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French Historian reminds Macron that Russia Twice saved the French Republic in the 20th Century
Earlier this week, the French president called for the creation of a "real European army" to defend Europe against "China, Russia, and even the United States."
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201811081069635972-french-historian-vs-macron-on-russia/?utm_source=adfox_site_41917&utm_medium=adfox_banner_2743718&utm_campaign=adfox_campaign_626011&ues=1
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to mark the completion of the sea part of the TurkStream gas pipeline, in Istanbul, Turkey November 19, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin would retaliate if the United States withdrew from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty
NATO and Russian envoy addressed the dispute during rare talks on Oct. 31, with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urging Moscow to make quick changes to comply in full with the treaty. He said Russia’s development of the land-based, intermediate-range SSC-8 cruise missile posed “a serious risk to strategic stability”.
European leaders worry any collapse of the INF treaty could lead to a new, destabilizing arms race.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-putin-retaliation/putin-says-russia-will-retaliate-if-u-s-quits-nuclear-missile-treaty-agencies-idUSKCN1NO280
How ZTE helps Venezuela create social control
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Venezuela's fatherland card is troubling citizens and human-rights groups who believe it is a tool for Maduro to monitor the populace and allocate scarce resources to people his government deems most loyal.
https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/11/14/how-zte-helps-venezuela-create-social-co?videoId=482843079&videoChannel=118169
U.S. preparing to add Venezuela to terrorism sponsors list
The Trump administration has levied several rounds of sanctions against Maduro’s Socialist-led government since 2017, accusing it of undermining democracy.
A time frame for a decision on whether to add Venezuela to the list had not yet been determined, the source said.
The four countries currently on the list - North Korea, Iran, Sudan and Syria - have been found to “have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-usa/u-s-preparing-to-add-venezuela-to-terrorism-sponsors-list-source-idUSKCN1NP042?il=0
Netanyahu takes on defense post taking on the defense minister portfolio, rejecting calls to dissolve his government even as early elections appeared increasingly likely.
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-11/20/content_21225373.htm
Nissan chief arrested over financial misconduct
NISSAN chairman Carlos Ghosn was reportedly under arrest in Tokyo yesterday, as his firm accused him of “significant acts of misconduct” and said it would seek to oust him.
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-11/20/content_21225377.htm
Shenzhen THE city’s education bureau recently said that it is planning to install facial recognition systems at public schools to ensure campus safety, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
The authority has already examined and upgraded 51 on-campus surveillance systems, as well as added 1,623 cameras at schools this year.
The facial recognition systems are expected to be installed after evaluations of similar systems used in public places, like the airport and checkpoints, come out, said the bureau.
Currently, all public schools and kindergartens in the city are equipped with nearly 1,000 security staffers. A total of 586 cameras have been installed at entrances of the schools and kindergartens. The rest of the cameras will also be upgraded.
According to the education authority, they are now working with the public security bureau to further improve smart surveillance systems on campus and will gradually connect the surveillance systems at schools to the public security bureau’s unified network to prevent emergencies and accidents.
So far, 40 schools in Yantian District and the Lixiang School in Nanshan District have connected their surveillance systems to the police’s network.mulls face recognition systems at public schools
http://www.szdaily.com/content/2018-11/20/content_21225356.htm
House Democrats target DOJ decision not to defend Obamacare
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-obamacare/house-democrats-target-doj-decision-not-to-defend-obamacare-idUSKCN1NO2M7
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