October 30, 2019

Weekly World News Update

U.S. Recognizes Armenian Genocide; Baghdadi's Last Day; Brexit Delayed...Again; Trucking Scandal in the UK; Crisis in Chile; Middle Eastern Mania; and Give and Take in East Asia

Quote of the Week " We cannot pick and choose which crimes against humanity are convenient to speak about. We cannot cloak our support for human rights in euphemisms. We cannot be cowed into silence by a foreign power." -- U.S. Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA 28th District), whose district is home to one of the largest Armenian-American populations in the U.S., in a Tuesday speech on the House floor prior to the 405-11 vote in favor of a resolution officially commemorating the Armenian genocide.

U.S. Recognizes Armenian Genocide “ Turkey Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Armenian Genocide Resolution” Zia Weise -- Politico, October 30, 2019   “ 'Shameful’: Turkey Rejects U.S. Resolution on ‘Armenian Genocide'” Al Jazeera, October 30, 2019 “ U.S. House Says Armenian Mass Killing Was Genocide” BBC, October 30, 2019 “ Israeli Politicians Call for Recognition of Armenian Genocide After U.S. Vote” The Times of Israel, October 30, 2019

Baghdadi's Last Day “ Three Big Questions After Baghdadi’s Death” Ishaan Tharoor -- The Washington Post, October 28, 2019 “ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s True Legacy” Scott Stewart -- Stratfor, October 29, 2019 “ Baghdadi’s Final Humiliation” Graeme Wood -- The Atlantic, October 27, 2019 “ What al-Baghdadi's Death Changes for Trump — And What It Doesn't” Chuck Todd; Mark Murray; Carrie Dann -- NBC News, October 28, 2019 “ Baghdadi Is Dead. The War on Terror Will Create Another.” Spencer Ackerman -- Daily Beast, October 27, 2019

Brexit Delayed...Again “ Is Brexit Delayed and How Many Brexit Extensions Have There Been?” Rachael Martin -- Metro, October 28, 2019  “ How the Wheels Came Off the Second Brexit Vote Bandwagon” Eleni Courea and Emilio Casalicchio -- Politico, October 28, 2019 “ Labour and SNP Attack Boris Johnson Over Cuts in Final Pre-Election PMQs, Hinting at Possible Campaign Tactics” Adam Forrest and Lizzy Buchan -- The Independent, October 30, 2019 “ Brexit Extension Hides a Bigger Threat for Boris Johnson” Jonathon Stearns -- Bloomberg, October 28, 2019

Trucking Scandal in the UK “ Driver of Truck Found With 39 Bodies in UK Is Charged With Manslaughter” Scott Neuman -- NPR, October 28, 2019 “ UK Sends Extra Staff to Zeebrugge After Essex Lorry Deaths” Haroon Siddique -- The Guardian, October 28, 2019

Crisis in Chile “ Why Raising the Subway Fare Sparked Chile’s Biggest Crisis in Decades” Francisca Skoknic -- The Nation, October 25, 2019 “ What Brazil’s 2013 Protests Tell Us About Chile 2019” Thomas Traumann -- Americas Quarterly, October 28, 2019 “ Hong Kong, Chile, Iraq, Lebanon: Protests Erupt Around the World.” South China Morning Post, October 26, 2019

Middle Eastern Mania “ Iraqi Protests Bring Baghdad to the Tipping Point” Michael Rubin -- Washington Examiner, October 28, 2019 “ At Least 18 Killed Overnight as Iraqi Demonstrators Defy Security Forces” Middle East Eye, October 29, 2019 “ Netanyahu: Iran Working to Produce Missiles to Hit Whole Middle East” The Jerusalem Post, October 28, 2019 “ Resilient Lebanon? What Makes the Protests in Lebanon Different Than Before?” Faysal Itani -- Foreign Policy Research Institute, October 24, 2019 “ Why Improving Fiscal Institutions Is Critical to the Middle East and Central Asia” International Monetary Fund, October 28, 2019

Give and Take in East Asia “ No Art to the U.S. China Trade Deal” Stephen Roach -- Project Syndicate, October 25, 2019 “ Abe Must Step Up Efforts to Engage North Korea” John Merrill -- Nikkei Asian Review, October 23, 2019  “ A Reset in Japan-China Relations?” Stephen Nagy -- The Japan Times, October 24, 2019