What a way to start the weekend! From the London Globalist, we wish you a great Friday, albeit the typical gloomy weather.
Here is a look at some of the headlines from around the world this morning…
Europe
Dyson: Britain should leave Europe to avoid being ‘dominated by Germans’
“I want to keep EFTA – European free trade – and free movement of peoples, but I don’t see that we need to be dominated and bullied by the Germans.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/11245359/Dyson-Britain-should-leave-Europe-to-avoid-being-dominated-by-Germans.html
U.K.’s Cameron Loses Ground to Anti-Europe Party
While UKIP remains a minor party, its rise highlights the intensifying debate in the U.K. about Britain’s membership of the European Union. That is shaping up to be an important issue for the general election in May…
http://online.wsj.com/articles/right-wing-ukip-deals-blow-to-camerons-conservative-party-1416475651
Metrosexuals be gone: Europe is agog for beards
“It’s a delightful expression of masculinity, but not a super-macho expression.”
http://news.yahoo.com/metrosexuals-gone-europe-agog-beards-081902643.html
AFRICA
Suspected Boko Haram attack in Nigeria kills at least 45
With a name that loosely translates to “Western education in forbidden,” Boko Haram is seeking to carve out a separate state in Nigeria’s north to be governed in accordance to its own extreme interpretation of sharia law…
In pictures: Ebola orphans
“When day breaks, I cook dry rice, and [we] eat,” says Miatta. She says the health ministry gave them 30 cups of rice when their mother died, but they have not received any more food from the government. “I want to be a president in the future,” she adds. “When I become president, I will make sure that things will become accessible like rice and medicine.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30019892
AMERICA
Immigrants face major hurdles in signing up to new Obama plan
Sources close to the administration say Obama will announce that some parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents are to be given a reprieve from deportation. Up to 5 million people could benefit from the move…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/20/us-usa-immigration-legal-idUSKCN0J40PU20141120
Obama takes tough line on Putin
U.S. President Barack Obama warns Russia President Vladimir Putin of isolation if he continues to violate international law in Ukraine…
http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/11/16/obama-takes-tough-line-on-putin?videoId=347513516
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST
Russia: N Korea ready to resume nuclear talks
Lavrov said Kim’s letter confirmed a desire to expand bilateral ties and “cooperate on settling the problems that still remain on the Korean Peninsula”.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/11/russia-n-korea-ready-resume-nuclear-talks-20141120132626830777.html
Iran nuclear talks enter make-or-break stage
Speaking in Paris on Thursday before flying to Vienna, US Secretary of State John Kerry said: “We are not discussing an extension. We are negotiating to have an agreement. It’s that simple…
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/11/iran-nuclear-talks-enter-make-break-stage-2014112144825554684.html
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