Reuters: Catalan leader under pressure to drop independence
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) - Catalonia’s secessionist leader faced increased pressure on Monday to abandon plans to declare independence from Spain, with France and Germany expressing support for the country’s unity.
The Madrid government, grappling with Spain’s biggest political crisis since an attempted military coup in 1981, said it would respond immediately to any such unilateral declaration.
A week after a vote on independence which the government did its utmost to thwart, the tension also took its toll on the business climate of Spain’s wealthiest region.
Three more Catalonia-based companies joined a business exodus from the region that has gathered steam since the Oct. 1 referendum.
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MIDDLE EAST
Iran promises 'crushing' response if U.S. designates Guards a terrorist group.
Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria's Hama province.
Turkey advances into Syria's Idlib in major offensive against jihadists. Turkish troops prepare to enter Idlib province, Syria.
Idlib province market air strike kills at least 11 people as Turkish forces mass on Syrian border.
US-backed Syrian fighters preparing for final push in Raqqa.
It's not independence, but Syria's Kurds entrench self-rule.
Iran says its reaction would be ‘crushing’ if US designated Revolutionary Guards as terrorist group.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Not even Trump can undo nuclear deal.
United States and Turkey mutually suspend visa services.
Turkey 'seeking arrest of second US consulate worker'.
Israeli minister hits out at Trump for stalling on US embassy move.
British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran faces new charges, says husband.
ASIA
Russia, China call for restraint after Trump comment on North Korea.
Exclusive: EU may shun Myanmar generals in new sanctions - draft.
1,000 Chinese soldiers reportedly still in Doklam a month after border stand-off ended.
Seating positions at North Korea's national event show power shifts.
South Korea military: No signs of North Korea provocations for anniversary.
North Korea snubs South, restarts Kaesong industrial park.
10 refugee Rohingya children die on another capsized boat from Myanmar.
Red Cross 'dramatically' scales back mission in Afghanistan.
Duterte popularity dips after Philippines drug war protests: poll.
China denies involvement in US cyberattacks linked to fugitive tycoon Guo Wengui.
AFRICA
U.N. assisting thousands of migrants stranded in Libyan smuggling hub.
Ethnic land dispute forces thousands to flee in Ivory Coast cocoa belt.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe names new finance minister amid currency crunch.
Kenya police killed 35 in August poll violence: rights group.
UN says peacekeeper killed in attack on DR Congo base.
Tunisian migrant, navy boats collide; eight bodies found.
Clashes threaten Ethiopia's delicate ethnic balance.
Trial of Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria poses legal nightmare.
Tensions flare as food rations to refugees slashed by half in Uganda.
Tunisia health minister Slim Chaker dies after charity run.
Ghana's capital rocked by huge gas blasts.
EUROPE
'Ball in your court:' Britain, EU clash over next Brexit move.
Brexit: EU braces for collapse in talks as Theresa May falters.
Spain warns it will act if Catalonia declares independence.
'We have to raise our voices' – Catalans rally to the pro-unity cause.
Catalonia independence declaration would not be recognised, says France. Spain Catalonia: France snubs independence bid.
Angela Merkel: Way clear for coalition negotiations after migration compromise.
Netherlands: Coalition deal reached after 208 days. Dutch parties agree coalition government after a record 208 days.
US clampdown on RT drives Russia to mull reciprocal action – diplomat.
Fire in Moscow 'Sindika' mall prompts mass evacuation.
Bosnian Muslim commander Naser Oric acquitted at war crimes trial in Sarajevo.
AMERICAS
At least 1,500 structures lost in Northern California firestorm, among worst in state's history.
Former Salvadoran president Calderon dies at 69.
Trump sends Congress immigration legislation priorities.
Trump lists demands on immigration in exchange for DACA. Trump wall: New proposal ties Dreamer plan to border clampdown.
Trump defends Pence NFL protest walkout amid claims of stunt.
Trump criticizes GOP Sen. Corker; Corker fights back.
After bloodshed, Venezuelan government and foes battle for votes.
Brazilians in the south asked to vote on secession.
Nate marches across US East Coast, dumping heavy rains.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Marseille attacker probably radicalized by brother: police.
Saudi Arabia set to curb attempts to finance terrorism — top diplomat.
New York terrorist plot suspect a surgeon from Philippines Isis hotbed.
Suspected U.S. drone strike kills five Al Qaeda fighters in Yemen.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Wall Street little changed, with earnings in sight.
Report: Google uncovers ads by Russian operatives.
Harvey Weinstein sacked in wake of sexual harassment scandal.
American wins Nobel Prize for work on behavioral economics.
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Obama Presidential Library Will Have Basketball Courts But No Archives
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Without archives on site, how will Obama Center benefit area students, scholars?
Once the Obama Presidential Center is constructed, it will have a children’s play garden, sledding hill, green spaces for picnics and outdoor gatherings, basketball courts and even a recording studio, officials have said.
But what the space won’t have is all of former President Barack Obama’s manuscripts, documents, letters and gifts he collected during his time in office. While the Presidential Center is about four years from opening, a conversation has begun about what the facility will mean to scholars and to local research universities without those items.
Traditionally, Presidential Libraries are places where historians, academics and college students travel to dig through paperwork and hold the first drafts of speeches, letters and legislation in their hands. But without those papers on site, some have begun to ask whether the Obama Center can even attract researchers to the University of Chicago, Chicago State University or the University of Illinois. What will it mean to have those documents online rather than in a physical form for inspection? And with digital technology constantly changing, how will the National Archives and Records Administration ensure the documents will be placed online in a timely manner and accessible over time?
“All archivists are waiting to see how this will work, because we are all struggling with how to make things available digitally,” said Peggy Glowacki, a manuscripts librarian at the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago. “I think in this case it’s such a massive amount of material that it will be important to see how they are able to deliver it and make it easy to search.”
Currently, Obama’s papers are stored in a private facility — a handsome and sprawling, bright white brick building on a commercial strip on West Golf Road in suburban Hoffman Estates. Officials initially thought the papers would be kept in Chicago. But after they spent $300,000 to ship Obama’s documents to the Chicago region and about $223,000 a month to store and provide security for tens of millions of textual records, artifacts and audio visual materials here, they decided to ship them back to Washington once a decision is made on where to keep them permanently, a spokeswoman with the National Archives and Records Administration said.
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