VietPress USA (Feb. 17th, 2016):
"It’s time to pay a living wage, to pay your taxes, and to give your workers the benefits – and peace of mind – that come with stable, full-time contracts." Canada's PM Trudeau blames corporate elites for rise in global public anger, points to record profits but overworked and underpaid workers. (theglobeandmail.com)
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Donald Trump's administration is in 'disarray', warns John McCain at Munich Security Conference (independent.co.uk)
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Samsung's billionaire chief is now in a jail cell with a mattress on the floor and no shower (businessinsider.com)
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Scientists are about to switch on a telescope that could photograph a black hole's event horizon - "the resolution of the telescope should be 50 microarcseconds. To put that into perspective, it's the equivalent of being able to see a grapefruit on the surface of the Moon" (sciencealert.com)
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TurkeySatirical Cult Magazine Shut Down Over 'Offensive' Moses cartoon Creates Outrage (leakedreality.com)
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In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old. The bizarre and ancient microbes were found dormant in caves in Naica, in Mexico’s northern Chihuahua state (theguardian.com)
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UK NHS cuts blamed for 30,000 deaths in new study - Government angrily refutes claims, calling reports a 'triumph of personal bias over research' (independent.co.uk)
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Assad Says Trump Travel Ban Targets Terrorists, Not Syria's People. "It's against the terrorists that would infiltrate some of the immigrants to the West. And that happened. It happened in Europe, mainly in Germany," Assad said (usnews.com)
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An official watchdog in Germany has told parents to destroy a talking doll called Cayla because its smart technology can reveal personal data. (bbc.com)
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Merkel admits was unaware of extent of German-U.S. spy cooperation | Feb 16 Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted on Thursday she did not know how closely Germany's spies cooperated with their U.S. counterparts until 2015, well after an uproar over reports of U.S. bugging of her cellphone (reuters.com)
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Turkey shrouded in fear with thousands arrested and claims of torture in wake of failed coup (abc.net.au)
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Kim Jong-nam: Will killing derail North Korea-China ties? - Once brothers-in-arms fighting against "imperialist aggression" during the Korean War, now Beijing accuses Pyongyang publicly of breaching United Nations sanctions in the pursuit of its missile and nuclear weapons programmes. (bbc.com)
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