27/01/2017
27 January, 2017 (RT)* – Having been on equal terms with the EU, Britain has now entered a stage of ‘vassalization’ in its relations with the US under Prime Minister Theresa May, according to French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron.
**PHOTO: Theresa May and Justine Greening speaking at #YouthForChange | DFID – UK Department for International Development | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
“Britain lived in an equilibrium with Europe. But now it is becoming a vassal state, meaning it is becoming the junior partner of the United State,” Macron said in an interview with France Culture radio on Friday, according to Reuters.
Macron described new US President Donald Trump’s first steps in office as “extremely worrying,” adding that in his opinion it would be difficult to cooperate with the Republican.
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27/01/2017
Waiting for work at the Day Workers Center in Seattle, Washington. The new Trump administration promises ‘tough and fair agreements’ on trade, to revive the US economy and create millions of jobs. Credit: IPS
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27/01/2017
With hate speech and rhetoric against migrants and refugees on the rise in various parts of the world, and the increased role of media in shaping perceptions towards them, the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) on 26 January 2017 co-sponsored with the European Union (EU) a symposium drawing attention to this growing challenge and explore efforts to combat it.
A woman holds a small child, while others who have fled their homes amid the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis stand behind her, on a rainy day near the town of Gevgelija, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the border with Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Tomislav Georgiev
“2016 has been an elections year in many countries. Media, for better or for worse, was used as a tool shaping people’s perceptions around issues and swaying their votes accordingly,” Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, the High Representative for the UNAOC, said in his remarks at the symposium.
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27/01/2017
With continued and strengthened implementation of a regional food security plan, Latin America and the Caribbean could become the first developing region to completely eradicate hunger, the head of UN agricultural agency on 25 January 2017 said.
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Some countries are developing laws on food donations and ways to minimize food losses and waste. Photo: FAO/Rhodri Jones
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“This region has all the necessary conditions to achieve this, starting with the great political commitment that sustains the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication Plan,” said the Director-General of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva.
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