| Brexit puts EU nurses – and British health care – on rocky road Posted: 28 Jan 2019 02:00 PM PST ![Brexit puts EU nurses – and British health care – on rocky road]( "Brexit puts EU nurses – and British health care – on rocky road") Eight years after moving to England to work as a nurse in a public hospital, Fabio Vasconcelos is weighing his future. As a Portuguese national, his "investment" was upended by the June 2015 referendum that mandated a British exit from the European Union. Mr. Vasconcelos is among millions of continental Europeans who had exercised their rights to live and work in Britain and now face the uncertainty of Brexit, a political decision based in part on hostility to mass migration.
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| How do you define ‘wall’? Keeping Washington open may hinge on the answer Posted: 28 Jan 2019 01:59 PM PST ![How do you define 'wall'? Keeping Washington open may hinge on the answer]( "How do you define 'wall'? Keeping Washington open may hinge on the answer") Or rather, it might depend on whether Democratic and Republican congressional negotiators can agree on border security measures that meet their mutually exclusive "wall" definition needs. Democrats are firmly opposed to a physical wall – "a big, beautiful wall," in President Trump's phrase. Mr. Trump has insisted on an imposing Great Wall-type structure, but at various times he's said that would be concrete, or could be steel slats, or maybe even based on drones, sensors, and other "smart wall" technology.
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| As Israel, Iran square off in Syria, can Russia play peacemaker? Posted: 28 Jan 2019 01:03 PM PST ![As Israel, Iran square off in Syria, can Russia play peacemaker?]( "As Israel, Iran square off in Syria, can Russia play peacemaker?") The homemade video shows a peaceful scene of skiers coasting down a shimmering snow-covered trail on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon, a towering range that straddles the borders of Syria, Lebanon, and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. Suddenly, the camera catches the smoke trails of a pair of Israel's Iron Dome missiles launching from just below the ski area. The Jan. 20 footage was a surreal reminder of how Israel and Iran appear to be inching dangerously toward a larger clash over Iran's military presence in Syria as the civil war there winds down.
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| A plank for peace in Afghanistan Posted: 28 Jan 2019 12:07 PM PST ![A plank for peace in Afghanistan]( "A plank for peace in Afghanistan") It may be only a small reed of trust for a possible peace in Afghanistan. Last week during negotiations in Qatar, the two sides agreed in principle to a "framework" for a grand bargain: The US would declare a timetable for withdrawing its troops while the Taliban pledged not to allow Afghanistan to again be used as a launching ground for attacks on the US. In these talks, it is now clear the US, and the Taliban, as well as the Afghan people, are wary of conflict and eager to end decades of foreign meddling.
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