al-Sisi warns of ‘chaos’ in Monday’s Sinai Liberation Day protests; Sudan and Tunisia prepare for simultaneous protests in solidarity

Contents: 175 countries sign farcical climate change agreement; The ‘science’ of climate change; President Obama threatens Britain over ‘Brexit’ referendum; Report: China to build floating nuclear power plants in South China Sea; S&P 500 Price/Earnings ratio rockets to highest value in years

Contents: France to launch new Israeli-Palestinian peace process on May 30; Britain debates which migrants can vote in the ‘Brexit’ referendum

Contents: Saudi King Salman snubs Obama – again – as he arrives for Saudi Arabia summit; President Obama to ‘clean up leftover messes’ in the Mideast

Contents: Afghan Taliban launches ‘Spring Fighting Season’ with massive Kabul explosion; China tests its DF-41 long-range nuclear missile with multiple warheads; Turkey threatens to cancel migrant deal unless visa restrictions are lifted by June; Violence surges in Syria as ‘peace talks’ collapse becomes official

Contents: Israel’s Netanyahu vows revenge for terrorist bombing in Jerusalem; Mahmoud Abbas lobbies to revive international interest in Palestinians; In a new catastrophe, hundreds of migrants drown in the Mediterranean Sea; China’s bond market starts to unravel

Contents: Massive earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador are linked by the Ring of Fire; Syria chemical weapons accidentally kill Hezbollah militias; Latest Syrian ‘peace process’ appears near collapse; Saudi Arabia ends oil summit negotiations as Iran fails to show up

Contents: Cuba’s reactionary Raúl Castro tries to hold back the ‘restoration of capitalism’; Saudi Arabia threatens economic retaliation if blamed for 9/11 attacks

Contents: Egypt-Saudi deal for Red Sea bridge triggers massive protests in Cairo; Migrant traffic from Libya to Italy surges; Czech Republic debates adopting the short name ‘Czechia’

Contents: Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases ‘proof of life’ video of abducted Chibok girls; Russians brag about ‘aerobatic skills’ of Russian pilots buzzing US ship; US Navy conducting joint patrols with Philippines in South China Sea

Contents: Japanese warships make historic port call to Vietnam; China deploys fighter jets to South China Sea; Russian fighter ‘strafing runs’ at US ship in Baltic Sea called ‘showboating’

Contents: EU threatens to impose travel restrictions on US/Canada visitors; EU migrant crisis moves to Italy as Austria begins closing border; Austria begins construction on border controls with Italy

Contents: John Kerry instructs Afghanistan officials how to run their government; Troubles mount for Afghanistan government as US withdrawal looms

Contents: ‘Horrific’ scenes as Macedonian police lob teargas into Idomeni refugee camp; Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire holds, despite hundreds of ‘breaches’

Contents: Egypt, Saudi Arabia to build a huge bridge where Moses parted the Red Sea; Saudi Arabia will no longer provide ‘free money’ to Egypt

Contents: EU-Turkey refugee deal fraught with chaos and legal and political problems; Turkey’s Erdogan threatens to terminate the refugee deal

Contents: Putin decrees new Russian National Guard that can shoot or arrest citizens on sight; Russia’s National Guard thought to be preparation for September elections; ‘Panama Papers’ scandal may have triggered Putin’s National Guard announcement

Contents: In desperation, EU tries to overhaul its refugee asylum rules; As migrants turn to the Libya route, Germany warns Italy not to wave migrants through

Contents: Syrian jihadists shoot down regime warplane, capture pilot; Radical Islamists finding a new home in Bosnia and Balkan states

Contents: Russia declared ‘Mission complete’ in Syria and withdrew, but the war rages on; Bangladesh’s Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) terror group targets ‘atheist bloggers’

Contents: Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict extremely dangerous, despite ‘unilateral ceasefire’; Syria’s Alawites threaten to abandon Bashar al-Assad

Contents: Armenia vs Azerbaijan conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh worst in two decades; Russian analysis: Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict could spread throughout the region; New EU-Turkey migrant crisis is developing rapidly

Contents: N. Korea’s Kim Jong-un gains 70 pounds, tells citizens to ‘eat roots’; Tensions grow in Israel and West Bank over shooting of disabled Palestinian

Contents: China close to deploying very long range DF-41 missile; China-US differences sharpen over South China Sea

Contents: US military will deploy three brigades to eastern Europe to counter Russia; Libya’s Government of National Accord sails into port of Tripoli

Contents: Human traffickers sell routes through Europe for 5000 euros; Europeans expect hundreds of thousands of migrants from Libya

Contents: Pakistan promises to ‘avenge every drop of blood’ spilled by terrorists; Pakistan’s army launches a military crackdown in Southern Punjab province; Lahore Easter attack gives army even greater control of Pakistan

Contents: Thousands protest violently over execution of murderer of blasphemy reformer; Pakistan Taliban branch takes credit for Easter massacre of Christians in Lahore

Contents: Loss of Palmyra in Syria highlights setbacks for ISIS; Iraqi army fleeing for their lives again

Contents: Iran and Pakistan agree to open border crossings and improve trade; Iran and Pakistan attempt to erase 40 years of sectarian hostility