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Clashes continued on the border between Turkey and Syria on Friday, according to eyewitnesses and Kurdish fighters, despite US Vice President Mike Pence's announcement that he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had brokered a five-day ceasefire there.
Shelling and artillery fire was reported Friday in the border town of Ras al-Ain, one of the targets of Turkey's week-old offensive against Kurdish fighters, who have long been backed by the United States.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told CNN that shelling by the Turkish military and the Syrian rebel proxies supporting them has hit a number of civilian areas in Ras al-Ain, including a hospital. The SDF says five fighters were killed in the attack.

"SDF are committed to the ceasefire, but from last night until this morning we are seeing shelling on Ras al-Ain by the Turkish military and its mercenaries on SDF and civilian Kurdish targets, and in particular on the Ras al-Ain hospital in the city this morning," SDF Press Commander Merivan Qamishlo said.
"The situation inside the Ras al-Ain Hospital is catastrophic. Three ambulance vehicles belonging to the Kurdish Red Crescent were prevented from entering and were shot at. The city is completely surrounded by air and ground from the Turkish military," he added.
The fighting comes just a day after Pence announced that he and Erdogan had agreed to a deal to halt Turkey's incursion into northern Syria, which was launched after President Donald Trump effectively gave Turkey the go ahead on a phone call with Erdogan earlier this month.
The deal -- which does not clearly define the boundaries of the safe zone -- appeared to secure Turkey most of its military objectives, forcing America's one-time allies in the fight against ISIS to cede a vast swath of territory.
European Council President Donald Tusk said Friday that the "so-called ceasefire" was a "demand for capitulation of the Kurds."
Reports of clashes 'disinformation,' Erdogan says
The Turkish government has insisted that the agreement is not a ceasefire, but only a "pause" on operations in the region, reflecting Ankara's views of the status of the Syrian Kurds.
Speaking at a news conference on Friday, Erdogan said Turkey's offensive would resume if the US does not deliver on their guarantee to get Syrian Kurdish fighters out of the safe zone area by Tuesday night.
"If America can keep its promise at the end of the 120 hours, the issue of a safe zone will be resolved," Erdogan said. "But if this promise is not fulfilled, we will continue with the operation with greater resolve than where we left off, the minute after 120 hours has ended."
Earlier, the Turkish president called reports of clashes "disinformation."
"Reports of clashes between Turkish forces and YPG/PKK terrorists in the safe zone is nothing but disinformation," Erdogan said.

But the SDF said Friday that Turkey's attacks have continued in Ras al-Ain and targeted medical workers, ambulances and medical points. A paramedic died from wounds he sustained in an attack three days ago near Ras al-Ain and three other paramedics are in critical condition, according to the SDF.
Two YPG fighters said the Turkish-backed rebel Free Syrian Army prevented the Kurdish Red Crescent convoy from entering Ras al-Ain to evacuate wounded people over the past few days.

The Kurdish Rojava information center in northern Syria tweeted a video on Friday showing what they describe a convoy of civilians and volunteers, who were stranded outside Ras al-Ain after they came under artillery and AK-47 fire.
"Despite the agreement to halt the fighting, air and artillery attacks continue to target the positions of fighters, civilian settlements and the hospital in Serêkaniyê/Ras al-Ayn. Turkey is violating the ceasefire agreement by continuing to attack the town since last night," the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Press Office said in a statement on Twitter.

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Mexican security forces engaged in a prolonged shootout with heavily armed suspected cartel members in Sinaloa state Thursday, in an operation that ensnared a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Mexican federal troops had initially detained Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, in the northern city of Culiacan, in what Mexico's State Security Secretary Cristoban Castanillo called a "federally-coordinated operation."
But Security Minister Alfonso Durazo has told Reuters that he was later released, saying the decision was taken to protect lives.

Suspected members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appeared to overpower the security forces during the shootout, who later suspended operations.
According to CNN affiliate ADN40, armored vehicles with military-grade machinery exchanged heavy artillery against federal troops in Culiacan, in the heart of Sinaloa.
The shootout forced many residents to flee in panic, others remained locked in their homes while outside, troops engaged in intense gun battles throughout the day. Residents have been asked to stay inside and schools have been closed until further notice, officials said, according to ADN40.
Images on social media appeared to show the terror unleashed on the inhabitants of Culiacan. Plumes of black smoke billowed on the horizon while on the ground, mothers coddled their children while searching for cover behind parked cars.

