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First Rohingya Are to Be Returned to Myanmar Killing Grounds

BANGKOK — The United Nations doesn’t want it to happen. Dozens of rights groups say they are shocked. Even the people who will be affected the most, Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, are upset that their future, once again, is being decided without their input.

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Australia’s Prime Minister ‘Surprised’ by State’s Secret Deal With China

SYDNEY, Australia — Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia was blindsided by reports that a state government had quietly sidestepped federal regulators and signed a deal with China to participate in that country’s contentious Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

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In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception

WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat.

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U.S. and China Are Playing ‘Game of Chicken’ in South China Sea

HONOLULU — From a distance, the Chinese warship warned the American destroyer that it was on a “dangerous course” in the South China Sea. Then it raced up alongside, getting perilously close. For a few tense minutes, a collision seemed imminent.

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Diplomacy Appears Stalled With North Korea, Despite Trump’s Declarations

WASHINGTON — The goal of a diplomatic meeting set for Thursday seemed simple: Nail down a plan for a second summit between President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

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As Famine Looms in Yemen, Saudi-Led Coalition Redoubles Attacks

HUDAYDAH, Yemen — The fight in Yemen has escalated drastically over the past week, exacerbating a dire humanitarian crisis that the United Nations says could spiral into famine — despite, or even because of, a diplomatic push by the United States to get both sides to the peace table.

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Fight Against Last Vestige of ISIS in Syria Stalls, to Dismay of U.S.

AMMAN, Jordan — An American-backed military offensive has stalled against the Islamic State’s last vestige in eastern Syria — in part because of the enemy that the allied fighting force had expected, and other threats that it very much had not.

Compartimos esta obra de Geoffrey Pleyers, de la Universidad de Lovaina, Bélgica, que ofrece "una propuesta analítica para entender los movimientos contemporáneos más allá de los paradigmas que dominan la sociología occidental de los movimientos sociales. Esta perspectiva está basada en la convicción de que son necesarias nuevas herramientas analíticas para entender los movimientos contemporáneos".

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As U.S. Sanctions on Iran Kick In, Europe Looks for a Workaround

As tough new American sanctions against Iran took effect on Monday, European officials remained determined to go their own way, but their progress on an issue that has sharply divided the United States and its closest allies has been halting, at best.