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Rohingya refugees tell of new violence; call for Myanmar sanctions
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims fleeing a Myanmar military offensive arrived in Bangladesh on Monday with fresh accounts of violence and arson as a rights group called for sanctions and an arms embargo to stop what the United Nations has branded ethnic cleansing.
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As North Korea threat looms, Trump to address world leaders at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea’s nuclear threat looms large this week over the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, where diplomats are eager to hear U.S. President Donald Trump address the 193-member body for the first time.
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Hurricane Maria seen strengthening into major hurricane in next two days
(Reuters) – A second powerful storm in as many weeks was bearing down on a string of battered Caribbean islands, with forecasters saying Maria would strengthen rapidly into a major hurricane as it ripped into the Leeward Islands on Monday night.
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World stocks peak at start of Fed-fuelled week
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a record high on Monday and the dollar reached an eight-week peak against the yen on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will this week announce trimming of its balance sheet, part of a reversal of cheap money worldwide.
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HSBC sees two UK interest rate hikes by end-2018
LONDON (Reuters) – HSBC, one of Britain’s “Big Four” banks, expects the Bank of England to raise interest rates twice over the coming 12 months, having previously seen rates staying at their record lows until the end of 2018.
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MPs seek clarity on cross-border pensions after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers on Monday urged the government to address the status of cross-border pensions and insurance contracts after Brexit, saying time to make changes ensuring people continued to be paid was running out.
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Ryanair shares hit by flight cancellations
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair shares fell 3 percent on Monday after the Irish budget airline took the unusual step of cancelling between 40 and 50 flights per day until the end of October, disrupting hundreds of thousands of journeys.
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Britain proposes new security treaty with EU after Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will propose on Monday signing a new security treaty with the European Union after Brexit to maintain and intensify cooperation to thwart “ever-growing and increasingly cross-border threats”.
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Sign the Petition: Public Money Should Produce Public Code
The Free Software Foundation Europe and a broad group of organisations including Creative Commons are supporting the Public Money, Public Code campaign. The initiative calls for the adoption of policies that require that software paid for by the public be made broadly available as Free and Open Source Software. Nearly 40 organisations and over 6200 individuals have already supported this action by signing the open letter. You can sign it too.We know that publicly funded educational materials and scientific research should be made available under open licenses for maximum access and reuse by everyone.
The same goes for the digital infrastructure of publicly-funded software. Unfortunately, governments around the world tend to procure mostly proprietary software, and the restrictive licenses that come with it limits our rights as citizens to use (and improve) these tools funded through the public purse and developed for the public good.
Make your voice heard today. The campaign organiser will deliver the signatures to European representatives who are debating software freedom in public administration.
Public Money? Public Code! from Free Software Foundation Europe on Vimeo.The post Sign the Petition: Public Money Should Produce Public Code appeared first on Creative Commons.
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