Sunday, July 1, 2018

Trump said North Korea was ‘no longer a nuclear threat.’ His spies disagree.

U.S. intelligence officials say North Korea is expanding its nuclear activity.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/02/trump-said-north-korea-was-no-longer-a-nuclear-threat-his-spies-disagree/

Mexico’s next president thinks Trump is ‘erratic and arrogant,’ and a lot else

Mexico's next president wrote a book called “Oye, Trump,” or “Listen up, Trump.”

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/01/mexicos-next-president-thinks-trump-is-erratic-and-arrogant-and-a-lot-else/

French convict escapes prison (again) — this time on a helicopter and without explosives

It was the second dramatic prison break in five years for French gangster Rédoine Faïd.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/01/redoine-faid-helicopter-prison-escape-sparks-manhunt-in-france/

Canada’s indigenous population is overrepresented in federal prisons — and it’s only getting worse

The chief justice of Canada's Supreme Court said the situation is "unacceptable."

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/01/canadas-indigenous-population-is-over-represented-in-federal-prisons-and-its-only-getting-worse/

Here’s what you need to know about Mexico’s presidential election

A country fed up with violence and corruption appears ready to throw out the bums.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/07/01/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-mexicos-presidential-election/