'Grave terrorist attack': North Korea condemns raid on its Madrid embassy
By Sven Becker, Michael Sontheimer and Gerald Traufetter
by Umut Uras
In first official comment on February incident, Pyongyang suggests Washington’s possible involvement
North Korea on Sunday described the February raid on its embassy in Madrid by a dissident group as a “grave terrorist attack” and urged an investigation into the perpetrators.
A group of armed men burst into Pyongyang’s Spanish embassy last month and roughed up employees before fleeing with documents and computers.
The incident came just days before a high-stakes nuclear summit in Hanoi between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump that ultimately failed to reach an accord.
Corrupt Egyptair DealSuspicions of Bribery Cast Shadow Over Airbus
Leaked internal documents from Airbus suggest corruption may have been involved in the sale of several aircraft to Egyptair in 2003. The issues raised by the documents threaten to overshadow the planned departure of CEO Thomas Enders.
By Sven Becker, Michael Sontheimer and Gerald Traufetter
For Airbus, the deal signed in April of 2003 was a notable one. Egyptair, one of the company's most important customers in the Middle East, had ordered seven long-haul A330 aircraft.
The French-German aeronautics company celebrated the signing of the contract in Cairo with much fanfare. "The close partnership we have had with Egyptair for well over 20 years is very special to us," Airbus announced.
Anti-graft activist Caputova elected Slovakia's first female president
Vocal government critic and anti-corruption activist Zuzana Caputova will become Slovakia’s first female president after provisional results showed her winning Saturday’s run-off election.
Environmental lawyer Caputova got 58.40 percent of the ballot in Slovakia while EU energy commissioner Maros Sefcovic garnered 41.59, the Slovak Statistics Office said. Official results are due Sunday at noon.
“Let us look for what connects us. Let us promote cooperation above personal interests,” Caputova said after her victory.
The 45-year-old added that the outcome was a sign that “you can win without attacking your opponents.”
60 years after exile, Tibetans face a fight for survival in a post-Dalai Lama world
Updated 0152 GMT (0952 HKT) March 31, 2019
The Dalai Lama describes it as "freedom in exile," but it's a "freedom" which has lasted longer than he likely ever dreamed about.
Sixty years ago today, the Tibetan Buddhist leader set foot on Indian soil to begin his life as a refugee.
After an unsuccessful revolt following the arrival of Chinese troops in Tibet, the Dalai fled Lhasa in fear for his life. Only 23 years old, he and his followers crossed a treacherous Himalayan pass into India on horseback, arriving on March 31, 1959.
Turkey local elections: Voters go to polls in key municipal vote
President Erdogan and his AK Party in bid to retain control of Turkey's major cities, amid sharp economic downturn.by Umut Uras
Millions of Turkish voters on Sunday are casting their ballots in critical local elections, after a heated campaign dominated by discussions over the country's economy and security.
The polls pose a major challenge for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development (AK) Party given a backdrop of high inflation and rising unemployment sparked by a major currency crisis last year.
According to Taha Akyol, a Turkish political analyst and columnist, the vote is the "hardest" faced by Erdogan's party since coming to power in 2002.
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How Lachlan Murdoch Went From Studying Philosophy at Princeton to Exploiting White Nationalism at Fox News
IN 1994, A PHILOSOPHY student at Princeton University submitted a senior thesis that began with a famous passage from Lord Byron, the romantic poet. The passage reflected the student’s apparent uncertainty about who he was and what he would become after college.
Between two worlds life hovers like a star,
’Twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.
How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!
The thesis was written by Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch. In the 57-page thesis, Lachlan tried to develop a system, rooted in German philosophy, for leading a life guided by morality and love. His thesis was titled, “A Study of Freedom and Morality in Kant’s Practical Philosophy,” and he salted it with spiritual inquiries. It even concluded with a striking Sanskrit line about yearning for the purity of infinity.
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