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China Sees Growth as Antidote to Currency Woesby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
China's policymakers think they can stem a rapid rundown of their foreign exchange reserves and ease pressure on the currency by pump-priming the economy to meet this year's growth target, sources involved in policy discussions said. Beijing will channel funds mainly into infrastructure projects, including railways, roads and airports, and the central bank will cut interest rates and bank reserve requirements, policy insiders say, reigniting fears of reverting to an old stimulus...
Mozambique to Be Declared Free of Landminesby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
Mozambique will be declared free of landmines on Thursday, a charity dedicated to mine clearance said, ending two decades of work to rid one of the world's poorest countries of explosives left over from a civil war. HALO Trust said it had destroyed the last known mine on the territory of the gas- and coal-rich southern African country, which was devastated by a civil conflict that ended in 1992. The charity said it had cleared more than 171,000 landmines since 1993. "The...
Intense Migrant Flow Puts Pressure on Germanyby webdesk@voanews.com (Luis Ramirez)
Germany, the destination of choice for many of the migrants entering Europe, is facing questions on how it will deal with the influx. Refugees have been entering at a rate of 1,800 per day from the Austrian border, despite border restrictions enforced since Sunday. The face of Germany has been changing for decades and in few places is it more obvious than in this neighborhood around Munich’s main train station. Hundreds of migrants keep arriving at the station each day. Local...
US Agency: Global Heat Hits Record Highsby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Across the globe the heat is unrelenting, setting new temperature highs by the month that are unparalleled in 136 years of record-keeping, says the U.S. weather agency. Last month was the hottest August on record, nearly a degree Celsius higher than the 20th century average of 15.6 degrees Celsius, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The agency said the June-to-August average was also the highest dating back to 1880, when records were first kept,...
As Pope Visits, Afro-Cuban Religion Hopes for Recognitionby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
The air was choked with smoke from incense and cigars while the faithful sipped sugarcane liquor from a gourd at the altar and spat mist over the crowd. Niurka Mola 50, stood at the altar in the cramped living room of a downtown Havana walk-up, calling on the spirits of ancestors to give guidance. Later, with followers enthralled by the arrival of the spirits, one man fell into a brief fit of convulsions. Mola is a "godmother" in Cuba's Santeria tradition, which has its...
Green Light for US Implementation of Iran Nuclear Pactby webdesk@voanews.com (Michael Bowman)
The Obama administration can begin implementing the international nuclear accord with Iran after Thursday's expiration of a 60-day legislative review period. The Republican-led Congress failed to block the pact despite fierce majority opposition in both chambers. “This is really a lousy deal,” said Republican Senator John Cornyn. “The agreement with Iran will stand,” said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. Thursday, Senate Republicans mounted a last...
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Fact-Checkers Dispute Republican US Presidential Contenders' Claims by webdesk@voanews.com (Ken Bredemeier)
Political fact-checkers in the U.S. are disputing many claims made by the Republican presidential candidates at their second debate as false, misleading or only marginally true. During three hours of debate Wednesday night, 11 Republican contenders made a variety of arguments touting their own candidacies or disparaging their opponents, but the fact-checkers concluded that many of the claims were exaggerated. The two business chieftains in the field, billionaire real estate mogul...
Taken by VOA reporters in the field, these photos reveal some of the moments in the life of the refugee trying to find a new life in the European Union.
Nepal at Crossroads After New Constitution Adoptedby webdesk@voanews.com (Associated Press)
After a decade of political infighting and violent protests, the long-awaited passage of Nepal's constitution should be a reason to celebrate. But there are also signs that the Himalayan nation's first complete political framework since monarchy was abolished in 2006, could set the stage for prolonged conflict as some ethnic groups are protesting the charter. The government sees the new constitution as a much-needed success for the nation of 28 million, still recovering from a...
In Pictures: A Look at Europe's Migrant Crisis
China’s Currency on Agenda for US Talksby webdesk@voanews.com (Saibal Dasgupta)
Talks between the U.S. and Chinese officials next week are expected to address U.S. concerns over China’s currency devaluation, and Beijing’s desire for support on making the yuan a stronger international currency. Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Congress have criticized China’s moves earlier this year to devalue the yuan, which has fallen about three percent. This week a group of seven lawmakers wrote a joint letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Treasury...
