WikiLeaks releases files that appear to offer details of Russian surveillance system

WikiLeaks, the secret sharing organization accused of playing a key role in Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election, has released documents that it claims offer details of how Moscow uses state surveillance to spy on Internet and mobile users. The release, dubbed “Spy Files Russia,” appears to mark a shift for an organization that has long been […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/19/wikileaks-releases-files-that-appear-to-offer-details-of-russian-surveillance-system/

‘We have lost all what money can buy’: Hurricane Maria devastates Dominica

As Hurricane Maria bore down on Dominica on Monday evening, some of the most revealing updates about the storm’s havoc came in the succinct, prayerful Facebook posts of Roosevelt Skerrit, the prime minister of the tiny Caribbean island nation. Earlier in the day, Skerrit had warned residents that the looming hurricane would be one of the most […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/19/we-have-lost-all-what-money-can-buy-hurricane-maria-devastates-dominica/

The burning world crises that won’t get solved this week at the U.N.

Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. The annual talk shop of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly in New York began on Monday. Dozens of heads of government and state have […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/19/the-burning-world-crises-that-wont-get-solved-this-week-at-the-u-n/

There are an estimated 40 million slaves in the world. Where do they live and what do they do?

Slavery is not a thing of the past. A report released Tuesday by the U.N.-affiliated International Labor Office (ILO) and the Walk Free Foundation estimates that there were 40.3 million people in some form of modern slavery around the world on any given day last year. But by its very nature, the accuracy of that figure is […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/19/there-are-an-estimated-40-million-slaves-in-the-world-where-do-they-live-and-what-do-they-do/

Trump’s claim there were long gas lines in North Korea has residents puzzled

TOKYO — In his latest Twitter outburst against North Korea, President Trump said that “long gas lines [are] forming in North Korea,” adding an exclamatory “Too bad!” (In the same tweet, he bestowed a new nickname on Kim Jong Un: “Rocket Man.”) I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night. Asked him how […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/18/trumps-claim-there-were-long-gas-lines-in-north-korea-has-residents-puzzled/