Two associates of US President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani have been arrested on charges that they schemed to funnel foreign money to US politicians in a bid to affect US-Ukraine relations and launch a marijuana business, according to a newly unsealed indictment.

Australia has become too politically correct and we are far too sensitive now, according to ABC chair Ita Buttrose.

Until customers start demanding better deals — and switching to providers that offer them — banks won't change. 

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by Samuel Moncada, Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations.

I have the honour to write to you to denounce several dangerous actions that threaten the peace and security of Venezuela and the Latin American and Caribbean region as a whole.

Theory and Practice of Human Rights

by Thierry Meyssan

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out an ideal that any responsible person tries to put into practice. But not all evils can be fought at once. It therefore establishes a hierarchy between these rights so that we can make a real difference. In order to better hide their crimes, some powers accuse others of violating human rights. Sometimes the tree hides the forest.

Human Rights

President Trump on Tuesday slammed the Democrats' impeachment inquiry, claiming the process resembled a "coup" against him as elected president and US citizens’ constitutional rights.

Emmanuel Hantobolo is standing on the barren field behind his farmstead, looking resignedly at the corn stalks lying on the hard, dust-dry ground. "The last harvest was a catastrophe," says the small farmer. "The corn is normally two-and-a-half meters (8 feet) tall, but this time, the biggest plants only reached my waist. Most withered."