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READ MORE In the early hours of Monday morning, cameraman Arkan Sharif became the latest casualty of Iraq’s perilous media environment. Eight masked men burst into the 54-year-old’s family home in a village south of Kirkuk and stabbed him to death, his employers at the Kurdistan Satellite Corporation said in a statement. The killers left his half-dressed body lying on the floor, blood pooled around his head and shoulders and a knife embedded in his cheek – an apparent warning. The previous night, an armed mob attacked a television crew outside the regional parliament in Erbil, beating them with sticks. Meanwhile, the Baghdad-based Communication and Media Commission has banned two media outlets linked to t he ruling party in Iraq’s Kurdish region , Rudaw and Kurdistan 24, accusing them of inciting violence. The incidents highlight the risks and difficulties of reporting in what is regularly named the world’s most dangerous country for journalists. A total of...

READ MORE La Corée du Sud ne développera pas ses propres armements nucléaires en dépit des menaces de Pyongyang, le voisin du Nord qui dispose de l’arme atomique, a annoncé mercredi le président sud-coréen, Moon Jae-In. “Les efforts de la Corée du Nord pour devenir un Etat nucléaire ne peuvent être acceptés ou tolérés”, a déclaré le président dans un discours au Parlement. “Nous n’allons pas développer ou posséder (des armes) nucléaires”, a-t-il également souligné. Pyongyang a mené en septembre son sixième essai nucléaire, le plus puissant à ce jour. Le Nord a également tiré des missiles susceptibles en apparence d’atteindre une bonne partie du continent américain, faisant naître des craintes à Séoul quant à la solidité de son alliance avec Washington. Les médias sud-coréen...

READ MORE Un véhicule lancé sur une foule: “l’acte terroriste” qui a fait huit mort mardi à New York renvoie à un mode opératoire déjà utilisé en Europe lors d’attentats revendiqués ou attribués au groupe Etat islamique. – Londres, plusieurs fois visée – Le 22 mars 2017, un Britannique converti à l’islam lance sa voiture dans la foule sur le pont de Westminster, face à Big Ben, tuant quatre personnes. Puis il poignarde à mort un policier avant d’être abattu dans la cour du Parlement. L’attentat est revendiqué par l’EI. Le 3 juin 2017, trois assaillants renversent des piétons à bord d’une camionnette sur le London Bridge, avant d’attaquer au couteau les passants dans le quartier animé de Borough Market. Bilan: huit morts et une cinquantaine de blessés. Les agresseurs, abattus par la police, portaient de faux gilets exp...

READ MORE Shopify Inc.’s strong third-quarter earnings report and the CEO’s defence against “preposterous claims” by a “short-selling troll” did little to ease investor concerns as shares tumbled more than eight per cent. The company posted its first adjusted operating profit as a public company in the quarter ended Sept. 30 — a quarter earlier than anticipated — and CEO Tobias Lutke publicly addressed allegations made earlier this month by high-profile short-seller Andrew Left of Citron Research that sent shares falling on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. A ‘short-selling troll’: Shopify CEO fires back at firm that issued critical report Short seller Citron Research questions Shopify’s business model, pushing stock down 11% Despite this, the company’s shares slipped by more than 8.5 per cent to close at $128.26 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Lutke attempted to ease concerns on a call w...

READ MORE The Israeli government is promising a construction boom, with the recent announcements of thousands of new housing units in Jewish settlements across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. The plans for more building in the Israeli-occupied West Bank have sparked the usual outrage from groups opposed to settlements. But this time, the pro-settlement camp isn’t satisfied either — it’s worried that the plans won’t be worth the paper they’re printed on. “Announcements are nice, but bricks and mortar are what is needed,” said Oded Revivi, the international liaison for the Yesha Council, which represents Jewish settlers in the West Bank. The council wants even larger numbers of settlements to be built.  A municipal committee discussed the approval of 176 new housing units to be built in the settlement of Nof Zion, in East Jerusalem, on Oct. 25. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) It appears Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is again ...

READ MORE Honduran authorities have evidence implicating high-level business executives and state agents in the murder of prominent human rights activist Berta Caceres, but have yet to arrest them, a damning new report by a team of international lawyers says. The report, released on Tuesday morning, also says there have been serious flaws in the government’s investigation into the March 2016 murder of Caceres and, despite orders from a judge, officials have not turned over the remaining evidence to the independent team. Caceres, one of the most well-known activists in Latin America and a winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, was gunned down in her home just before midnight on March 2, 2016, after years of threats related to her work protecting indigenous communities and campaigning against a hydroelectric dam project. The independent team behind Tuesday’s report is comprised of five lawyers from Colombia , Guatemala and the United States and was organised ...

