Having successfully hogged the media spotlight for a day with his surprise trip to Mexico City this week, Donald Trump might now be scanning the globe for another foreign capital to visit. If so, don’t be surprised to see Trump Force One landing soon in Budapest, and being greeted warmly by Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban.
A confidential, 120-page catalogue of spy equipment, originating from British defense firm Cobham and circulated to U.S. law enforcement, touts gear that can intercept wireless calls and text messages, locate people via their mobile phones, and jam cellular communications in a particular area.
Venezuelan police are using tear gas to disperse a small crowd of government opponents gathered on a highway.
• Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) could lock in privatisation
and increase ability of big business to call the shots on health,
education and basic utilities
• Rights of some migrant workers could regress to system similar to Saudi Arabia and Qatar
• UK likely to emulate Norway signing up as individual nation post-Brexit
France, which suffered four bloody terrorist attacks in less than two years, is attempting to restore balance within the country and calm the public opinion that currently borders on Islamophobia.
According to reports, Medecins Sans Frontieres helped in saving some 3,000 people who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea in rubber and wooden boats to reach Europe in course of a search and rescue operation.