Late Thursday Durazo said government operations in Culiacan had been suspended following a violent back and forth between federal entities and criminal groups.
Durazo said that law enforcement officers and members of the Mexican National Guard were conducting a routine patrol when they were attacked by people inside a home in the city at around 3:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET).
The patrol unit fought back and took control of the house, finding four occupants inside. Authorities identified one of the occupants as Ovidio Guzman Lopez.
During the confrontation, other members of an organized criminal group arrived on scene, with more firepower than authorities. Violent attacks also erupted in different parts of the city creating "a situation of panic," Durazo said.
With the "purpose of safeguarding the security and tranquility of the Culiacan society, the officials of the Cabinet of Security agreed to suspend said actions."
Who is Ovidio Guzman Lopez?
Ovidio Guzman Lopez is the son of Guzman and his second wife, Griselda Lopez. He is believed to have a large role in the Sinaloa cartel, according to the US Treasury Department.
In February, Ovidio Guzman Lopez was charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs to be imported into the US, along with his brother Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, by the US Department of Justice.
Prosecutors said that from April 2008 through April 2018, the brothers conspired to distribute cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine from Mexico and other places to be imported into the US.

In July, their father -- the once-powerful leader of the Sinaloa cartel -- was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in the US.
Guzman was convicted in February on 10 federal charges, including murder conspiracies, running a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related charges.
He was considered the most "powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the Treasury Department and his criminal enterprise spanned continents and triggered bloodshed throughout his native Mexico.
In 2015 he dramatically escaped from prison, riding on a motorcycle through a tunnel that had been dug to his cell at the Altiplano maximum security federal prison.

Ray Donovan, the DEA special agent who spearheaded the 22-agency effort that led to Guzman's capture, told CNN in February that the Sinaloa cartel still supplies the vast majority of US drug markets.
"In fact, Chapo's sons are now risen through the ranks of the Sinaloa cartel and taken over Chapo's end of the organization," he said.

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Boris Johnson races for votes: The Prime Minister has one day to raise support for his Brexit deal, ahead of a crunch vote in Parliament on Saturday.
Debate over deal: Johnson says he has negotiated an "excellent" pact with the European Union, but opposition MPs say it's worse than predecessor Theresa May's deal.
What time is the Brexit vote tomorrow? Lawmakers will debate the deal from 9:30 a.m. UK time, in what could be a lengthy session.
What if it fails? The Prime Minister will be legally obliged to request a Brexit extension if he can't pass his plan, and a general election would be likely.

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At least 62 people were killed in an explosion during Friday prayers in a mosque in Nangarhar, Afghanistan, according to a regional spokesman.
Attaullah Khogyani, Nangarhar provincial spokesman, said 36 other people were wounded in the blast in Haska Mina district, also known as the Deh Bala district, near the border with Pakistan.

Violence in the country has increased ahead of the presidential election last month.

The United Nations said in a report on Thursday that Afghanistan violence against civilians has reached "extreme levels" in the third quarter of 2019, reflecting a spike of conflicts between rival political party supporters
The UN said that it documented 1,174 civilian deaths in the three months to the end of September, the highest number of civilian casualties that it has recorded in a single quarter since it began gathering the data in 2009.

The election was marked by a low turnout, amid threats by the Taliban that it would target polling stations.

Following the poll, the Taliban issued a statement thanking Afghans who did not vote. The group said the low turnout was proof that most of the nation wants to see a "strong Islamic government."
Results of the election are expected in the coming days, with a possible second round scheduled for November 23.

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High-profile entertainer, Kim Kardashian, stepped out in Hollywood for an event wearing a gown thst drew mixed reactions from her fans.
The mega star strapped her boobs into a bizarre dress that left nothing to the imagination as she stepped out in Los Angeles Sunday night.

The reality star, 38, wore the barely there outfit as she left The Avalon in Hollywood alongside hair stylist Chris Appleton.
Kim – who presented a gong at The Hollywood Beauty Awards – also posted pictures of her outfit to Twitter, where it got a mixed response from fans.
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A former nun who left the convent and became a mother-of-two is set to make her debut as a professional adult film star.

Yudy Pineda, 28, has signed a multi-scene deal with Miami-based BangBros, one of the biggest porn studios in the US, to feature in a convent themed scene.

The Colombian-born porn star, who spent eight years training to become a nun, decided to quit the convent after 8 years when she fell in love with a man who was working at the nunnery as a catechism instructor.

Now BangBros executive producer Cullen McRae says the studio ‘couldn’t be more proud’ of signing Pineda for her debut which features Pineda in a nun habit and will be released on January 13.

