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Human Raison D’être No Longer Valid

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1.12 million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

• More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.

• “The horrifying fact that nearly one in five children in South Sudan has been forced to flee their home illustrates how devastating this conflict has been for the country’s most vulnerable,” said Leila Pakkala, UNICEF’s Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa. “Add this to the more than one million children who are also displaced within South Sudan, and the future of a generation is truly on the brink.”

• Children make 62 per cent of more than 1.8 million refugees from South Sudan, according to the latest UN figures. Most have arrived in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan.

• “No refugee crisis today worries me more than South Sudan,” said Valentin Tapsoba, UNHCR’s Africa Bureau Director. “That refugee children are becoming the defining face of this emergency is incredibly troubling. We, all in the humanitarian community, need most urgent, committed and sustainable support to be able to save their lives.”

• Inside South Sudan, more than one thousand children have been killed or injured since the conflict first erupted in 2013, while an estimated 1.14 million children have been internally displaced.

France: “Smartest” of the Three Stupids Shuns “Populism”

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Emmanuel Macron Becomes President

Now what?

[Prepared by an affiliated team of political scientists.]

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Welcome to Trump-Kushner Kleptocracy, Inc.

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You want visas for America? Pay the woman down the hall!

Welcome to Trump-Kushner Kleptocracy, Inc.

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Background:

Kushner Companies are trying to woo Chinese investors with promises of big returns and a path toward residency in the United States, if they invest the right amount of money in their businesses, via Jared Kushner’s sister, Nicole Meyer.

“Kushner Companies’ China roadshow, promoting $500,000 investments in New Jersey real estate as the path to a residency card in the United States, moved to Shanghai on Sunday after a similar pitch on Saturday in Beijing. Security was tighter in Shanghai than it had been in Beijing, where reporters for The New York Times and The Washington Post briefly attended the event before being kicked out,” NYT reported.

“At the event in Beijing, Mr. Kushner’s sister, Nicole Meyer, cited her brother’s service to the company, which he led as chief executive until January. She said the project in Jersey City ‘means a lot to me and my entire family.’”

States of Emergency Declared in Montreal, Laval Over Flooding

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States of Emergency Declared in Montreal, Laval: Evacuations Underway in Multiple Areas

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Background:

Both Montreal and Laval have declared states of emergency amid rising floodwaters caused by days of incessant rainfall.

“This is an historical moment,” Montreal mayor told a news conference.