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Italy’s Crackdown on Migrants Meets a Grassroots Resistance
A mayor refuses to enforce a government decree targeting asylum seekers, saying it will only push them into the shadows and criminality.
General Motors says in talks to invest $2.73 billion in Brazil till 2024
As West Bank Violence Surges, Israeli Government Is Silent
Israel’s government has been reluctant to condemn attacks by Jewish settlers, wary of alienating the movement’s supporters in an election year.
Medicare for All Emerges as Early Policy Test for 2020 Democrats
But most don’t know that Medicare does not cover dental care which has a big impact on health – just saying – those proposing change do not depend on Medicare and do not know what it covers and does not cover. Many liberals who are influential in the presidential primaries want a single-payer system, but some voters are uneasy about losing private insurance. Most candidates are now walking fine lines.
Only Venezuela can solve its problems – meddling by outsiders isn’t the solution

The whole world waded in after Juan Guaidó declared himself interim president, but the global tug-of-war is dangerous and unhelpful
All crises are global, all solutions are local – and Venezuela is the latest case in point. No sooner had the young pretender, Juan Guaidó, declared himself interim president last month, ostensibly supplanting the corrupt old revolutionary, Nicolás Maduro, than the world piled in. The Trump administration insisted all countries must “pick a side” and back the “forces of freedom”. Russia denounced a US-backed “coup”. China, Latin American neighbours, Britain and the EU all scrambled for position, in accordance with their particular interests and prejudices.
In the past week, this international tug-of-war over Venezuela’s future has grown increasingly dangerous – and unhelpful – as protesters and security forces face off on the streets and the political impasse deepens.
John Bolton, the US national security adviser, is threatening “serious consequences” (meaning military intervention) should Guaidó be harmed or opposition supporters attacked. Maduro warns that the US could face a second Vietnam.
Irish police find weapons hidden in wood near border

Irish police have seized weapons hidden in a wooded area near the border with Northern Ireland. Police on both sides of the border have expressed concerns of nationalist attacks if customs posts return after Brexit.
Indian embassy’s hotline for students held in US
As many as 129 Indians are among the 130 foreign students arrested for enroling at a fake university allegedly to remain in the US. The two numbers – 202-322-1190 and 202-340-2590 – would be manned by senior embassy officials round the clock, officials said on Friday.
EU and Japan create world’s biggest free trade zone
way to go! Almost all tariffs on trade between the European Union and the world’s third-biggest economy have been removed. European companies could save around a billion euros in duties each year.
Europeans aghast as end to INF treaty looms

EU leaders are concerned that the US withdrawal from the INF treaty could spark a new arms race. Can Russia and the US be convinced to resume talks?
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