Recalibration, Shielding and Containment: How the World Trading System De-risks from China and the United States - Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Concreting work on the fourth tier of the reactor building's inner containment at unit 1 of Egypt's El Dabaa nuclear power plant has been completed, the Nuclear Power Plants Authority announced. The Authority said concreting work continued non-stop for 30 hours, using five concrete pump trucks with boom distributors. About 80 specialists participated in the work during the day shift, another 80 during the night shift, and 20 people continued working around the clock to ensure the smooth operation of construction equipment and machinery.

United States intelligence agencies have warned that Iran is in “advanced stages” of plans to target US personnel abroad, prompting Washington to place staff on high alert in the Middle East, according to US officials and an official memo cited by Axios and The New York Times (NYT). The alert comes as the US and Israel signal they may be preparing for a new military campaign against Iran, which Tehran has reportedly threatened to retaliate against, in part by targeting communications cables in the Gulf. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Are global oil reserves sufficient to withstand renewed US-Iran war?list 2 of 3Netanyahu promises Iran regime change: Can Israel topple Tehran government?list 3 of 3Iran says seven ships hit in Hormuz Strait, warns US of wider responseend of listThe heightened threat assessment has prompted Washington, already on guard over escalating attacks by Iran-backed Houthis, to trim Washington’s diplomatic presence in the Middle East, the NYT has reported, citing officials. Here’s what we know about the latest US warning, and how it fits into the broader US-Iran conflict:What has the US said about Iran’s alleged plans to attack Americans?

Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U. S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba. “We are confident that Canada will stay with us, as they have done in the past,” Cuban Ambassador to Canada Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz told The Canadian Press. “The blockade and this intensification is, in practice, killing people.”The United Nations is set to vote next week on a motion Cuba has put forward nearly every year since 1992. It calls for the termination of “the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States of America against Cuba.”Canada has voted in favour of this motion multiple times. U. S. President Donald Trump’s administration has been trying to overthrow Cuba’s Communist government through a de facto oil blockade. Washington cut off Venezuelan shipments in January and has threatened to impose tariffs on countries that sell oil to the island nation. Story continues below advertisement

A lawsuit by a former Cornell University student who says she was gang raped at a fraternity house has cast a harsh glare on the school’s handling of Title IX.