McRae told AVN:

Her beauty, her raw s*xuality and her desire to share that with her fans is something that we knew was extremely special.

Her first scene with us showcases not only her passion and s*xuality but also her faith, as we collaborated with her to come up with a convent-based theme. We have no doubt these scenes will make her a household name.
Pineda entered a convent as a 10-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nun. When she turned 18 and fell in love, she approached the sisters at the catholic convent and informed them that she would be separating herself.

She recalled in an interview with Colombian outlet Caracol Radio:

I talked to the sister and told her that it was not right what I was doing, I had fallen in love, and I left the convent.
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Juventus striker, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is currently enjoying a well deserved holiday with his partner Georgina Rodriquez in Dubai, has shared a loved-up photo of them kissing on a luxury yacht.

Ronaldo enjoying a holiday with his partner, Georgina Rodriquez in Dubai

Cristiano Ronaldo, his fiancée Georgina Rodriguez, and eldest son Cristiano Jr, embarked on a luxurious break to Dubai to see in 2019 in style on Monday.

The 33-year-old football star, took to Instagram to share a romantic snap of himself locking lips with his stunning 24-year-old fiance on board a lavish-looking yacht.


The former Manchester United star showed off his lithe physique in a pair of midnight blue trunks, while sheltering his eyes from the Middle Eastern sunshine with a pair of pilot sunglasses.

Spanish beauty, Georgina flaunted her abs in a PVC crop top, teamed with a figure hugging black skirt. The brunette tucked her locks into a cap and accessorised with a pair of gold hoop earrings and a slick of lipstick.

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Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of having nothing to show for steering the ship of the nation for about four years. He said 90 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty under his watch.
Atiku took on the President over his remarks at the kick-off of his presidential campaign in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, on December 28, where he declared that he had fulfilled his promises to Nigerians.
The former vice president, reminded the President that a day before he made the declaration, it was revealed that the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty had increased from 87 million to 90 million in just four months.
In a statement yesterday by his media adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, the PDP presidential candidate said going by rising poverty rate, the whole country will be in extreme poverty if Nigerians make the mistake of re-electing Buhari.
The statement said: “Except the President made a vow to impoverish Nigerians, it is hard to see how he could have fulfilled his promises with such pervasive poverty and hunger in the land.
“This is even as the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics revealed a week to the President’s unfortunate statement that unemployment had doubled from the 14 per cent he met it in May 2015 to 23.1 per cent in December of 2018.
“But the most blatant insult from the President was his assertion at Uyo that ‘we have defeated Boko Haram’. It was most insensitive of the President to have said such on a day that foreign and domestic media reported the entrapment of our gallant troops by Boko Haram/ISWAP in Baga, with as many as 700 hundred reported missing.
“Even more indicting is the statement from the US based International Strategic Studies Association, which revealed that the Boko Haram insurgency was lingering due to the massive corruption around President Muhammadu Buhari.
“How would those soldiers feel, how would their families feel, how would their colleagues in the barracks feel when they are facing a life and death situation and their commander-in-chief is impervious to reality?”
“And, for the umpteenth time, we call on President Muhammadu Buhari to come clean on the faceless people behind Keystone Bank and Etisalat. Nigerians deserve to know how people who used to beg for N2000 transport money, as revealed by Buhari’s right hand man, Buba Galadima, are now suddenly wealthy enough to acquire multi billion dollar investments.
“Finally, we cannot wait for the presidential debate where Atiku Abubakar will talk about his plans to reduce the unemployment rate from 23.1 per cent under Buhari to single digits, because Atiku means

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Nigeria’s external reserves increased by 11 per cent from the $38.912 billion it was as of January 2, 2018, to $43.195 billion as of December 28, 2018.
This represented an increase by $4.3 billion within the period. The reserves had dropped to about $41 billion in November last year.

Save for a total of $5.36 billion Eurobond issued by the federal government last year, which bolstered the country’s reserves position, it would have depreciated significantly considering the combined effects of interest rate normalisation in some advanced economies which has resulted to increased capital outflows as well as the slump in crude oil price.


After successfully raising $2.5 billion from the Eurobond market last February, the federal government in November last year raised $2.86 billion to fund its 2018 budget deficit.
At $54 a barrel, international benchmark Brent crude was down at about 20 per cent in 2018.

The decline was the first annual loss and the biggest yearly drop since 2015, when both contracts fell more than 30 per cent.
Crude oil prices look likely to trade below $70 per barrel in 2019 as surplus production, much of it from the United States, and slowing economic growth to undermine OPEC-led efforts to shore up the market, a Reuters poll had shown.

