Síntesis informativa - 26 de noviembre 2018
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Ukraine, After Naval Clash With Russia, Considers Martial Law
MOSCOW — A dispute between Ukraine and Russia in which each accuses the other of violating laws of the sea escalated sharply on Sunday when the Ukrainian Navy said the Russian military opened fire on several of its ships, wounding six sailors and seizing the vessels.
The incident in and around the Kerch Strait, a narrow body of water separating the Black and Azov Seas, marked a pivot in the undeclared war, now nearly five years old, between the former members of the Soviet Union.
The Ukrainian military has been fighting two separatist movements in eastern Ukraine that are clearly backed by Moscow, though the Russian government has formally denied any direct military intervention
Killing of Indigenous Man in Chile Spurs Criticism of Security Forces
SANTIAGO, Chile — The killing of a young indigenous man by an antiterrorism police squad has intensified longstanding criticism over the treatment of native communities in southern Chile by the government and security forces accused of systemic abuses.
The killing of Camilo Catrillanca, 24, on Nov. 14 is the latest flash point in a fight over ancestral lands claimed by the Mapuche, which has led leaders in Chile to treat some indigenous land rights activists as terrorists — by for example, charging and trying them under antiterrorism laws.
Mr. Catrillanca, a Mapuche, was riding a tractor home after working in the fields near the town of Ercilla, in the Araucanía region, about 370 miles south of Santiago, the capital, when an antiterrorism police team approached him, apparently suspecting that he had taken part in a car theft.
NASA’s Mars InSight Landing: Back to the Red Planet Once Again
More than six months and 300 million miles since it launched from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, NASA’s InSight lander is due to arrive at Mars on Monday to study the red planet.
NASA’s study of Mars has focused on the planet’s surface and the possibility of life early in its history. By contrast, the InSight mission — the name is a compression of Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport — will study the mysteries of the planet’s deep interior, aiming to answer geophysical questions about its structure, composition and how it formed.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/science/nasa-insight-mars-landing.html
How Cheap Labor Drives China’s A.I. Ambitions
Some of the most critical work in advancing China’s technology goals takes place in a former cement factory in the middle of the country’s heartland, far from the aspiring Silicon Valleys of Beijing and Shenzhen. An idled concrete mixer still stands in the middle of the courtyard. Boxes of melamine dinnerware are stacked in a warehouse next door.
Inside, Hou Xiameng runs a company that helps artificial intelligence make sense of the world. Two dozen young people go through photos and videos, labeling just about everything they see. That’s a car. That’s a traffic light. That’s bread, that’s milk, that’s chocolate. That’s what it looks like when a person walks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/business/china-artificial-intelligence-labeling.html
America's Relationship With Land Mines and Cluster Munitions
While an international humanitarian movement in the 1990s led most countries away from antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions, the United States has never formally banned them and is now investing in newer models of both weapons. In October, I reported on how the Army plans to buy two foreign-made cargo projectiles for its 155-millimeter howitzers, each carrying two explosively formed penetrator warhead submunitions — even though the service already built a very similar weapon in the 1980s that was ultimately canceled because it was unreliable. I also looked at a relatively quiet effort by the Army to develop a new generation of scatterable antivehicle land mines that the service says will cause less harm to civilians. The Army has spent $106 million on it since 2016, and it has yet to produce a prototype or even nail down the specifics of how it will operate and function
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/magazine/land-mines-cluster-munitions.html
Migrants in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas
TIJUANA, Mexico — A peaceful march by Central American migrants waiting at the southwestern United States border veered out of control on Sunday afternoon, as hundreds of people tried to evade a Mexican police blockade and run toward a giant border crossing that leads into San Diego.
In response, the United States Customs and Border Protection agency shut down the border crossing in both directions and fired tear gas to push back migrants from the border fence. The border was reopened later Sunday evening.
