Les rhinocéros noirs du Zimbabwe risquent l'extinction alors que la Chine autorise le commerce de leurs cornes (mer., 14 nov. 2018)
Les écologistes manquent de ressources pour améliorer la sécurité, surveiller et poursuivre les braconneurs dans les parcs nationaux du Zimbabwe. Ils craignent que l'action chinoise empire la situation.
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Apple censure certains mots sensibles de son service de gravure sur ses appareils à Hong Kong et en Chine (Fri, 09 Nov 2018)
Les noms des actuels et des anciens chefs d'État ainsi que l'expression "Indépendance de Taïwan" font partie des mots interdits.
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Un caricaturiste chinois envoie à Google, pour son retour en Chine, des casquettes ‘Rendre sa grandeur à la Muraille’ (Mon, 22 Oct 2018)
“Google doit savoir que collaborer avec la censure chinoise est une erreur. C'est aussi honteux que le mur de Trump, seulement cette fois c'est un mur internet invisible.”
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Osaka rompt son jumelage avec San Francisco à cause d'un monument aux “femmes de réconfort” (Mon, 08 Oct 2018)
Le maire d'Osaka a écrit une lettre de 10 pages et 3.800 mots en anglais énumérant, souvent en caractères gras et soulignés, une litanie de motifs de rupture.
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Pékin accuse la police suédoise d'avoir humilié des touristes chinois, mais voici l'autre version des faits (Wed, 26 Sep 2018)
"Le ministère des Affaires étrangères a voulu profiter de l'incident pour [...] exercer des pressions sur le gouvernement suédois. Mais les internautes ne sont pas dupes."
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Lebanese health practitioners condemn anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” (Mon, 12 Nov 2018)
The group's HINAD campaign follows multiple reports of gay people being subjected to various forms of conversion therapy, and a urologist's 2017 call for electroshock therapy to be used.
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Is Jair Bolsonaro another Rodrigo Duterte? It's more complicated than you think (Sat, 10 Nov 2018)
As Brazilians prepare for a Bolsonaro presidency, they’d do well to look at the Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte’s two and a half years in office.
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Zimbabwe's black rhinos at risk as China reverses a 25-year ban on horns (Sat, 10 Nov 2018)
Conservationists lack the financial resources required to increase security and boost capacity to monitor and track poachers in Zimbabwe's national parks. China's partial ivory-ban reversal may make matters worse. 
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Political cartoonist Badiucao abruptly cancelled his Hong Kong exhibition — and then went silent (Tue, 06 Nov 2018)
The event was seen by many as a test of the limits of free speech in Hong Kong.
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Apple censors sensitive words from device-engraving service in Hong Kong and China (Mon, 05 Nov 2018)
Banned words include the names of current and former Chinese state leaders and the phrase "Taiwan independence".
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May fights for Brexit deal as MPs plot leadership challenge (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Bid to secure support for EU divorce agreement rocked by ministerial resignations
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Brexit deal in crisis — live updates (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)

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Pound falls sharply after ministers quit over Brexit (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Resignations intensify concerns over Theresa May’s deal
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May’s terrible deal has united the UK in horror (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
We need a path that avoids a brutal and damaging rupture with EU and its consequences
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Facebook fires PR firm after alleged Soros smear (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Social media group denies having paid consultancy to spread misinformation
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Putin says Japan-claimed islands’ ownership subject to future talks (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday the sovereignty of two islands that would be transferred to Japan on the conclusion of a peace treaty is ...
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U.K. Conservative lawmaker Rees-Mogg to submit letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Senior euroskeptic U.K. Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg will submit a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday, a spokesman for the ...
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Sosuke Genda powers Samurai Japan past MLB All-Stars in series finale (Thu, 15 Nov 2018)
Sosuke Genda drove in a trio of Seibu Lions teammates to back some gutsy pitching as Samurai Japan wrapped up the Japan All-Star Series with ...
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