| Why the lower tier of Democratic leaders is worth watching Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:55 PM PST ![Why the lower tier of Democratic leaders is worth watching]( "Why the lower tier of Democratic leaders is worth watching") It's the same folks who have been running things for more than a decade – Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, and James Clyburn. All pushing 80 years old, they all ran unopposed, with more than three-quarters of the Democratic caucus nominating leader Pelosi to be the next speaker of the House. Ms. Pelosi still has to win over more supporters when the whole House votes for speaker on Jan. 3.
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| At G20 summit, all eyes on Trump-Xi. Sign of a new world order? Posted: 29 Nov 2018 01:36 PM PST ![At G20 summit, all eyes on Trump-Xi. Sign of a new world order?]( "At G20 summit, all eyes on Trump-Xi. Sign of a new world order?") When world leaders came together for the first Group of 20 summit of the world's industrialized economies in 2008, the task at hand was to unite in addressing the global economic crisis hitting large and small countries alike. The G20 summit, with a tip of the cap to the growing importance of emerging economies, joined the constellation of multilateral forums and institutions set up to allow world leaders to come together to hash out responses to global economic challenges. The G20 summit that kicks off in Buenos Aires Friday – to be held along a stretch of the Argentine capital fronting Río de la Plata and to include a glittering evening of Argentine culture in the city's famed Teatro Colón – seems certain to underscore that while multilateralism may not be dead, it is in retreat.
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| As odds of Corbyn government grow, British Jews eye anti-Semitism in Labour Posted: 29 Nov 2018 12:28 PM PST ![As odds of Corbyn government grow, British Jews eye anti-Semitism in Labour]( "As odds of Corbyn government grow, British Jews eye anti-Semitism in Labour") For the opposition Labour Party, this would be a political gift. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said last week that his lawmakers would vote against the Brexit deal and that if May loses, the "only sensible course of action" is a general election. Under his leadership, Labour has tacked left – and in the process uncorked a torrent of anti-Semitism that Mr. Corbyn, a longtime critic of Israel and campaigner for Palestinian rights, is accused of condoning.
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| Giving back: After winning asylum himself, he helps new refugees get settled Posted: 29 Nov 2018 10:46 AM PST ![Giving back: After winning asylum himself, he helps new refugees get settled]( "Giving back: After winning asylum himself, he helps new refugees get settled") George doesn't drive like a man who fled for his life.
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