Congo to postpone Sunday's presidential vote - candidate
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-congo-election-commission/congo-to-postpone-sundays-presidential-vote-candidate-idUSKCN1OJ14S
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo’s election board has told participants in Sunday’s presidential vote it cannot organize the ballot on time, one of the candidates said.
Electoral commission CENI summoned candidates to a meeting in parliament on Thursday after media reports of a delay due to problems with vote materials.
Candidate Theodore Ngoy, who was at the meeting, said in a text message to Reuters that CENI president Corneille Nangaa announced the commission was “technically unable” to carry through the election as planned on Sunday.
The election is meant to choose a successor to President Joseph Kabila, who is due to step down after 18 years in power, in what would be Congo’s first democratic transition.
There was no word on a new timetable, but Nangaa was scheduled to give a news conference at 3 p.m (1400 GMT).
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19/12:
We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075397797929775105
Trump宣布打爆敘利亞ISIS, 所以撤軍
20/12:
....Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy about the U.S. leaving, despite what the Fake News says, because now they will have to fight ISIS and others, who they hate, without us. I am building by far the most powerful military in the world. ISIS hits us they are doomed!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075726666574544896
一日後, 敘利亞ISIS正式復活, 美國繼續撤軍
ISIS真係好撚勁
We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075397797929775105
Trump宣布打爆敘利亞ISIS, 所以撤軍
20/12:
....Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy about the U.S. leaving, despite what the Fake News says, because now they will have to fight ISIS and others, who they hate, without us. I am building by far the most powerful military in the world. ISIS hits us they are doomed!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1075726666574544896
一日後, 敘利亞ISIS正式復活, 美國繼續撤軍
ISIS真係好撚勁
俄佬不知幾開心
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis to quit
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46640114
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will be retiring "with distinction" at the end of February, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.
Mr Trump tweeted that General Mattis "was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations".
He did not name a successor, but said one would be appointed shortly.
The news of Gen Mattis' departure comes a day after Mr Trump announced all US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.
In his resignation letter, Gen Mattis described his views on "treating allies with respect" and using "all the tools of American power to provide for the common defence".
"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down," Gen Mattis wrote.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46640114
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis will be retiring "with distinction" at the end of February, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday.
Mr Trump tweeted that General Mattis "was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations".
He did not name a successor, but said one would be appointed shortly.
The news of Gen Mattis' departure comes a day after Mr Trump announced all US troops would be withdrawn from Syria.
In his resignation letter, Gen Mattis described his views on "treating allies with respect" and using "all the tools of American power to provide for the common defence".
"Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defence whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down," Gen Mattis wrote.
無美軍班庫爾德人點算，佢地幫美國打IS無功都有勞
歷史上有無一個總統係會自願shut down government 
火雞開咗聲話隨時入敘利亞掃平庫爾德叛軍
其實最on9係, 依刻兩院仍然係由GOP控制
佢同Paul Ryan同眾院班GOP唔知癡左邊條筋, 係要依家過眾院
但由於好多參議員已經放左假, GOP依家係參院係唔夠60票過
所以你見民主黨議員Schumer好淡定咁講, 個bill肯定過唔到參院
換言之, 我地可能會見到美國史上首次, 係單一政黨控制晒行政立法權情況, 兼無內鬥嘅情況下, 政府依然要摺埋, 而且係由總統發起呢次摺埋行動
不過Trump肯定依然會話, 係(少數黨)Dem搞到政府摺埋
利申: 我無check其實係咪史上首次, 但我斷估從未發生過呢種咁on9嘅情況
佢同Paul Ryan同眾院班GOP唔知癡左邊條筋, 係要依家過眾院
但由於好多參議員已經放左假, GOP依家係參院係唔夠60票過
所以你見民主黨議員Schumer好淡定咁講, 個bill肯定過唔到參院
換言之, 我地可能會見到美國史上首次, 係單一政黨控制晒行政立法權情況, 兼無內鬥嘅情況下, 政府依然要摺埋, 而且係由總統發起呢次摺埋行動
不過Trump肯定依然會話, 係(少數黨)Dem搞到政府摺埋
利申: 我無check其實係咪史上首次, 但我斷估從未發生過呢種咁on9嘅情況
呢一刻GOP太怕連Trump base都冇埋，所以先會轉軚，極速由冇trump wall 改成有trump wall 
但會唔會再失independent 的票呢如果咁做，再者moderate democrats 其實係中期選舉表演幾好，會唔會再有更多suburban 選民因此投DEM呢
但會唔會再失independent 的票呢如果咁做，再者moderate democrats 其實係中期選舉表演幾好，會唔會再有更多suburban 選民因此投DEM呢
senate 可以用nuclear option 過，不過trump 啱啱同lindsay graham 反面
DR Congo presidential election delayed after warehouse fire
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46639103
The Democratic Republic of Congo's long-delayed presidential election has been postponed for another week.