The episode comes at a time of growing tension on both sides of the border and promised to become the newest flash point in the story of a caravan that was the target of President Trump’s anti-immigrant rallying cry during the midterm elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/americas/tijuana-mexico-border.html
THE GUARDIAN
Russia accuses Ukraine of naval 'provocation' in Kerch strait
As the UN security council prepared to meet later on Monday, Nato joined western calls for restraint after Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval ships in the Kerch strait separating Crimea from the Russian mainland, wounding several seamen.
In a statement accusing Ukraine of deliberately provoking the incident to provide a pretext for further anti-Russian sanctions, the foreign ministry in Moscow said Russia would respond harshly to any attempts to undermine its sovereignty and security.
Mexico to deport up to 500 migrants who tried to cross US border
Mexico plans to deport up to 500 people who tried to “violently” and “illegally” cross the border into the US on Sunday, the interior ministry has said.Migrants approaching the border were met with teargas after a few tried to breach the fence separating the countries. US agents fired the gas, according to an Associated Press reporter on the scene. Children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/25/us-mexico-border-crossing-closes-migrants
World’s first gene-edited babies created in China, claims scientist
If true, it would be a profound leap of science and ethics. This kind of gene editing is banned in most countries as the technology is still experimental and DNA changes can pass to future generations, potentially with unforeseen side-effects.
The researcher, He Jiankui of Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, said he altered embryos for seven couples during fertility treatments, with one pregnancy resulting so far. He said his goal was not to cure or prevent an inherited disease, but to try to bestow a trait that few people naturally have: an ability to resist possible future infection with HIV.
DEUSCHE WELLE
Irán alerta sobre riesgo de “caos total” si fracasa el acuerdo nuclear
Sin embargo, el vicepresidente Ali Akbar Salehi reconoció los esfuerzos que realiza la UE para mantener el acuerdo con vida, pese a la retirada de EE.UU. "Ustedes están cumpliendo las promesas que habían dado", dijo.
El vicepresidente de Irán, Ali Akbar Salehi, agradeció este lunes (26.11.2018) a la Unión Europea (UE) sus esfuerzos por salvar el acuerdo nuclear firmado con Teherán en 2015, pero al mismo tiempo advirtió sobre las consecuencias negativas que tendría el colapso del pacto en su país.
Poroshenko decreta la ley marcial en Ucrania
El presidente ucraniano, Petro Poroshenko, decretó hoy la ley marcial para los próximos 60 días, tras la escalada de la tensión con Rusia en el mar de Azov.
Entretanto, los embajadores la Alianza Atlántica se reúnen hoy con su homólogo ucraniano en una sesión extraordinaria de la Comisión OTAN-Ucrania para evaluar la situación tras los últimos choques entre barcos rusos y ucranianos en el mar de Azov.
https://www.dw.com/es/poroshenko-decreta-la-ley-marcial-en-ucrania/a-46454066
XINHUA
Aviones de guerra rusos atacan a milicianos sirios acusados de usar armas químicas
MOSCU, 25 nov (Xinhua) -- Aviones de guerra rusos atacaron hoy a milicianos en Siria que habían estado atacando a civiles en la ciudad septentrional de Alepo con municiones químicas, dijo el Ministerio de Defensa ruso.
Los aviones rusos bombardearon las posiciones de artillería desde donde los milicianos lanzaron el ataque con armas químicas contra civiles de Alepo, dijo el vocero del ministerio, Igor Konashenkov, quien agregó que todos los blancos fueron destruidos.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/26/c_137630817.htm
Presidente ucraniano propone ley marcial y descarta ofensiva contra Rusia
KIEV, 26 nov (Xinhua) -- El presidente ucraniano, Petro Poroshenko, propuso la mañana del lunes que el Parlamento del país imponga ley marcial en su territorio, mientras afirmó que "Ucrania no pretende pelear con nadie", en referencia a las tensiones con Rusia sobre el mar de Azov.
