BitGou: Monday Morning Briefing: Lockdowns, then locked arms in Pittsburgh community

2018年10月29日星期一

Monday Morning Briefing: Lockdowns, then locked arms in Pittsburgh community

Highlights

Following the deadliest attack ever on the Jewish community in the United States, residents rushed to provide comfort, give blood, organize vigils and bring therapy dogs to a Jewish community center.

The rabbis of the Pittsburgh synagogue urged mourners at an interfaith memorial service on Sunday to embrace tolerance and unity, while the mayor vowed to “defeat hate with love.”

The man charged with shooting worshipers at synagogue in Pittsburgh, marking the deadliest ever attack on America’s Jewish community, is due to make his first court appearance on Monday before a federal judge.

World

An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had taken off minutes earlier, and there were likely no survivors, officials said.

Beer, pies and Buddhist prayers helped endear Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to Leicester City soccer fans even before the team owned by the Thai duty free billionaire became the Premier League’s most unlikely champions. Tragedy struck when his helicopter crashed in a fireball outside Leicester’s stadium in the UK on Saturday, killing him and four others on board.

Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right firebrand former Army captain, won Brazil’s presidential election in convincing fashion, wooing voters with promises to gut endemic political corruption and wage a brutal battle against powerful drug gangs.

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Commentary: "Populist nationalism is here to stay,” writes columnist John Lloyd. Though many liberals continue to hope that populism is merely an ugly phase in Western politics, populist nationalism is likely to become even more disruptive if the governments ruling in its name are voted out of office. “Populist leaders are confrontational, mendacious and ruthless – but those who follow them need to have their fears, resentments and beliefs addressed, if politics is not to descend further.”

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