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November 21, 2019 Olympic-sized row: Paris fury at Airbnb for 2024 games
Airbnb announced a nine-year $500-million deal this week with the International Olympic Committee to partner for the forthcoming Games. "Be disruptive" may be the clarion call of believers in Silicon Valley innovation, but try telling that to hotel owners who would have to cater to the accommodation service that undercuts their business.
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November 20, 2019 Health care in crisis: How to save system as costs spiral?
It will take more than a band-aid prescription to fix health care as developed nations face a crisis that goes to the core of what the welfare state is all about. We pay taxes and the government makes sure our needs are covered. The French government is rolling out reforms to save hospitals from bankruptcy and reverse a long trend of cutting doctors, nurses and staff in a nation where the population's growing and ageing. The Yellow Vest movement recently highlighted that entire regions are reduced to what the French call "medical deserts", not to mention swamped emergency services.
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November 19, 2019 Another gift from Trump? Washington to recognise Israel's West Bank settlements
Is it the final sprint for Benjamin Netanyahu's rival in his bid to form a government and unseat a mainstay of Israeli politics for more than a quarter-century? Benny Gantz is trying to court as many of the smaller parties as possible to get a deal ahead of a Wednesday deadline.
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November 18, 2019 Backlash in Iran: Sudden cut in fuel subsidies sparks nationwide protests
How far will protests in Iran go? Last Friday's decision to suddenly reduce fuel subsidies sparked an immediate backlash in cities across the country, with the biggest protests since 2017 spreading like wildfire. What prompted the government's decision? We ask about the subsidies themselves: citizens of many OPEC nations see cheap fuel as a birthright. But what about the environment, how much they encourage smuggling with neighbouring countries and the strain on state coffers?
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November 15, 2019 Battle for our data: European leaders call for digital sovereignty
Europe is handing over its sovereignty to Silicon Valley and China. That stark warning this week came from none other than Germany's chancellor. The Information Age we live in means it's no longer about who makes steel or controls oil, but who has got your data. Angela Merkel's got reason to worry. Companies like Volkswagen, plus her own interior ministry store their information on cloud computing systems run by the likes of Microsoft and Amazon. Could that become a national security risk in the long term?
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November 13, 2019 Out in the open: Trump impeachment hearings go public
Roll the cameras, turn on the tape recorders. Impeachment hearings against the president of the United States are now open to the public, a new phase in the probe by lawmakers to determine whether Donald Trump violated his country's constitution and should be removed from office. We weigh the evidence and Trump's strategy for countering allegations that he tried to leverage aid to Ukraine in exchange for political dirt on his main rival for re-election in 2020.
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November 12, 2019 Proxy war? Israel targets Iran-backed Islamic Jihad
The tit-for-tat rocket fire followed two raids: one in Gaza, the other in Damascus, both targeting senior leaders of Islamic Jihad. Was it continued rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip that had Israel at the ready to strike the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group, or was this a calling card to Tehran? Islamic Jihad often works in tandem with Hamas, but has its own agenda.
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November 11, 2019 Bolivia after Morales: Power vacuum as security forces side with opposition
Why is Evo Morales suddenly out in Bolivia? Is it, as he claims, a coup? The president had been taking on all comers since the October 20th election, marred by irregularities and an unexplained interruption in the vote count. Events came to a head after the final report by the Organisation of American States observers, which called for a rerun of the poll. Morales Sunday first agreed, then several hours later announced his shock resignation. Why?
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November 07, 2019 In the shadow of the Berlin Wall: 30 years on, is its presence still felt?
For 28 years, the city of Berlin was divided by a wall which separated Communist East Germany from the West. But in 1989, a rapid chain of events in other former Soviet countries saw the “Iron Curtain” beginning to buckle and then in November the same year - within a matter of just five days - the Berlin Wall crumbled, making for one of the most symbolic scenes in modern history.
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November 06, 2019 Ungovernable? Splintered Spain returns to the polls
So it is a country where first came austerity, then the conversation turned to identity politics, big tent center-right and center-left parties splintered and now it faces yet another snap election.
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