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Over the last two presidential debates, both Democratic and Republican candidates have asserted that the television news media is biased and has done a poor job informing voters of the most pressing issues in the election. And while their focus is on things like the type of questions asked by debate moderators, they are overlooking much clearer signs of potential conflicts of interest. Fundraising disclosures released this month and in July reveal that lobbyists for media companies are raising big money for establishment presidential candidates, particularly Hillary Clinton. The giant media companies that shape much of the coverage of the presidential campaign have a vested stake in the outcome. From campaign finance laws that govern how money is spent on advertising to the regulators who oversee consolidation rules, the media industry has a distinct policy agenda, and with it, a political team to influence the result. The top fundraisers for Clinton incl

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui summoned U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus on Tuesday, lodging "serious representations" and expressing "strong discontent" over a U.S. warship patrol in waters near China's Nansha Islands in the South China Sea. "This action by the United States threatens China's sovereignty and security interests and endangers the safety of personnel and facilities on the reef, which is a serious provocation," Zhang said. Earlier on Tuesday, USS Lassen entered waters near Zhubi Reef without the permission of the Chinese government. Zhang noted that it had done so regardless of China's earlier dissuasion. China is "strongly discontented with and firmly against" the move, he said. The vice foreign minister reiterated China's claim of sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and its adjacent waters, on the basis that China discovered, named and developed them. "The Chinese govern

The same government which was rejected in the recent elections, will be presented by the center-Right Coelho despite that he has not the majority in the new parliament. The Left and the Socialists are expected to vote against. globinfo freexchange The same government which was rejected by the majority of the Portuguese people in the 4th October elections, was presented by the center-Right Pedro Passos Coelho, to the President of Portugal Aníbal Cavaco Silva, despite that he has not the necessary majority to be supported in the new Portuguese parliament. Maria Luís Albuquerque keeps her position as Minister of State and Finance, while Paulo Portas, the leader of CDS-PP and government partner until now, is being proposed as vice-president of the government. It should be noted that in ten days, the proposed governmental scheme should receive motion of confidence from the parliament, in which Coelho's party lacks the majority. At the same time

The United States has launched a reckless military provocation against China by sending a naval vessel within the 12-nautical mile limit surrounding islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. Early today [27/10], local time, the guided missile destroyer USS Lassen entered the exclusion zone around the Chinese-occupied and claimed Subi and Mischief reefs in the Spratly archipelago. China has reclaimed land from the sea and constructed facilities on the reefs. The USS Lassen was accompanied by a P-8A surveillance plane and a P-3 surveillance aircraft. According to US sources, China was not informed and no incident occurred. The brazen and aggressive character of the operation is underscored by the fact that it has been undertaken in the total absence of military activity against the US by China. Rather, it assumes the form of a pre-emptive strike aimed at humiliating the Chinese regime and placing it in a situation where it either confronts the US navy or

Την ίδια κυβέρνηση που αποδοκιμάστηκε στις εκλογές, θα παρουσιάσει στην Βουλή ο κεντροδεξιός Κοέλιο αν και δεν διαθέτει πλειοψηφία. Θα καταψηφίσουν Σοσιαλιστές και Αριστερά. Την κυβέρνηση που … αποδοκίμασε η πλειοψηφία των Πορτογάλων στις εκλογές της 4ης Οκτωβρίου, παρουσίασε ως νέο κυβερνητικό σχήμα στον Πρόεδρο της Δημοκρατίας Ανίμπαλ Καβάκο Σίλβα ο προερχόμενος από την δεξιά πρωθυπουργός Πέδρο Πάσος Κοέλιο, παρά το γεγονός ότι δεν διαθέτει την απαραίτητη πλειοψηφία στο πορτογαλικό κοινοβούλιο για να την στηρίξει. Στην θέση της υπουργού Οικονομικών παραμένει η Μαρία Λουίς Αλμπουκέρκι ενώ για αντιπρόεδρος προτείνεται ο Πάολο Πόρτας, επικεφαλής του CDS-PP, δηλαδή τον κυβερνητικό εταίρο της μέχρι σήμερα κεντροδεξιάς κυβέρνησης. Να σημειωθεί ότι το αργότερο σε 10 ημέρες το προτεινόμενο κυβερνητικό σχήμα πρέπει να λάβει ψήφο εμπιστοσύνης από την Βουλή, στην οποία όμως μειοψηφεί το κόμμα του Πάσος Κοέλιο. Την ίδια στιγμή ασκούνται έντονες πιέσεις στο σοσιαλι