The vote, scheduled for Sunday, is now due to take place on 30 December, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday.
A delay in deploying voting materials to polling sites after a fire last week was behind the move, it added.
It is the latest in a series of delays to frustrate opposition supporters, who suspect that President Joseph Kabila intends to cling on to power.
Mr Kabila, who has been in office since 2001, was meant to have stepped down in 2016 under a constitutional prohibition from seeking an additional term.
However, the election to choose his successor has been continually postponed, amid unrest and reported logistical difficulties.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46639103
The Democratic Republic of Congo's long-delayed presidential election has been postponed for another week.
The vote, scheduled for Sunday, is now due to take place on 30 December, the Electoral Commission said on Thursday.
A delay in deploying voting materials to polling sites after a fire last week was behind the move, it added.
It is the latest in a series of delays to frustrate opposition supporters, who suspect that President Joseph Kabila intends to cling on to power.
Mr Kabila, who has been in office since 2001, was meant to have stepped down in 2016 under a constitutional prohibition from seeking an additional term.
However, the election to choose his successor has been continually postponed, amid unrest and reported logistical difficulties.
Trump vows 'very long' government shutdown over border wall
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637638
US President Donald Trump has threatened a "very long" government shutdown if Democrats do not fund his long-promised border wall.
In a series of tweets on Friday, Mr Trump demanded $5bn (£4bn), which was approved by the House but is expected to fail in the Senate.
"Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!" he tweeted.
If no deal is reached, parts of the US government will begin to close at midnight on Friday.
The House approved measure - which passed on Thursday by a vote of 217-185 - is expected to go to the Senate around midday on Friday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46637638
US President Donald Trump has threatened a "very long" government shutdown if Democrats do not fund his long-promised border wall.
In a series of tweets on Friday, Mr Trump demanded $5bn (£4bn), which was approved by the House but is expected to fail in the Senate.
"Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!" he tweeted.
If no deal is reached, parts of the US government will begin to close at midnight on Friday.
The House approved measure - which passed on Thursday by a vote of 217-185 - is expected to go to the Senate around midday on Friday.
Jeff Flake都唔會同你用nuclear option
Clashes in Barcelona during protests against Spanish cabinet meeting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/protests-in-barcelona-as-spanish-cabinet-holds-meeting
Demonstrators have clashed with police in Barcelona during protests against the Spanish government’s decision to hold a cabinet meeting in the Catalan capital on the first anniversary of the snap election called after the regional government’s unilateral independence declaration.
Parts of the city were in lockdown on Friday morning, while elsewhere in Catalonia, more than 20 roads were blocked by members of the direct-action Committees for the Defence of the Republic with the aim of cutting off all access to Barcelona.
Dozens of protesters sat on the AP 7 motorway, which runs down the Mediterranean coast, holding their hands in the air as police in riot gear pulled them from the road. Some were wearing hi-vis vests in a presumed reference both to France’s gilets jaunes activists and the colour associated with the Catalan independence movement, yellow.
Some roads were blocked with tyres.
Thousands of police officers were on duty to cordon off the area around Llotja de Mar, the old stock exchange building, where the ministers were meeting.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/protests-in-barcelona-as-spanish-cabinet-holds-meeting
Demonstrators have clashed with police in Barcelona during protests against the Spanish government’s decision to hold a cabinet meeting in the Catalan capital on the first anniversary of the snap election called after the regional government’s unilateral independence declaration.