En una reunión de emergencia del Consejo Nacional de Seguridad y Defensa (NSDC, siglas en inglés), Poroshenko dijo que la introducción de 60 días de ley marcial no quiere decir que Ucrania vaya a llevar a cabo acciones ofensivas.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/26/c_137632715.htm
Israel nombra a nuevo jefe de Estado Mayor de Ejército
JERUSALEN, 25 nov (Xinhua) -- El gabinete de Israel aprobó hoy el nombramiento del subjefe del Estado Mayor Aviv Kochavi como el 22° jefe del Estado Mayor del Ejército.
Kochavi, exjefe de Inteligencia Militar, es mejor conocido por su servicio como comandante de la División de Gaza durante la retirada de Israel del enclave costero palestino en 2005.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/26/c_137630824.htm
Israel confirma detención de gobernador palestino de Jerusalén
JERUSALEN, 25 nov (Xinhua) -- Fuerzas de seguridad israelíes han arrestado al gobernador de la autoridad palestina de Jerusalén, Adnan Ghaith, la noche entre el sábado y el domingo, dijo la policía.
Ghaith fue detenido en su domicilio en el barrio palestino de Silwan en Jerusalén Este
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/25/c_137630501.htm
UE aprueba acuerdo sobre el Brexit
BRUSELAS, 25 nov (Xinhua) -- Los líderes europeos aprobaron el domingo el acuerdo sobre el Brexit en una cumbre de la Unión Europea (UE), un importante avance tras las prolongadas negociaciones entre el Reino Unido y la UE que comenzaron hace un año y medio.
El Consejo Europeo ha aprobado el acuerdo sobre la retirada del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte de la Unión Europea (UE) y de la Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica, según un comunicado de prensa publicado el domingo.
El documento político cubre el "acuerdo de divorcio" de 39.000 millones de libras esterlinas, los derechos de los ciudadanos y el mecanismo de seguridad de Irlanda del Norte, que se refiere a una medida para mantener abierta la frontera irlandesa en caso de que se estanquen las conversaciones comerciales.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/25/c_137630647.htm
Trump indica acuerdo con México sobre solicitantes de asilo
WASHINGTON, 24 nov (Xinhua) -- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dijo hoy que los migrantes que buscan asilo en su país a través de la frontera sur esperarán en México mientras sus reclamos avanzan de formas legales.
El mandatario estadounidense publicó los tweets después de que The Washington Post informara el día anterior que el gobierno entrante de México acordó apoyar el plan de reforma de política de asilo del gobierno de EEUU.
http://spanish.xinhuanet.com/2018-11/25/c_137630032.htm
AL JAZEERA
Ukraine mulls martial law after Russia seizes ship near Crimea
President Poroshenko calls for an emergency session of lower house of parliament to approve martial law for 60 days.
Mansur Mirovalev.- Russian special forces fired on and seized two Ukrainian cutters and a tugboat on Sunday near the Kerch Strait that divides Crimea from mainland Russia.
The ships had left a military base in the Black Sea port of Odessa days earlier and circumnavigated Crimea to enter the Sea of Azov, a shallow body of water shared by Russia and Ukraine.
In May, Russia unveiled the multibillion-dollar Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait, and the Kremlin is concerned about the safety of its only link to the annexed peninsula.
Controversial rare earths plant in fight for survival in Malaysia
Lynas plant got the go-ahead despite public opposition, but Malaysia's new government has ordered a review.
Florence Looi.- The Lynas rare earths processing plant on Malaysia's east coast, a major producer of the elements vital for mobile phones and other gadgets, is facing a battle for survival as the country's new government investigates the facility's waste management policies and environmental impact.
China's decision to limit domestic rare earths production in the second half of this year is likely to drive up prices, according to Adamas Intelligence, a research firm that tracks the industry.
The US's moves to exclude the elements from import tariffs in its continuing trade dispute with China only underlines their importance.
Mexico to deport asylum seekers who tried to breach US border
Mexico arrests 39 people as march turns chaotic after US agents fired tear gas at migrants and refugees near border.