Powerful Saudi Heirs Will Define Kingdom's Futureby webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
The relative youth and almost unprecedented power shared by the two heirs to the Saudi throne mean they are likely to dominate the kingdom's politics for decades, putting their pivotal relationship increasingly under scrutiny. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, 56, and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, 30, are next in line to succeed 79-year-old King Salman in ruling the world's top oil exporter, as it faces regional turmoil and low crude oil prices. People who have...
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Intense Migrant Flow Puts Pressure on Germanyby webdesk@voanews.com (Luis Ramirez)
Germany, the destination of choice for many of the migrants entering Europe, is facing questions on how it will deal with the influx. Refugees have been entering at a rate of 1,800 per day from the Austrian border, despite border restrictions enforced since Sunday. VOA Europe correspondent Luis Ramirez reports from Munich.
CPJ, OSCE Blast Ukraine on Foreign Journalist Entry Banby webdesk@voanews.com (VOA News)
Two international rights organizations have criticized Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for signing a decree that banned 41 foreign journalists and bloggers from entry into Ukraine for one year. The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe issued a statement Thursday calling the ban “a severe threat to the rights of journalists to freely collect information.” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic said governments have a “legitimate right to...
For Refugees on the Move, Arrival at Destination is Bittersweetby webdesk@voanews.com (Heather Murdock)
When the train to Germany arrived in Vienna there was an air of panic. “Go, go, go!” coached 20-year-old Monhaf, rushing down the narrow train aisle. “But where?” Only Mohammad knew our cabin numbers, and all the seats were full. Everyone boarding the train had purchased a ticket - roughly $200. Even so, the journey that brought them to Europe from war zones in the Middle East had left so many behind; no one would risk missing the train. Refugees fleeing Syria...
The Maduro government is trying to rile up nationalist sentiment to divert attention from its economic failures.
Jeppe Nordmann Garly, the director of a government-funded training course on how to live like a Viking, and his girlfriend, Linnea Bang-Madsen, last month in Seljord, Norway. They used primitive methods to light a fire before shaping a metal part.
Maricela Rangel Davalos, one of the Mexican tourists wounded on Sunday in an Egyptian Army airstrike in the Western Desert, left a Cairo hospital for the airport on Thursday.
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While such an appeal has been made before, it was unusual for the director of MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence agency, to do it a live news interview, on BBC.
Chinese President’s State Visit Has Weighty Agenda and Busy Schedule by JANE PERLEZ and YUFAN HUANG
President Xi Jinping will arrive next week, with meetings with tech leaders in Seattle, with President Obama in Washington, and an address to the United Nations in New York.
Fired Teacher Not Alone As Gay Activists Push Back In St. Petersburgby support@pangea-cms.com (Claire Bigg, Dmitry Volchek)
A homosexual schoolteacher in St. Petersburg is waging a legal battle to reclaim her job. Her campaign, among others, challenges recent claims that all homosexuals have been "squeezed out" of Russia's second city.
European Court Rules Russia Denied Justice To Bolotnaya Activists by support@pangea-cms.com (RFE/RL)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has ruled that Russian authorities violated the rights of three opposition activists to trial "within a reasonable time" ahead of their 2014 convictions for participating in pro-democracy demonstrations two years earlier.
Outcry Mounts As Russian Governor Accused In Journalist's Beating by support@pangea-cms.com (Tom Balmforth)
Several prominent Russian cultural figures are boycotting a literature festival backed by Pskov Oblast Governor Andrei Turchak, part of an outcry over allegations that the regional leader was behind a near-fatal attack on journalist Oleg Kashin in 2010.
Ukraine Livid As Putin, Berlusconi Swig Crimea's Oldest Bottle Of Wine by support@pangea-cms.com (Claire Bigg)
Ukraine accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of drinking one of Crimea's most precious bottles of wine, brought to the peninsula during the reign of Catherine the Great.
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Reports from Germany say police shot dead an Iraqi man after he used a knife to attack a policewoman in Berlin.
RIYADH (Reuters) - The relative youth and almost unprecedented power shared by the two heirs to the Saudi throne mean they are likely to dominate the kingdom's politics for decades, putting their pivotal relationship increasingly under scrutiny.
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked his government to remove six European journalists from a newly-published sanctions list, officials said on Thursday, after the list was criticized by the country's Western allies.