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, recently pointed out that due to the ongoing interest rate normalisation in the United States, which has been predicted to extend to some other advanced economies in Europe, the central bank would focus on maintaining a stable exchange rate so that businesses can plan and to avoid a problem in the banking system assets.

“The choice for Nigeria is to maintain a stable exchange rate so that businesses can plan and we don’t create problem in the banking system assets,” he had explained.
According to him, practically, all emerging markets have suffered, not just by depreciation, but also loss of reserves since the interest rates normalisation commenced.

He also warned speculators in the forex market that they would lose their shirt, saying the central bank has enough war chest to sustain the stability in the forex market.
According to him, the central bank would continue to take measures to ensure stability in the forex market.

The President of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Aminu Gwadabe, had on Monday said the strategic partnership between the central bank and ABCON has continued to ensure a stable exchange rate in the country.

“This sustained stability made the Bureaux De Change (BDCs) to continue to be the potent monetary policy tool of CBN exchange rate managements,” he said.
According to the ABCON boss, the market distortion by forex speculators, rent seekers, currency hoarders and frivolous demand that usually endangered naira stability have been successfully checkmated.

The buying/selling rates for dollar stood at N358/359.5; Pounds Sterling, N452/ N457 and Euro N404/N409.5 on Monday respectively.
In Port Harcourt, dollar buying/selling rates at the close of the year were at N359/361; Pounds Sterling, N457/N464 and Euro N405/N408 respectively.

In Abuja, dollar buying/selling rates closed last year at N359/360; Pounds Sterling, N464/N467 and Euro N407/ N410 respectively. In Kano, dollar buying/selling rates for last year were at N359/360; Pounds Sterling, N465/N472and Euro N407/N411 respectively.

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2019 presidency: Billionaire, Scott Tommy rejects Buhari’s appointment into campaign advisory council




Preminent oil and gas businessman, Scott Tommey, has reiterated his apolitical status in the country in spite of being named as one of the Advisory Council of the President Muhammadu Buhari campaign team.

Tommy was named in the President Buhari’s advisory team constituted by Hajia Aisha Buhari, wife of the President.

He was named alongside some popular Nigerians like Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd), IGP Suleiman Abba (Rtd), General Buba Marwa, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, Professor Pat Utomi, Prince Tonye Princewill, Festus Keyamo (SAN) and Muiz Banire (SAN).

But in a statement signed by his Media Aide Femi Ajayi, on Tuesday, the billionaire oil magnate, said he was honoured by the appointment but added that he would rather remain apolitical.

The brief statement added, “It has become pertinent to clarify the status of Mr Scott Tommey, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Osmoserve Global Limited, named into the Advisory Council of President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign team.

“While Mr Tommey is honoured to have been considered for this appointment, he feels obliged to let the public know that he is not into partisan politics neither is he a card-carrying member of the APC.


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The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has revealed that frustration as a result of been kept at arms length by the presidency under the Goodluck Jonathan administration and the suspicion of his administration in Borno state with regards to the crisis of Boko Haram, informed his criticism of the past administration.

Shettima told participants at the emergency security meeting he convened at the Government House Maiduguri, that when he said in February 2014 that the Nigerian military is not well equipped to fight Boko Haram was a spontaneous reaction which came out of frustration and it was in defence of soldiers being killed in front lines.

According to the governor, he presently feels at home with the Buhari administration because he has access to the presidency unlike during the past administration, and is able to take the problems of the state to listening ears of president Muhammadu Buhari.

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VIDEO: ‘I’m in White House working, you’re out there partying,’ Trump says in New Year wish



in what appears to be a soft indictment, American President, Donald Trump, has told Americans that while he is in the White House working, the citizens have been out there partying.

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Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has reconsidered her earlier threats not to support her husband, Muhammadu Buhari in his second term bid if certain things were not changed.

Mrs Buhari drew worldwide attention when she criticised her husband in an October 2016 interview with the BBC, saying she feared his administration was veering from its mandate to the people.

She also expressed doubt that she would support him if he seeks re-election unless he implemented immediate changes in personnel and policies.

She has now constituted a campaign team for him despite her threats.

The team is made up of wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo, Senators, Governors wives, Ministers, former governors, head of federal agencies and entertainers for her husband second term bid.

The team, with about 700 members, drawn from across the country would be inaugurated on Thursday by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, according to a statement by Aisha’s spokesperson, Suleiman Haruna.

