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Tunisia hit by third night of violent protests Tunisians have taken to the streets of several cities including the capital in a third night of violent protests. The government has vowed to crack down. More than 300 people were arrested and nearly 50 police officers wounded overnight on Wednesday in continued unrest in Tunisia over price hikes and austerity measures, the interior ministry said. In the town of Thala, located near the border with Algeria, protestors torched the regionʼs national security headquarters, prompting police forces to retreat and authorities to deploy soldiers. Peaceful demonstrations erupted last week, but turned violent on Monday and Tuesday as they spread to more than 20 towns including in the suburbs of the capital, Tunis. Fresh clashes were reported across several towns for a third night on Wednesday. Anger has boiled over since the beginning of the year due to a hike in value added tax and social security contributions as part of austerity demanded by international creditors.
YouTube strips back partnership with Logan Paul Youtube has cut projects and lowered the advertising profile of video blogger Logan Paul, after he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan. Paul apologized last week, calling the videoʼs publication a "huge mistake." YouTube on Wednesday said it would remove American video blogger Logan Paul from its Google Preferred platform and put future projects involving him on hold, after Pauluploaded a video of a suicide victimat a known suicide site in Japan to the platform. "In light of recent events, we have decided to remove Logan Paulʼs channels from Google Preferred. Additionally, we will not feature Logan in season 4 of ʼFoursomeʼ and his new Originals are on hold," YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., said in a statement. In an open letter on Tuesday, YouTube had said Paulʼs video violated its guidelines and it was "looking at further consequences."
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Europeans look to EU for protection from globalization Terrorism and migration ranked as the main concerns on Europeansʼ minds
While nearly half of Europeans regard globalization as a threat, the majority also see the EU as part of the answer, according to a new study.
Easyjet takes off from Berlin Tegel as it joins crowded German market The low-cost airline has launched its first domestic flights in Germany from its new base at Berlinʼs Tegel Airport. The British carrier has added 19 new routes and joins an already crowded domestic market in Germany. Low-cost carrier Easyjet commenced its new domestic German service shortly after 10.30 CET on Friday morning from Berlinʼs Tegel airport, as it seeks to capitalize on Air Berlinʼs demise. Easyjet will add 19 destinations to its schedules from Tegel, with four of those within Germany — Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Düsseldorf — and said it aims to fly 40 times a week between Tegel
and Düsseldorf. The airlineʼs increased focus on the German market comes after theAir Berlin dealand puts Easyjet in direct competition with Lufthansa and its subsidiary Eurowings, which have been criticized in recent months for inflating its fares amid claims of antitrust. During the period of Air Berlinʼs insolvency, the price of some domestic fares have risen by 30 percent. Easyjet currently has 12 planes stationed at Tegel but plans to increase that figure to 25 within the next six months with aircraft purchased from Air Berlin, making it Easyjetʼs second largest base after London Gatwick, where the company has 37 aircraft.
Germany must allow third gender in registry of births, court rules An intersex person has won a court case to allow them to enter a third gender into the registry of births. The case was appealed to the Federal Constitutional Court after failing at lower levels. Germanyʼs Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday called for a third gender option in the registry of births. Intersex people, who are neither male nor female, should be able to register their sexual identity as such, the Karlsruhe court ruled. The court found that the general right to the protection of personality in Germanyʼs Basic Law meant the register had to be altered to al-
low a third gender. The court ruled seven to one that lawmakers must create new legislation by the end of 2018 to allow for a third sex, providing the examples of "intersex," "diverse" or another "positive designation of sex." Another possibility raised was to scrap gender entries altogether. "Assignment to a gender is of paramount importance for individual identity; it typically plays a key role both in the self-image of a person and in the way in which the person concerned is perceived by others. The gender identity of those persons who are neither male nor female is protected,"the court ruled.
Belgian government embroiled in deportation scandal Belgian immigration minister Theo Francken is under fire for his repatriation of vulnerable migrants to Sudan. Critics are calling on him to resign. Now the government coalition is at risk of collapse over the scandal. It is not often that the trigger for a government crisis is as obvious as it has been in Belgium in recent weeks. The story begins in Brusselsʼ Parc Maximilien, where migrants have been camping out since 2015. At any given time there are usually a few hundred people waiting there in limbo until their paperwork has been processed, or taking a break on their journey to Great Britain. For many Belgians,Parc Maximilien is a symbol of the Belgian stateʼs failureto get a grip on the refugee crisis. The current debate may develop into real government crisis and even cost Charles Michelʼs job as prime minister.
US House passes bill renewing surveillance powers The bill passed with a comfortable majority though representatives from both parties voted against it. President Trump sowed confusion prior to the vote, which is expected to pass the Senate before expiring next week. The US House of Representatives, today, passed a bill to renew sweeping surveillance powers for the governmentʼs intelligence agencies. The vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which must be renewed every five years and is set to expire on January 19, passed by a 256 to 164 margin. Notably, 45 Republicans voted against it.