ANKARA (Reuters) - A commander of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) ruled out a unilateral ceasefire on Thursday and accused the Turkish government of pursuing war to gain more votes.
(This Sept 16 story corrects last sentence to say Xi previously visited the U.S. in 2013, instead of saying the last visit by a Chinese president was in 2006 by former President Hu Jintao)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any Iranian bank receiving sanctions relief under a nuclear deal signed in July between Iran and six world powers would see sanctions re-imposed if it were found to be supporting Hezbollah or Iran's Qods Force, a U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 47 people were killed in air raids by Syrian government forces in rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday and Thursday, a Britain-based monitor said.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Flattered by a third papal visit in less than two decades, Cubans feel especially warm to Pope Francis for his fellow Latin American blood, humble image and help towards ending hostilities with the United States.
Cubans hope pope will accelerate warming with USby By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and NICOLE WINFIELD
HAVANA (AP) -- Seventeen years ago, a newly named Argentine archbishop laid out his thoughts on the meaning of a papal visit to Cuba....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Increasingly, it seems, only scar tissue keeps the European Union together....
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Jarrett met with three organizers for Campaign Zero. DeRay Mckesson, Brittany Packnett, and Johnetta Elzie as well as Phil Agnew of the Dream Defenders and Jamye Wooten, an organizer for Baltimore United for Change were there, according to a senior White House official who confirmed the visit to Buzzfeed.
After the meeting, Packnett tweeted a selfie with Jarrett thanking her for engaging the movement.
“Great meeting, Brittany. Truly appreciate your leadership!!” Jarrett replied on Twitter. Packnett has six recorded entries of visiting the complex long before the protests in Ferguson. She also was among the select group of Ferguson activists that met with Obama in December 2014. “I could tell he is taking this very personally,” Packnett explained after the 45 minute meeting with the president in the Oval Office. “He wants to see some clear, thoughtful action come from this.”
She also revealed that Obama sympathized with the movement, thanks to his background as a community organizer in Chicago.
“He offered us a lot of encouragement with his background as a community organizer, and told us that even incremental changes were progress,” she told reporters after the meeting. “He didn’t want us to get discouraged. He said, ‘Keep speaking truth to power.’”
Packnett was also selected as a member of Obama’s presidential task force on 21st century policing – and has a long record of activism in St. Louis including some time spent in Washington D.C.
In past interviews, she described herself as the “bridge” between Ferguson protestors and Washington D.C.
She also help turn the Ferguson protests into a nationwide movement, after launching a newsletter of information relevant to the protests, spreading the #blacklivesmatter hashtag and helping the movement draft op-eds and documents.
As the Ferguson protests grew, she wrote her own story about her father, a Baptist pastor and a college professor who was “thrown against the hood of his imported car and beaten as my brother watched, screaming and crying.”
“I believe in non-violent civil action. I know that riots solve nothing. But I understand what Dr. King meant when he told Mike Wallace ‘a riot is the language of the unheard,’ nearly 50 years ago,” she wrote. “And in a community long overlooked, underserved, and continually harassed by law enforcement, the pressure finally burst the proverbial pipe.”
The group of activists also met with Roy Austin, the director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs.
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- Around $5million being stolen from holidaymakers in Cancun every month
- Investigation found 19 compromised ATMs along Mexico's Caribbean coast
- Rigged with card reading technology and Bluetooth device to retrieve data
- Fraudsters allegedly paying ATM technicians to get inside cash machines
Published: 07:26 EST, 16 September 2015 | Updated: 09:47 EST, 16 September 2015
The Russian mafia is stealing millions of dollars from tourists on Cancun beaches by rigging ATM machines with the 'most advanced data-stealing hardware ever' which can easily be bought online for just $550, warns a security expert.
The disturbing claims follow an investigation into the tourist hot spot of Cancun - visited by around five million holidaymakers every year - which welcomed around five million holidaymakers last year - which found that 19 separate cash machines had been fitted with the technology.
Brian Krebs, a distinguished cyber-security journalist, claims gangsters are bribing poorly-paid ATM technicians to let them hide tiny devices inside the card slot and the PIN pad.
These steal the card's data and store it on special Bluetooth devices which have also been installed inside the cash machines.
Cyber thieves use their phones to connect to this device - which can hold the data of around 32,000 people - and use the stolen information to empty their victims' bank accounts.
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