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Silencing the Whistle: The Intercept Shutters Snowden Archive, Citing Cost

April 5, 2019 staff 0

The closing of The Intercept’s Snowden archive will likely mean the end of any future publications, unless Glenn Greenwald’s rather absurd promise of finding “the right partner … that has the funds to robustly publish” is fulfilled.

EU welcomes clear UK Conservative victory as clarity over Brexit December 12, 2019
European diplomats on Thursday welcomed the clarity an apparently decisive election victory for the Conservative Party gave to Britain's stalled withdrawal from the EU, but said it would be challenging to agree a trade deal by the end of 2020.
Britain Brexit bound as Johnson heads for big parliamentary majority December 12, 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party will win a resounding victory in Britain's election with a parliamentary majority of 86 seats, an exit poll showed on Thursday, empowering him to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31.
In Myanmar park, crowds gather to support Suu Kyi in Rohingya genocide hearings December 12, 2019
Crowds have gathered for the past three evenings in a small park in downtown Myanmar's capital Yangon to hear accusations of genocide delivered thousands of miles away at the United Nation's top court in The Hague.
A U.S. 'deal in principle' with China on trade may be more limited than October pledge December 12, 2019
The White House reached a "deal in principle" with Beijing on trade, sources briefed on the talks said on Thursday, but it may be narrower than the "Phase 1" deal U.S. President Donald Trump promised in October.
U.S., China agree to reduce tariffs, delay duties scheduled for Dec. 15: source December 12, 2019
The United States has agreed to reduce some tariffs on Chinese goods and delay a tranche of tariffs that were slated to go into effect on Dec. 15 as part of a trade deal between the two economic giants, a U.S. source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.