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Monsoon Session: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Speech on The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018

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At least one person is dead after protests in Haiti turned violent.

A steep increase in fuel prices has angered people who say they are already dealing with extreme poverty.

In February, Haiti's government agreed to reduce fuel subsidies in exchange for IMF aid.

Katia Lopez-Hodoyan reports.

The US seafood industry is feeling the pinch of Trump's tightening immigration policies, which has created a shortage of labourers.

Those in Maryland's crab meat sector say many businesses that employ foreign workers are now in danger of shutting down.

Al Jazeera's Heidi Zhou-Castro reports from Hoopers Island.

Last week it was Europe. This week, China.

Step-by-step, US President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium are taking effect and the world, in turn is responding.

In addition to the EU and, now, China countries as far afield as Canada and India have also slapped tariffs on American goods in retaliation for the Trump administration's levies on imported steel and aluminium.

The trump administration has responded by threatening even more levies on foreign goods entering the US.

But the fight between Washington and a growing list of countries is not just about trade.

At last month's G7 summit in Canada, Trump was at odds with most of his country's closest allies.

Many of the same tensions seem likely to cloud next week's NATO summit in Brussels.

In all these debates, President Trump talks about ''winning'' and what he calls ''better deals.''

But it often seems like his real target is the web of international institutions and alliances that have evolved in the decades since the end of the second World War - often at the behest of America itself.

So, can the global system of rules-based institutions survive Trump's efforts to undermine them?

Despite warnings, Donald Trump is refusing to back down on his decision to impose tariffs on billions of dollars in imports from trading partners.
 
The US has implemented tariffs on $34bn worth of imports from China and Trump has told reporters he's prepared to expand that to half a trillion dollars in imports.
 
That's about the same amount as the US imported from China last year.
 
The US' European allies are concerned by this move and have said this looks like a trade war.

Al Jazeera's White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett reports.

The Trump Administration has fired the first major shot in a looming trade war with China.
 
After weeks of threats, US tariffs on $34bn of Chinese imports came into effect.
 
Beijing has vowed to retaliate and is searching for non-US suppliers for some of its imports, setting the stage for a prolonged conflict between the world's two biggest economies.

Al Jazeera's Rob McBride has more from Beijing, China.

Rupee Falling against Dollar: AICC Press Briefing By Manish Tewari at Congress HQ

Key Points of Press Briefing

- PM Modi in 2013 said ''there's a competition between Congress and rupee and who will fall lower?''. Today the rupee is trading at ₹69/$1. Now it seems to be a competition between BJP and rupee on who will fall lower.

- Today rupee has lost value and Prime Minister has lost his grace.

- When rate of bank deposit growth slows down, it signifies people's erosion of trust on banks.

- PM had used EPFO data to claim 70 lakh new jobs were created in FY 2017-18. But the revised data released by EPFO now shows that, enrollment has been reduced by 12.58%.

- Economy of this country has become a rudderless boat, without a proper Finance Minister to take charge of issues.

- Agrarian distress is at its peak but govt is prioritising to legalise betting/gambling in sports without taking in consideration the social implications.

Donald Trump's nuclear reaction is threatening to turn off the taps of the world's major oil supply.

The White House is threatening countries which import Iranian oil to stop shipments by November - or face U.S. sanctions.

If that happens - the Iranians are vowing to stop all oil exports from the Gulf, including from the number one supplier Saudi Arabia.

Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia are expected to meet Iranian diplomats on Friday.

In Vienna, they'll be discussing how to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal which Trump withdrew from two months ago.

Gujarat Bitcoin Scam: AICC Press Briefing By Shaktisinh Gohil at Congress HQ

Key Points of Press Briefing

- Demonetisation turned out to be a jackpot for BJP leaders.

- Post-demonetisation, in Surat, old notes were converted to bitcoin.

- A Gujarat daily reported around that old notes worth ₹88000 cr were converted to Bitcoin.

- Before Surat resident Shailesh Babulal Bhat, CBI inspector and Amreli police had extorted Bitcoins. After Shailesh registered a complaint, CID did not make him the complainant.

- After investigation it is found out that IPS is also involved in this and the mastermind behind this is BJP leader Nalin Kotadiya. Now Nalin Kotadiya is missing.

- Government, ED, IT dept can raid Karnataka leaders but why are they silent when newspapers reported Bitcoin scam of ₹88000cr.

- Why is the Bitcoin scam not investigated? If Modi govt can send CBI & ED to investigate leaders in Karnataka, then why not to investigate BJP leaders in Gujarat?