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North Korea tests missile as Tillerson calls for sanctions

  Bloomberg North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile just hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson mounted an effort at the United Nations to rally pressure against Kim Jong Un’s regime. The missile was fired at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday local time from northeast of Pyongyang and appears to have failed, according to a text message from South Korea’s ...

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Turkey shuts Wikipedia as opposition cries censorship

  Bloomberg The Turkish government agency in charge of internet technologies blocked access to Wikipedia on Saturday, without giving a specific reason for the decision. The ban was imposed after “technical analysis and legal consideration,” the Information and Communication Technologies Authority said, without citing any violation of Turkish law. The agency didn’t respond to calls placed outside regular business hours. ...

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Brazil roiled by general strike over government reform plan

  Boomberg Millions of Brazilians were stranded without public transport and faced shuttered banks and schools as labor unions staged a nationwide strike against President Michel Temer’s reform agenda. Groups of protesters clashed with police in Brazil’s major cities as buses, commuter trains and metro lines ground to a halt. Access roads to airports in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo ...

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