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While Iran's economy, military, and leadership have all significantly deteriorated, US President Donald Trump claims that the Strait of Hormuz is in "extremely good shape," adding that "it doesn't mean we won't smack them to see what happens."
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Leaders from more than a dozen countries, including Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi, and Russia's Vladimir Putin, gathered in Kyrgyzstan on Monday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
On Monday, Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, accused Russian and Israeli-linked social media platforms of spreading disinformation regarding the July refugee crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump's administration was given permission by the US Supreme Court to proceed with the $400 million White House ballroom construction project.
At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.

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December 22, 2018December 22, 2018 by crimeandmoreworld - Copy Editing Desk

Looking Back 2018: Myanmar Journalists Speak Out About Reporting Dangers

Myanmar Journalists Speak Out About Reporting Dangers

With 2018 first approaching,it’s time to look back at the year that was most eventful.

Press freedom in Myanmar took a hard hit this week with the sentencing of two Reuters journalists who had been investigating a Rohingya massacre. Steve Sandford speaks to Myanmar journalists about the dangers that reporters and media groups face as the critics say the country is slipping back into its old ways of targeting the press for reporting the truth. VOA NEWS