6 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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We, citizens, former officials, and representatives of governments and private entities, united by common values, have agreed as follows:
For seven decades, free nations have drawn upon common principles to advance freedom, increase prosperity, and secure peace. The resulting order, built on the foundation of democratic values and human dignity, has brought better lives for our citizens and billions of people around the world. Continue leyendo →
5 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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Where are militants loyal to al-Qaeda still active around the world?
Osama bin Laden: Eight years after his death, where is al-#Qaeda? Quietly rebuilding and forging alliances….-By Zulfiqar Ali https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48056433 … v @BBCNews bbc.com
5 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Charlie Oswalt@Vulcangod02Your time frame is 24 hours. Theirs is 24 decades. Is that why you backed off the technology theft?
Glenn Tecker@glenntecker5 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
America elected Donald Trump at the end of the hottest year ever recorded, without debate moderators asking him a single question about global warming.
But after three years of record temperatures, devastating wildfires. and some of the most destructive hurricanes in US history, the media is facing new pressure – often from the candidates themselves – to give the subject more prominence during the 2020 election. Continue leyendo →
5 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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2019 Doomsday Clock Announcement
Humanity now faces two simultaneous existential threats, either of which would be cause for extreme concern and immediate attention. These major threats—nuclear weapons and climate change—were exacerbated this past year by the increased use of information warfare to undermine democracy around the world, amplifying risk from these and other threats and putting the future of civilization in extraordinary danger.
There is nothing normal about the complex and frightening reality just described.
5 mayo, 2019
por Felipe Sahagún
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By Dawn Stover, May 5, 2019
On the night of April 28, 1986, Radio Moscow broadcast a terse announcement that an accident had taken place at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: “One of the atomic reactors has been damaged. Measures are being taken to eliminate the consequences of the accident. Aid is being given to those affected. A government commission has been set up.”
It was almost three days since the accident began, but the announcement didn’t mention that. By then, Sweden had already detected high levels of radioactive contamination from the toxic vapor pouring out of the exploded reactor. Graphite and nuclear fuel were burning—the kind of fire too hot to fight with water or foam, which would only make things worse. The citizens of Pripyat, the “atomic city” a short distance from Chernobyl, had been “temporarily” evacuated. It was the world’s most terrifying nuclear accident.
Chernobyl, an HBO television miniseries (co-produced with the British television network Sky) premiering on Monday, will introduce a new generation to the horrors of 33 years ago. HBO bills it as the “untold true story” of Chernobyl, but a New York Times review notes “the show’s propensity toward Hollywood inflation—to show us things that didn’t happen.”
In a pair of tweets on Sunday, Mr Trump said that levies imposed on Chinese goods over the past year as part of the trade war with Beijing were “partially responsible for our great economic results” and had “little impact on product cost”. He added that the current 10 per cent tariffs on $200bn of Chinese goods would rise to 25 per cent on Friday, and that $325bn of additional Chinese goods that were currently “untaxed” would “shortly” be subject to tariffs of 25 per cent. “The Trade deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!,” Mr Trump wrote. The aggressive tweets from Mr Trump mark a big shift in rhetoric from the US president on the trade negotiations with China, compared with consistently upbeat remarks about the state of the talks in recent weeks. This week, Liu He, China’s vice-premier, is set to arrive in Washington for a crucial round of negotiations with Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative, and Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary. People familiar with the talks have said the goal of this session is to finalise an agreement, setting the stage for a “signing” summit between Mr Trump and Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, possibly in the middle of June.
Trump repeated the falsehood that China pays for the tariffs — rather than the American importers upon whom the levy falls. His insistence that the tariffs were a boon to the American economy is also a contention