Sunday's announcement came after a peaceful march in Tijuana devolved into chaos when US border agents fired tear gas at migrants and refugees, including children, in attempt to stop a small group who tried to breach the border.
The US closed the San Ysidro crossing point between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California for several hours in response.
Tijuana's municipal government said that more than three dozen migrants were arrested for disturbing the peace and other charges related to the march and what followed.
China-US tensions rise ahead of Xi-Trump trade talk
Washington sends mixed messages before high-stakes encounter at G20 summit in Argentina this week.
Katrina Yu.- Despite recent bitter exchanges, Trump expressed confidence in Washington's punitive approach. On Thursday he spoke to reporters in Florida saying "China wants to make a deal very badly - because of the tariffs".
Global markets have slumped with Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks the hardest hit as investors brace for a trade war blow-out.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/china-tensions-rise-xi-trump-trade-talk-181126032716673.html
RT
Mexico to deport migrants who tried to ‘violently’ force their way into US
After US border guards used tear gas to repel a group of migrants who tried to break through from Mexico at a closed crossing, Mexico is saying it will deport some of the 500 migrants involved in the chaotic incident. Mexican authorities told the press that they will be deporting some of the 500 people involved in a demonstration which turned into a mass gate-crashing attempt, for “illegally” and “violently” rushing Mexican police at the San Ysidro entry port in Tijuana.
The border is the most active entry point between the US and Mexico, and facilitates nearly 100,000 crossings a day. The port was completely shut down after migrants impatient with long waiting processes and uncertainties of the US asylum process attempted to force their way into the US. After the failed attempt to brush past border guards, migrants began breaking holes through the border fence nearby, prompting the US to respond firing tear gas at the crowds. The port was eventually reopened following hours of closure during the conflict.
https://www.rt.com/usa/444858-mexico-to-deport-500-migrants/
First LNG shipment from Russia's Arctic to arrive in Northern Europe
Independent Russian gas producer Novatek has announced the first delivery of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Yamal project in the Arctic to an area near the port of Honningsvag in northern Norway.
“The Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker ‘Vladimir Rusanov’ successfully reloaded an LNG cargo delivered from the Yamal LNG facility at Sabetta to the lower ice-class designated tanker ‘Pskov’, which will deliver the reloaded cargo to customers in North-West Europe,” Novatek said.
The $27 billion Yamal LNG project began operations last December and has already shipped two million tons of the liquefied fuel. The LNG plant is expected to have three trains with an annual capacity of 16.5 million tons per year when fully operational.
https://www.rt.com/business/444890-yamal-first-lng-norway/
Tense standoff around Kerch Strait between Russia & Ukraine: How it developed
The waters near the Crimean peninsula were the site of a tense standoff between Russian and Ukrainian ships that involved a chase, some gunfire, and fighter jets, followed by strong statements from Moscow and Kiev.
At around 7am Moscow time (4am GMT) on Sunday, two artillery boats and a tugboat belonging to the Ukrainian Navy crossed the Russian maritime border in the Black Sea and headed to the Kerch Strait. The Ukranian vessels were sailing between two Ukrainian ports: from Odessa in the Black Sea to Mariupol in the Azov Sea. The only waterway that connects these is the Kerch Strait between Crimea and mainland Russia. Kiev says it notified Moscow in advance that its navy ships would be sailing through the area. Moscow denies that it was given warning.
A giant bulk freighter accompanied by several Russian military vessels blocked the only passage through the Kerch strait for security reasons. The Russian military also scrambled aircraft, while the situation remained tense. Videos from the site showed Russian Ka-52 gunships cruising under the Crimea Bridge. Later, they were joined by several Su-25 strike fighters. Ukrainian vessels continued their journey despite warnings from the Russian authorities. The Ukrainian Navy said the military vessels were sailing from the port city of Odessa to the Azov port of Mariupol as part of a scheduled routine transfer and claimed that it warned the Russian authorities about the trip in advance.
