Новости за 27.02.2020

Companies have lost $26 billion to email wire fraud since 2016.

Manchester United supporters have been warned by a Club Brugge fan group ahead of their tie at Old Trafford on Thursday

"Investors should not discount the benefit of announced and unannounced global policy responses that are likely to outlast the impact of COVID-19," the bank said.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — When black voters in South Carolina consider Bernie Sanders, they don’t tend to think of him as the potential first Jewish president. But his distinctive take on Jewish values is still a key part of his appeal. While he’s not as vocal as some Democratic rivals who tout their faiths as

Bob Baulch & Danielle Resnick, Project Syndicate

The fact that African opposition parties increasingly turn to the courts when they lose elections indicates that perceptions of judicial independence are improving. But frequent recourse to the courts can undermine trust in the electoral process and indicates that basic democratic mechanisms are not functioning properly.

Thomas de Waal, Carnegie Europe

By recycling conspiracy theories and distorted versions of the past, the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders only prolong their unresolved conflict over the territory of Nagorny Karabakh.

William Astore, TomDispatch

There is no significant anti-war movement in America because there’s no war to protest. Let me explain. In February 2003, millions of people took to the streets around the world to protest America’s march to war against Iraq. That mass movement failed. The administration of George W. Bush...

BRITS are facing months of coronavirus chaos with sporting events, gigs and schools on lockdown to stop the spread of the killer bug. Chief Medical Officer for England Prof Chris Whitty said today the UK will have to consider axing mass gatherings if the “virus intensifies”. Read our coronavirus live blog for all the latest […]

Drew Holland Kinney, War on the Rocks

This week’s court ruling disqualifying ousted leader Evo Morales from pursuing a Senate seat has brought last year’s events in Bolivia into sharper focus. Amidst allegations of election-rigging in a presidential contest against centrist candidate Carlos Mesa, Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales

Oliver Stuenkel, Americas Quarterly

The recent Munich Security Conference had no South American speakers, but dealt with critical issues for the region.

Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times

The crown jewel of the E.U., its network of open internal borders, has been hit hard by the refugee crisis. The virus could deliver another blow.

Stefan Kornelius et al, Guardian

The UK and EU must now work out their future relationship. We asked writers in four EU capitals what their government’s will prioritise

Robert Singh, The American Interest

This is no time for complacency about just how precarious a once-precious partnership has become.

Tom McTague, The Atlantic

In its successes and failures, its wealth and dilapidation, the United States infects many of those who visit.

Seth Frantzman, NRO

Iran has responded to coronavirus in characteristically counterproductive fashion.

Howard French, WPR

Xi himself has called the epidemic a severe test of Chinese governance. But the lesson-learning, such as it is, is likely to consist of a further concentration of power in the hands of an already muscle-bound leader and a small coterie of officials trusted because of their personal loyalty to him. This is in keeping with a dictum made famous by Winston Churchill: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Rahm Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama and the recent mayor of Chicago... Читать дальше...

TL;DR: Get the compact GoPro Karma camera grip for just $199 as of Feb. 27 at Amazon. This is its lowest price since last year and $100 off its original price. 

Court appreciates A-G’s intervention; extends police protection to lawyers

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. disarmament chief warned on Feb. 26 that the specter of an unbridled nuclear arms race is threatening the world for the first time since the 1970s, the height of the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union. Read more here. SUPPORT THE KYIV POST Independent Ukraine […]

As the Delhi government and law enforcement authorities made efforts to pick up the pieces in the wake of the violence in the National Capital's northeast district on Thursday, BJP leader Kapil Mishra, whose 'ultimatum' comment was allegedly the catalyst for three days of riots, remained defiant and blamed sustained protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) for the violence.

The FATF has officially blacklisted the Iranian regime for money laundering and terrorism financing. Reuters reported that the World watchdog

A GROOM-to-be was mortified after he used a name generator to come up with a cute hashtag for his wedding, but got countless rude options instead.  Tyler Dick, from Kansas, was trying to think of a catchy name for his upcoming nuptials which he and his wife-to-be could use for a website and on social […]