Ayatollah Khamenei has defended the chant “Death to America” as being directed at “evil” US leaders and not towards the American people. He also said Europe could not be trusted.
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Analysis: Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by making socialism into 2020’s dirty word
He wants to stick with neo-fascism!

Donald Trump targeted the policies of Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his State of the Union speech, writes the ABC’s Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel. He wants to make “socialism” a dirty word.
‘If the Torres Strait sinks, we sink with it’: Climate change eats away at islands

Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, unpredictable winds and destructive king tides are increasing problems in the Torres Strait, with residents concerned they’ll get washed away.
Contradicting Trump, Merkel says Islamic State group ‘far from defeated’

The Islamic State (IS) group is far from defeated, and is morphing into an asymmetrical warfare force after the militant group lost almost all of the territory it once controlled in Syria, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday.
Prosecutors Told Judge That Manafort Might Have Lied in Hopes of a Pardon
Prosecutors also expressed concern that Mr. Manafort was misleading them about his contacts with administration officials, the transcript of a court hearing shows.
She Could Get Millions to Turn This Factory Into Condos. She’s Not Selling. – The New York Times
Flavia Galuppo just inherited her father’s building, home to Etna Tool & Die. It’s now surrounded by boutiques and luxury condos, but she is determined not to sell.
Saudi Arabia’s Threadbare Cover-Up of Khashoggi’s Killing Unravels Further
The crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, was overheard threatening to silence the self-exiled Washington Post journalist “with a bullet.”
‘Political earthquake’ as Thai princess runs for PM against military junta

Surprise move pits Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Varnavadi against leader of 2014 coup
The sister of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been unveiled as a prime ministerial candidate in next month’s elections in a country where strict lèse-majesté laws make criticism of the royal family in effect illegal.
On Friday, the Thai Raksa Chart party confirmed princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi had joined the race, a move one expert said had created a “political earthquake”.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s brutal take down of US political finance laws – video
Viva!
‘Let’s play a game,’ congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says to a panel of government watchdogs. Ocasio-Cortez goes on to dissect US campaign finance laws to make her point about the ‘fundamentally broken’ system.
Rome’s war of words with President Macron may prove self-defeating | World news | The Guardian
The danger is that the stream of insults pouring off the Italian party leaders’ Facebook pages has not just political but also economic consequences, with Italy coming off worse. Trump can insult with impunity since he heads a superpower. Italy, by contrast, is less powerful, and an alliance with Viktor Orbán’s Hungary is hardly a sufficient shelter. Already some businesses that co-operate across the Franco-Italian border are feeling uneasy. Alitalia is hoping for French capital to save the airline. Infrastructure plans such as the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail link are in doubt. Italy, in recession and heading for only 0.2% growth this year, will need some allies in Europe and in Brussels. Its banking system remains undercapitalised. M5S is determined to show it is on the side of the people, and not the bankers, but translating that emotion into practical budgetary policy is proving difficult. Insults by contrast come easier, and cheaper.
Source: Rome’s war of words with President Macron may prove self-defeating | World news | The Guardian
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