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How #MeToo affects the Golden Globes
Toyota and Mazda to build plant in Alabama
With sexual harassment cases in the backdrop, the Golden Globes are set to launch Hollywoodʼs annual awards season. A black-dress protest will be held — but "men in black" are accused of slacktivism. Hollywoodʼs biggest pre-Oscars prize-giving ceremony takes place on January 7. It is the first major award ceremony since the start of the #MeToo movement and showcases an industry which, after operating for decades under the motto "sex sells," is having to reinvent itself. Organized by the 90-member Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a total of 25 prizes are up for grabs on Sunday — 14 in film and 11 in television — at the Golden Globes awards ceremony. But the mood in Los Angeles in the wake of widespread sexual harassment claims is rather heavy. As was the case two years ago with the #Oscarssowhite campaign, social media was a driving force in this new reality check for Hollywood. Even before the launch of Hollywoodʼs annual awards season, the fallout of the scandal has already managed to change the face of the industry in various ways — and appears to be set to do so for the foreseeable future.
Alabama has entered the fast lane in its bid to become a major automaking hub, securing a coveted joint venture plant of Toyota and Mazda. The Japanese manufacturers said it would eventually employ thousands.
Dakar Rally: Toyotaʼs AlAttiyah takes first stage
Because he chooses to. There is no legal requirement for Trump or any other US president to undergo a physical examination by a medical doctor while in office. Having said that, Trump, in this case, is in keeping with prior precedent, as all presidents since
Qatarʼs Nasser Al-Attiyah has won the first stage of the Dakar Rally in the Peruvian town of Pisco. Nine-time rally world champion Sebastian Loeb of France endured a torrid opening day, finishing in 29th place. The opening round of the Dakar Rally saw defending champions Peugeot left stunned, as two-time winner Nasser Al-Attiyah of Toyota swept across the short 31kilometer (19-mile) stretch of desert between Lima and Pisco in just 21 minutes and 51 seconds. The Qatari finished 25 seconds more quickly than his Toyota teammate, Bernhard ten Brinke of the Netherlands, and with 34 seconds in hand over Peruʼs Nicolas Fuchs, driving for Borgward.
Japanese carmakers Toyota and Mazda announced their plan to build a new $1.6-billion (€1.34-billion) plant in the southern US state of Alabama. They said the factory would be in the city of Huntsvilleand was expected to be operational in 2021. The plant would produce about 300,000 vehicles per year and would eventually create up to 4,000 jobs, the two companies noted at a press conference with Alabama Governor Kay Ivey. "The partnership between
Mazda and Toyota will expand innovative automotive manufacturing in Alabama," Ivey said. "Their decision to locate this new facility in Huntsville is a testament to the talented workforce in our state." Toyota already has a foothold in northern Alabama. It opened a car and truck engine plant there in 2003. Its new joint venture with Mazda shows the southern US states are increasingly competing with the traditional auto heartland of Detroit.
Think Donald Trumpʼs physical will offer insight into his health? President Donald Trump is undergoing his first known physical since taking office last January. But if you hope the exam will shed light on his true state of mental and physical health youʼre bound to be disappointed.
Ronald Reagan have scheduled physicals while in office and released the results to the public. Still, the decision to schedule a physical for this coming Friday was ultimately up to Trump. What was interesting about the public announcement of the exam by the White House was its timing. It came one day after Trumpʼs speech onrecognizing Jerusalem as Israelʼs capitalin early December. During his remarks Trump appeared to slur his words, promptingquestions about the health statusof the oldest man elected president.
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US December job creation disappoints The US has added fewer jobs lately than expected by labor market experts, fresh government figures have shown. The overall unemployment rate held steady at a 17-year low in the worldʼs largest economy. The US economyʼs job creation ability decreased in December 2017 despite solid hiring in the manufacturing and construction sectors, government data showed Friday. While theunemployment rate remained unchanged at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, employers across the nation added just 148,000 jobs in the final month of last year. The figure was far below expectations of 200,000 new positions and even below the sluggish 155,000 jobs reported in December 2016. Economists had been more optimistic especially after payroll services firm ADP said Thursday that private hiring experienced a boost in the final four weeks of December 2017. But the slowing reported by the government couldpoint to an economy nearly at full employment that is finding it hard to get workersto fill open positions. Thatʼs a sentiment that had been reflected in reports from companies lately.
Ousted Venezuelan opposition leader escapes house arrest, flees to Spain Ousted Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma has likened his escape to a film. He plans to take the fight against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro abroad. The ousted opposition mayor of Caracas arrived in Spain on Saturday after orchestrating a daring escape from house arrest in Venezuela. Antonio Ledezma landed in Madrid from Bogota, Colombia, where he arrived a day earlier after slipping across the border. He was greeted by his wife and two daughters who live in Spain. Ledezma said he planned to organize resistance from abroad to President Nicolas Maduro, under whose rule millions of Venezuelans have suffered from shortages of food and other basic supplies. "I am going to travel the world to spread the hope of all Venezuelans to escape this regime, this dictatorship," Ledezma said. The 62-year-old opposition figure was removed as mayor of Caracas and arrested in 2015 on allegations he sought to topple Maduro.