Wednesday, May 16, 2018

WORLDRETHINK: Twitter tour on Wednesday, May 16, 2018

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Opinion: Rewrite NAFTA! : "The United States is pushing for a deal in negotiations on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement, the White House said on Wednesday, but Canadian and Mexican officials were not due in Washington for talks before a Thursday deadline.”
  • Analysis: After a hesitant start, Gina Haspel is near to take the CIA's helm. says “The Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday recommended Gina Haspel as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, clearing the path for her confirmation by the full Senate.”
  • Analysis: Dark clouds in the way to the US-North Korea summit. Meanwhile observes: “North Korea’s warnings that it would cancel a June summit if Washington insists on rapid disarmament highlight the depth of the division between the two sides in denuclearization talks.”
  • Analysis: While the death toll grows in Gaza, “Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the killing of Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border, saying the deaths would only lead to more violence, and appealed for dialogue to bring justice and peace to the Middle East.”
  • Opinion: In the adieu to the great American author and journalist Tom Wolfe,who died at 88; here his own words:"Man is born to live, to suffer, and to die, and what befalls him is a tragic love.There is no denying this in the final end. But we must deny it all along the way.”

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