While both Russia and Ukraine have freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait under a 2003 treaty, there are detailed technical rules on how vessels should pass through the narrow, complex waterway. All traffic in the area is controlled by the Crimean sea port of Kerch, and every ship should contact the facility, report her route and destination, and receive permission to sail through the Strait.
https://www.rt.com/news/444857-russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-standoff/
Designer baby steps: World’s first ‘gene-edited’ children born in China
Twin girls have been born in China after their genes were edited to resist the HIV virus, a first for humankind, a Chinese geneticist claims.
He Jiankui of Shenzhen says the babies are meant to be resistant to the HIV virus after he switched off a certain gene. The work was reported in Chinese medical documents published online. He confirmed that he had conducted such research to the Associated Press ahead of an international genetics conference held in Hong Kong this week. He said his pioneering efforts are meant to blaze a trail for other researchers.
A number of scientists have reviewed the results provided to AP, but say that it is still too early to say whether or not the procedure was actually successful. The work is yet to be published in a peer-reviewed publication.
https://www.rt.com/news/444872-gene-edited-babies-china/
Top-profiting US medtech firm linked to 9,000+ deaths from faulty implants – report
Medtech giant Medtronic, officially headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, but operating from the US, could be responsible for 9,300 deaths and 292,000 injuries in the US alone, according a study published on Sunday. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) report claims that one in five of the company’s medical implants have tested faulty, resulting in a massive amount of deaths and injuries while company profits soared. The ICIJ claims that “patients around the world have become unwitting test subjects for new medical technology”, as unsafe and insufficiently tested implants are rushed to market.
Medtronic, one of the world’s largest producers of insulin injectors, devices that manage chronic pain and Parkinson's disease treatments was the most serious perpetrator uncovered in the study. The FDA has responded to the accusations saying that more complaints were filed against Medtronic as a natural consequence of their being the largest distributor of such products, a fact which ignores that Medtronic’s products were twice as likely to test faulty in comparison with their competitors. Their insulin pumps alone have been connected to nearly 2,600 deaths in the US.
https://www.rt.com/usa/444861-medtronic-deaths-faulty-implants/
Turkish military helicopter crashes in Istanbul residential area
Four people were killed and one injured after a Turkish military helicopter crashed into a residential area of Istanbul’s suburbs. The cause of the incident was not immediately known.
The aircraft went down while flying over Sancaktepe, a neighborhood in the east of Istanbul, according to local media outlets. Four service members were killed in the deadly crash and one was badly injured, reported local broadcaster NTV.
It also said that the ill-fated aircraft was a UH-1, a type of American-built utility helicopter that has been in service since as early as the Vietnam War. The helicopter was reportedly returning from a routine training flight and crashed during landing at a nearby military base.
https://www.rt.com/news/444870-turkey-military-crash-istanbul/
AL MAYADEEN
Gasoducto israelí-europeo, ¿mala noticia para terceros?
25 DE NOVIEMBRE.- El plan es utilizar el mar, para exportar gas palestino (y quizás también libanés) al Viejo continente, advirtió la página al citar un artículo de la página en Internet Globes.S
e estima que tomará un año organizar el financiamiento del proyecto y al menos un lustro para instalar el gasoducto, de modo que si todo sale según lo planeado, la tubería podría estar lista para 2025.
En los términos del acuerdo se explica que las exportaciones de gas al mercado europeo de (Israel) y Chipre obtendrán un estado preferencial. Se puede permitir que otros países se conecten a la tubería con el acuerdo de los países fundadores.
El gasoducto, que tendrá una capacidad de hasta 20 mil millones de metros cúbicos de gas, se instalará desde (Israel) a Chipre y por vía marítima a Grecia, Creta e Italia.
Frente Nacional de Argelia anuncia nuevo liderazgo
Durante una conferencia de prensa, Bouchareb enfatizó que el partido no se desviará de su línea política y apoyará el programa del presidente Bouteflika.
http://espanol.almayadeen.net/news/
Argelia/279070/frente-nacional-de-argelia-anuncia-nuevo-liderazgo/