Aisha is chairing the team herself while the Vice President’s wife would co-chair it.

The duo of Mrs. Adejoke O. Adefulure and wife of Nasarawa Governor, Mrs. Mairo Al-Makura would serve as Vice chairpersons for South and North respectively.

Haj. Salamatu Baiwa Umar – Eluma is the National Coordinator of the team, Barr. Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagu (Dep. Nat. Coordinator – South) and Haj. Binta Muazu (Dep. Nat. Coordinator – North).



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Singer Morachi is of the opinion that Nigerians are the only ones who beg online. Posting the screenshot on his IG page this afternoon, Morachi wrote

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'Only Nigerians do this & soon might start to infect other Neighboring countries in africa with this deadly virus ? ....a lot of other African countries experience hardship just like Nigeria but whatever support they give to their artistes is truly genuine from their heart & they expect nothing in return...but in the recent day Nigeria fans might not want to listen to a good song except you do give Away’s & song challenge & after the give Away’s & song challenge the songs still don’t make it to the top....i don’t know how we got to this place but i am going to predict something right here and right now & that is, if we continue this way then i foresee serious danger & damage that might be hard to repair....I don’t care who gets offended by this, we hate the truth & i really can’t be bothered....few years from now when the damage is done some of y’all might remember morachi made a post regarding this situation...so until then let’s all pretend like it’s all good when it’s not & keep up with the suffering and smiling ??

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That means that Welch's grape juice, Tyson's pork and California almonds will remain subject to tariffs in Japan, for example, while competitors' products from countries participating in the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will eventually be duty-free.
Japan will offer similar tariff relief to the European Union, in a separate trade deal set to go into effect on February 1.
"Our competitors in Australia and Canada will now benefit from those provisions, as US farmers watch helplessly," said US Wheat Associates President Vince Peterson at a hearing on the potential negotiations with Japan.

It's the opposite of what the Obama administration planned when it began negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership, known as TPP. The proposed deal, which never passed Congress, formed the backbone of the US strategy to counter Chinese economic influence, but it was one of the first things President Donald Trump moved to undo when he took office, pulling the United States out of the deal in January of 2017.
Instead, he's pursued a series of direct bilateral agreements, launching a trade war with escalating tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods to force Beijing to the negotiating table. The strategy has led to a new round of talks between Trump and his counterpart Xi Jinping — but leaves US producers out of broader regional arrangements with other Pacific Rim nations, for now.
The current signatories have left open the possibility that the United States and other countries — including China — could join in the future if they agreed to the terms.
"They're trying to say, 'We're moving forward and we hope you come to your senses at some point and join us, too'," said Phil Levy, a senior fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs who served as a senior economist for trade under President George W. Bush.
Withdrawing from the TPP fulfilled a campaign pledge for Trump, who had called the agreement a "disaster" and argued that it would harm American workers and manufacturing.
He's also renegotiated the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, replacing it with a successor deal, the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which still needs congressional approval before it can take effect. And the Trump administration is currently pursuing bilateral accords with the European Union as well as with Japan.
The stakes will be even higher now that the Trans-Pacific deal is going into effect — especially for American farmers who were eager to take advantage of more open markets abroad.
Tariffs will be phased out over a 15-year period under the CPTPP.
Tyson Foods and Welch's have both complained to the US Trade Representative's Office about how their products will be at a significant disadvantage around the world if no action is taken.
But amid rising concerns over intellectual property protection and cybercrime, the most important element of the CPTPP may be its new rules for digital trade. Some of which were included in Trump's renegotiated North America Free Trade Agreement, but won't apply to US trade beyond Mexico and Canada for now.

Creating a variety of standards through a number of bilateral and trilateral trade deals could wind up hurting small and mid-sized American companies that may find it costly to keep up with the differences.
"The TPP was meant to create harmonization," Levy said. "If you're a small guy, that helps you immensely."

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bibox:The Affordable Care Act will lose its teeth in 2019, as the penalty for not buying insurance disappears – leaving the health care law’s future as murky as ever.

On one hand, recently released enrollment numbers indicate the system may be able to survive the elimination of the so-called individual mandate penalty – which was stripped as part of last year’s tax overhaul.


While the requirement to buy insurance was considered a crucial part of the original law, enrollment dipped but did not dive in anticipation of that penalty disappearing. The official numbers show enrollment in the 39 states that use the federal exchange declined by 4.2 percent from last year – from roughly 8.8 million to 8.5 million.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“The funny aspect to the individual mandate is that it mostly was [threatening] to penalize people who were already going to buy insurance anyway,” said Robert Graboyes, a senior research fellow and health scholar at George Mason University’s libertarian-oriented Mercatus Center.