Parts of the city were in lockdown on Friday morning, while elsewhere in Catalonia, more than 20 roads were blocked by members of the direct-action Committees for the Defence of the Republic with the aim of cutting off all access to Barcelona.
Dozens of protesters sat on the AP 7 motorway, which runs down the Mediterranean coast, holding their hands in the air as police in riot gear pulled them from the road. Some were wearing hi-vis vests in a presumed reference both to France’s gilets jaunes activists and the colour associated with the Catalan independence movement, yellow.
Some roads were blocked with tyres.
Thousands of police officers were on duty to cordon off the area around Llotja de Mar, the old stock exchange building, where the ministers were meeting.
LG講咗唔用了
U.S., Canada call on China to release detained Canadians
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-canada/u-s-canada-call-on-china-to-release-detained-canadians-idUSKCN1OK2FI
WASHINGTON/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The United States joined Canada on Friday in calling on Beijing to release two Canadians detained in what are widely believed to be tit-for-tat arrests related to the high-profile detention in Canada of an executive of a major Chinese corporation.
China last week detained two Canadians - Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat and an adviser with the International Crisis Group (ICG) think tank, and businessman Michael Spavor - after Canadian police arrested Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s [HWT.UL] chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on Dec 1.
“We are deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities of two Canadians earlier this month and call for their immediate release,” Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement.
Her words were echoed in a similar statement by U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino, who noted that Canada was honoring its international legal commitments in arresting Meng, and called for the immediate release of Kovrig and Spavor.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a statement that the United Kingdom “has confidence Canada is conducting a fair and transparent legal proceeding” with respect to Meng. He said he was “deeply concerned by suggestions of a political motivation” for the detention of Kovrig and Spavor.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-canada/u-s-canada-call-on-china-to-release-detained-canadians-idUSKCN1OK2FI
WASHINGTON/VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The United States joined Canada on Friday in calling on Beijing to release two Canadians detained in what are widely believed to be tit-for-tat arrests related to the high-profile detention in Canada of an executive of a major Chinese corporation.
China last week detained two Canadians - Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat and an adviser with the International Crisis Group (ICG) think tank, and businessman Michael Spavor - after Canadian police arrested Huawei Technologies Co Ltd’s [HWT.UL] chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, on Dec 1.
“We are deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention by Chinese authorities of two Canadians earlier this month and call for their immediate release,” Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said in a statement.
Her words were echoed in a similar statement by U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Palladino, who noted that Canada was honoring its international legal commitments in arresting Meng, and called for the immediate release of Kovrig and Spavor.
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a statement that the United Kingdom “has confidence Canada is conducting a fair and transparent legal proceeding” with respect to Meng. He said he was “deeply concerned by suggestions of a political motivation” for the detention of Kovrig and Spavor.
Supreme Court rejects Trump asylum ban on illegal migrants
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46652863
The US Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration's policy to deny asylum to any migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.
The top court rejected the policy 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court's liberals.
Federal judges had previously stayed the asylum ban, ruling it tried to circumvent existing laws granting anyone the right to asylum in the US.
The government had described the policy as a way to address the border crisis.
Conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
The court offered no opinion, just a document noting the order upholding the lower courts' ruling against the ban.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46652863
The US Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration's policy to deny asylum to any migrants crossing the US-Mexico border illegally.
The top court rejected the policy 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the court's liberals.
Federal judges had previously stayed the asylum ban, ruling it tried to circumvent existing laws granting anyone the right to asylum in the US.
The government had described the policy as a way to address the border crisis.
Conservative justices Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh dissented.
The court offered no opinion, just a document noting the order upholding the lower courts' ruling against the ban.
Thousands of Hungarians join latest rally against Orban’s 'slave law'
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/22/thousands-of-hungarians-join-latest-rally-against-orbans-slave-law
Thousands of Hungarians marched to the presidential palace late on Friday to protest against labour reforms as a rally led by spoof political party MKKP merged with a subsequent demonstration staged by opposition groups.
Passage of two laws last week backed by prime minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party angered a variety of groups.
One, dubbed by critics the “slave law”, allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime. Another would set up new courts which critics say could be politically manipulated.
