- After Apple CEO Tim Cook was called before the U.S. Senate to explain its use of overseas tax havens to shelter corporate profits, Apple searched for a new tax haven after Ireland raised its corporate tax rate. (“Apple Secretly Moved Parts of Empire to Jersey after Row Over Tax Affairs,” The Guardian, Nov. 6, 2017; “Leaked Documents Expose Secret Tale Of Apple’s Offshore Island Hop,”International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Nov. 6, 2017)
- According to the Christian Science Monitor, tens of thousands of children who were indoctrinated in ISIS schools and traumatized by watching ISIS propaganda videos in Iraq and Syria, now suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, aggression, anxiety and depression. (“ISIS Has Planted a Ticking Bomb that Is Hard to Defuse: Traumatized Children,” Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 21, 2017)
- As President Trump traveled to China and Vietnam, his administration announced a new crackdown on Cuba, which halts trade deals involving Cuba’s military and restricts American tourists visiting the island to group tours. (“What Trump’s Cuba Crackdown Will Look Like,” Miami Herald, Nov. 8, 2017)
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