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READ MORE Le chauffeur d’une camionnette a fauché des cyclistes et des passants mardi à Manhattan, faisant huit morts –dont six étrangers– et 11 blessés, dans le premier attentat meurtrier à New York depuis 2001. Parmi les huit personnes décédées, on compte cinq Argentins et une femme de nationalité belge, ont indiqué les autorités respectives des victimes, depuis Buenos Aires et Bruxelles. Le maire de New York, Bill de Blasio, a rapidement qualifié cette attaque, le jour de la fête d’Halloween, d'”acte lâche de terrorisme”, sans parler de jihadisme. Le président américain Donald Trump a lui évoqué sans attendre l’organisation Etat islamique (EI), et ordonné un renforcement du contrôle des étrangers souhaitant entrer aux Etats-Unis. “Etre politiquement correct, c’est bien mais pas pour ça”, a tweeté mardi soir le p...

READ MORE Un petit garçon déguisé en Grande Faucheuse marche dans le quartier de TriBeCa à New York, en quête de bonbons et de confiseries, évitant les nombreux journalistes et policiers sur son chemin. A quelques mètres, la mort est devenue réalité avec une attaque “terroriste” qui a fait huit morts et onze blessés. Mardi après-midi, alors que les Etats-Unis fêtaient Halloween et que des milliers d’enfants et de jeunes adultes parcouraient les rues dans des déguisements plus effrayants les uns que les autres, la mort a frappé la métropole américaine. “Un acte lâche de terrorisme”, a déclaré le maire de New York, Bill de Blasio. Un homme de 29 ans a fauché piétons et passants dans ce quartier chic et très touristique de TriBeCa. A 800 mètres à peine des tours jumelles détruites dans les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, qui ont rendu la...

READ MORE Israeli food giant Osem has started manufacturing Israel’s iconic Bamba snack for U.S. supermarket chain Trader Joe’s. Trader Joe’s Bamba is being sold for less than Osem-branded Bamba both in Israel and in the United States. The peanut-flavored puffs have caught the attention of American consumers due to studies showing a lower rate of peanut allergies among Israeli children than among their American counterparts, with researchers concluding that their early, repeated exposure to peanuts in snacks such as Bamba is a factor in Israel’s lower peanut allergy rate. Trader Joe’s is calling its peanut puffs Bamba, just like the original. It is being manufactured in Israel. Osem brand Bamba has been sold at stores around the United States for several years already. The packaging is identical to that used in Israel, complete with the diapered Bamba baby, except for the writing, which is in English instead of Hebrew. Trader Joe’s Bamba, on the othe...

READ MORE How hard is it to do business in Israel? Israel dropped to 54 on the ranking of countries with the easiest environment for business, as rated by the World Bank. This places the country behind Kazakhstan, Belarus, Rwanda and Armenia. Israel dropped two places from its ranking last year. The country has been included in the list since 2006, at which point it ranked 26, but since then has been slowly falling behind. Of the countries in the OECD, Israel is currently ranked 31 out of the 35 nations. Thank you for signing up. We’ve got more newsletters we think you’ll find interesting. Click here Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later. Try again Thank you, This email address has already registered for this newsletter. Close The World Bank’s Doing Business index is subdivided into 10 different rankings. Israel stood out for its poor ranking in categories including registering an asset — at 130 out of 190 in the world; in taxation, it ranked 99; ...

READ MORE The man who killed at least eight people by driving a truck down a busy bicycle path in New York City on Tuesday has been identified by news organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere as Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old commercial truck driver originally from Uzbekistan. Saipov emigrated to the U.S. in 2010 and later became a permanent legal resident.  NYC mayor calls deadly truck attack ‘cowardly act of terror’ He was living in Paterson, N.J., based on Pennsylvania traffic court records from 2012 and 2015, and other documents, cited by several media outlets. Saipov lived in Paterson — a city of some 147,000 people, about 25 kilometres northwest of the site of the attack — with his wife and three children, according to an unnamed law enforcement official who spoke to ABC News.  ABC also reported Saipov left a note at the scene “saying he had carried out the attack on behalf of the so-called I...

READ MORE Hollywood’s widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor’s allegation against Kevin Spacey on Tuesday, halted production on his Netflix series House of Cards  and prompted CBS to check into an actress’ claim she was groped by Jeremy Piven. Mexican actor Robert Cavazos wrote on his Facebook page that he encountered Spacey at the bar of London’s Old Vic Theatre, where Spacey was artistic director, and the actor tried to fondle him against his will. Netflix halts House of Cards production after harassment allegation against Kevin Spacey Ontario actress plans to sue Weinstein over alleged sex assaults “It was more common for this guy, when he was in the bar of his theater, grabbing whoever caught his attention,” Cavazos wrote. “I didn’t stand for it, but I know some people who were afraid to stop it.” Cavazos declined an interview request. There was no immediate reply to a request for comment from represe...