MKKP’s gathering started outside parliament, where one protester brandished a placard saying “Happy boss, gloomy Sunday”.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/22/thousands-of-hungarians-join-latest-rally-against-orbans-slave-law
Thousands of Hungarians marched to the presidential palace late on Friday to protest against labour reforms as a rally led by spoof political party MKKP merged with a subsequent demonstration staged by opposition groups.
Passage of two laws last week backed by prime minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party angered a variety of groups.
One, dubbed by critics the “slave law”, allows employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours per year of overtime. Another would set up new courts which critics say could be politically manipulated.
MKKP’s gathering started outside parliament, where one protester brandished a placard saying “Happy boss, gloomy Sunday”.
Government to shut down in fight over Trump's border wall
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-budget/government-to-shut-down-in-fight-over-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1OK15M
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government was to begin a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday after Republican senators failed to muster the votes needed to approve $5 billion that President Donald Trump wants for a border wall fiercely opposed by Democrats.
Trump sought to blame Democrats, who responded by reminding him that he said last week he would be “proud” to shut down key parts of the federal government in order to get funding for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
“We’re going to have a shutdown. There’s nothing we can do about that because we need the Democrats to give us their votes,” Trump said in a video posted to his Twitter account about two hours before a midnight deadline to pass a stop-gap spending bill. “The shutdown hopefully will not last long.”
Republican and Democratic senators had this week reached a deal on short-term funding legislation that did not include the $5 billion Trump wants, but the president said on Thursday he would not sign it.
The shutdown was the latest evidence of dysfunction in Washington and does not bode well for next year, when Democrats will have a stronger hand as they take control of the House of Representatives.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-budget/government-to-shut-down-in-fight-over-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1OK15M
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government was to begin a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday after Republican senators failed to muster the votes needed to approve $5 billion that President Donald Trump wants for a border wall fiercely opposed by Democrats.
Trump sought to blame Democrats, who responded by reminding him that he said last week he would be “proud” to shut down key parts of the federal government in order to get funding for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
“We’re going to have a shutdown. There’s nothing we can do about that because we need the Democrats to give us their votes,” Trump said in a video posted to his Twitter account about two hours before a midnight deadline to pass a stop-gap spending bill. “The shutdown hopefully will not last long.”
Republican and Democratic senators had this week reached a deal on short-term funding legislation that did not include the $5 billion Trump wants, but the president said on Thursday he would not sign it.
The shutdown was the latest evidence of dysfunction in Washington and does not bode well for next year, when Democrats will have a stronger hand as they take control of the House of Representatives.
果然
唔只參院
眾院都正式放埋假
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-budget-house/house-adjourns-ensuring-a-government-shutdown-idUSKCN1OL00B
即你最快要等3/1, 新眾院宣誓就任先有計傾
聯邦員工嘅聖誕+跨年禮物就係無糧出
恭喜各位見證美國史上最on9嘅政府shut down
唔只參院
眾院都正式放埋假
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-budget-house/house-adjourns-ensuring-a-government-shutdown-idUSKCN1OL00B
即你最快要等3/1, 新眾院宣誓就任先有計傾
聯邦員工嘅聖誕+跨年禮物就係無糧出
恭喜各位見證美國史上最on9嘅政府shut down
一年三次
Gavin Williamson: UK ship in Ukraine 'sends message to Russia'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46657470
A Royal Navy warship which has been sent to Ukraine will send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UK's defence secretary says.
HMS Echo was sent into the Black Sea earlier this month, after Russia seized three ships belonging to Ukraine's navy and their crews.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has visited the ship in the port of Odessa.
He said the presence of the British ship shows support for Ukraine in the face of increased Russian aggression.
It will be followed by other warships as part of a more constant British presence, he said.
Nato has recently stepped up its operations in the Black Sea with increased warship patrols.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-46657470
A Royal Navy warship which has been sent to Ukraine will send a strong message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the UK's defence secretary says.
HMS Echo was sent into the Black Sea earlier this month, after Russia seized three ships belonging to Ukraine's navy and their crews.
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has visited the ship in the port of Odessa.
He said the presence of the British ship shows support for Ukraine in the face of increased Russian aggression.
It will be followed by other warships as part of a more constant British presence, he said.
Nato has recently stepped up its operations in the Black Sea with increased warship patrols.