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Bandits take over valley that was Haiti’s breadbasket

Bloomberg In Haiti’s historic breadbasket, a dozen farmers worked in ankle-deep water, stooped under a piercing blue sky in a lush region dominated for generations by rice fields, and more recently by roving bands of armed men. The gunmen, linked to an infamous gang leader named Arnel Joseph, have been waylaying travellers in the Artibonite Valley, driving out police and ...

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The United States is at war, in cyberspace

One of the least-discussed but perhaps most consequential comments by special counsel Robert Mueller in his appearance before reporters was his blunt counterintelligence assessment: “Russian intelligence officers, who are part of the Russian military, launched a concerted attack on our political system.” The US military, backed by Mueller’s findings and those of the intelligence community, has responded by developing a ...

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The only way to fix Italy’s mess

There’s one worrying aspect about the decision by Brussels to trigger a disciplinary process against Italy – and, no, it’s not the prospect of financial sanctions. It’s that the European Commission report, which states that Italy hasn’t made enough progress in cutting its debt, lands at a time of utter political chaos in Rome. The ruling League and Five Star ...

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