READ MORE Critics of Donald Trump have been calling for his impeachment since he became the US president 10 months ago. Now, some say, a step has been taken in that direction.  Three of his former advisers were charged with federal crimes on Monday, including tax evasion, conspiracy against the US, and lying to the FBI about contacts with alleged middlemen for Russia. Trump’s opponents say the indictments show Trump’s campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election. The White House denies this and Trump is describing the investigation as a “witch-hunt”. But how far will it go? And could it sink the US president’s administration? Presenter: Jane Dutton Guests: Melanie Sloan, lawyer who served as founding executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Ross Darrell Feingold, lawyer and Republican political consultant Thomas Pickering, former US ambassador to Russia Source:   Al Jazeera News

READ MORE The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned longer term economic growth could weaken in the Gulf region if a months-long diplomatic crisis remains unresolved. In a report published on Tuesday, the global financial institution said that while the rift has a “limited impact” on current growth, Qatar and its blockading neighbours face a “broader erosion of confidence” from investors. “A protracted rift could slow progress toward greater GCC integration, and cause a broader erosion of confidence, reducing investment and growth and increasing funding costs in Qatar and possibly the rest of the GCC,” the IMF warned in its Regional Economic Outlook. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar and imposed a land, sea and air embargo, accusing it of supporting “terrorism”. Doha has strongly denied the allegation. As a result of the blockade, business and financial activities were initially...

READ MORE Deux-tiers es Français pensent régulièrement à leur mort ou à celle de leurs proches, selon un sondage Opinion Way publié par le quotidien La Croix. Selon le journal, qui a publié les résultats du sondage sur son site, “loin de l’image du tabou souvent véhiculée, cette enquête montre que 65 % des Français pensent +souvent+ ou +de temps en temps+ à la mort de leurs proches, 59% à la mort de manière générale et 57% à leur propre mort”. En outre, 8 personnes interrogées sur 10 déclarent songer régulièrement à leurs proches décédés, d’après le sondage qui paraîtra dans la Croix le 2 novembre, jour des Morts dans la liturgie catholique. En outre, “72% des sondés estiment qu’il est positif de parler de ses proches décédés, et 63% que c’est le cas pour la mort en général...

READ MORE NEW YORK – Une fusillade a éclaté à Manhattan, l’un des cinq arrondissements composant la ville de New York. Selon les premières informations dévoilées par des médias américains, un véhicule, probablement un camion, aurait foncé dans un groupe de cycliste. A l’issue de ce premier incident, des coups de feu ont éclaté. Le tireur a été arrêté par la police après avoir perpétré son attaque mortelle. [Mise à jour à 21h29]:  Selon les médias américains, l’attaque a provoqué la mort d’au-moins six personnes. Même si en l’état actuel de l’enquête aucune piste n’est certaine, la police new-yorkaise envisage la possibilité d’un acte terroriste. Des équipes sont intervenues sur les lieux de l’attaque à la recherche d’explosifs dans le camion. Selon plusieurs médias...

READ MORE As revelations emerged that Russian-linked accounts reached many more American voters than previously thought, tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google on Tuesday defended their security measures and promised a Senate subcommittee they would do more to stop the misuse of their platforms by foreign nations. Lawyers for the three companies acknowledged to U.S. lawmakers that Russian-linked accounts began exploiting their services in 2015 to sway last year’s presidential election. They also said the abuses continued after President Donald Trump took office, in an attempt to deepen divisions in the country. Tech companies uncover more evidence of Russian meddling in U.S. election Russian hackers stole American secrets from  NSA The admissions came Tuesday during appearances before a Senate subcommittee looking into Russia’s manipulation of influential communication channels to interfere in the 2016 election. The mischief came through advertising purchased on the s...

READ MORE A sexual harassment lawsuit launched by a former Pan Am Games employee against former Ontario premier and TO2015 chair David Peterson has been dismissed. Torys LLP, the law firm that represented Peterson, said Tuesday in a news release that the Ontario Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit in Toronto on Oct. 12. David Peterson files statement of defence against sexual-harassment claims Complainant Ximena Morris has issued an apology to Peterson and his wife, Shelley, for launching the lawsuit.  Former Pan Am Games employee Ximena Morris has issued an apology to David Peterson and his wife for having launched the lawsuit. (CBC) Lisa Talbot, Peterson’s lawyer and a partner at Torys, said in an interview with CBC Toronto that the dismissal of the lawsuit is good news. “What happened here is that Mr. Peterson was the subject of very serious allegations,” Talbot said. “We maintained from the outset that this action was brought s...