Re: In today's news...
Small news: Snowdon left Hong Kong and is flying to Moscow. It's not his final destination. I've been told he is considering considering Cuba and Ecuador.
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He's there, for a moment they didn't have a clue where he went, but they found him.
Russia is refusing to give him to the US, citing moral reasons as well as a lack of legal reasons to do so. China supports them in that.
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And a local news video on the European Union being more corrupt than could be expected of a cartoon villain.
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It's in Dutch, so you may need to turn the captions on
Short story: Many EU employees don't even bother showing up to work, get free stuff and special priviledges, 300 in cash every day, and they often arrive at 6PM or later to collect their 300 bucks and then go right back home.
When asked about this, they get violent and try to take away the journalist's mic/camera
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China's banking system is meanwhile in rough waters. Following rumours of the central bank being bankrupt, as their payment and banking system stopped working for a while.
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