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Myanmar generals must be prosecuted for genocide: UN

Bloomberg A United Nations report says Myanmar’s top generals should be investigated and prosecuted for committing genocide and war crimes against the Muslim Rohingya minority, raising pressure on the international community to act against the country’s military and civilian government. The UN Human Rights Council-mandated fact-finding mission’s report found Myanmar’s security forces systematically murdered, tortured, sexually assaulted and enslaved civilians, ...

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Russia to stage biggest war games since Cold War

Bloomberg Russia is to hold its biggest military maneuvers since the height of the Cold War next month, mobilising about 300,000 troops and including the participation of thousands of soldiers from China, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The Vostok-2018 exercises in Russia’s eastern and central military districts—spanning from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific coast—from September 11-15 will involve almost ...

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Macron suffers yet another blow as key minister quits

Bloomberg It’s been a long, hot summer for Emmanuel Macron. The French president went into the break buffeted by a scandal over a rogue aide and returned to a string of bad news on the economy and his reform agenda. But the biggest blow came out of nowhere on Tuesday: Nicolas Hulot, his star minister for energy and the environment, ...

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