In other words, Graboyes said, the vast majority of people who signed up on the government-run portal did not need the threat of a penalty.

Federal judge strikes down ObamacareVideo
Meanwhile, many people who did not find ObamaCare to be a good deal skipped it and either paid the price or made an excuse. Figures from the Internal Revenue Service show that 4.1 million taxpayers in 2017 paid the penalty for not having insurance in 2016. The federal government collected $2.9 billion in revenue from those taxpayers. Another 10.8 million taxpayers claimed one of many hardship exemptions.

Yet experts said the elimination of the penalty is just one of many factors driving an enrollment decline.

The big question going into 2019 and beyond will be whether that slide will continue, and whether the system will continue to take on sicker customers while losing the young and healthy – creating an imbalance that would threaten higher prices. Add to the mix a recent court ruling against the law, and ObamaCare continues to take hits despite Republicans’ repeated failure to repeal it.

Edmund Haislmaier, a health policy expert at the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation, said many people who were young and healthy have concluded that insurance simply was not worth it. This is especially true if they had no assets that would be at risk if an emergency caused them to be treated without insurance at a hospital.

“What [the architects of the law] didn’t account for was the behavior of the target population,” he said.

For now, Republican congressional efforts to further dismantle the law – beyond their mauling of the mandate – are dead in the water for at least the next two years, with Democrats taking back the House.

But ObamaCare now faces a new legal threat, following a federal court ruling this month declaring the health care law unconstitutional – and creating a new element of uncertainty.

OBAMACARE COULD RETURN TO SUPREME COURT

That legal dispute is tied to the mandate penalty’s elimination.

Back in 2012, the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare’s individual mandate, ruling that the government could require the purchase of health insurance under its taxing power. But in his recent opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that because the mandate penalty was eliminated, the rest of the law is invalid.

“The remainder of the ACA is non-severable from the individual mandate, meaning that the Act must be invalidated in whole,” O’Connor wrote.

The Affordable Care Act remains in place pending appeal as the law’s defenders vow to preserve it. Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi blasted the ruling as “absurd.” The case eventually could come before the Supreme Court.

Josh Blackman, a South Texas College of Law Houston professor who has written two books on ObamaCare, said the judiciary must look at what the lawmakers who drafted the plan thought of the mandate. And there is plenty in the record indicating that they believed the law could not work without it, he said.

“We have to look at the mandate and the intent of the 2010 Congress to resolve this question,” he said.

The mandate originally was pitched as a way to get healthy people to sign up for subsidized insurance and offset the costs for others, thus keeping the program’s overall costs in check.

The Congressional Budget Office long had predicted that without the stick of a penalty, millions of people would ignore the carrot of subsidized health care. Last year, the budget forecasters determined that eliminating the mandate would result in 13 million fewer people with insurance by 2027 than if it remained in place. That included 5 million fewer people on Medicaid – even though the program is free to enrollees.

But Cynthia Cox, director of the program for the study of health reform and private insurance at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said polling conducted by her organization indicates many people were not even aware of the penalty.

“The mandate is only as effective as people know about it. … To me, that just seems like a lack of information,” she said.

The penalty itself has risen from its inception. People filing their tax returns in April will have to pay the greater of 2.5 percent of household income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child if they did not have health insurance for the entirety of 2018. That is far less than the cost of coverage for many people, though.

And come 2019, the penalty imposed on people without insurance will drop to zero when they file their returns in 2020.

Cox pointed to other explanations for the enrollment decline, including an improving economy that has allowed more people to get insurance from employers and the introduction of short-term, limited-duration health plans that are designed to fill insurance gaps when people are between jobs.

Joshua Peck, co-founder of the advocacy group Get America Covered, disputed that the decline is the result of a stronger economy. He noted that the economy has been growing each year the Affordable Care Act has been in place. But he agreed that the new short-term alternatives – what he calls “junk plans” – have played a role.

Peck also blamed the Trump administration for slashing outreach efforts by 90 percent over the past two years. Although “most people are not motivated by the penalty,” he argued, eliminating the mandate has not helped.

“It did have an impact,” he said. “But it isn’t all by itself the most important factor.”

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bibox:The Affordable Care Act will lose its teeth in 2019, as the penalty for not buying insurance disappears – leaving the health care law’s future as murky as ever.

On one hand, recently released enrollment numbers indicate the system may be able to survive the elimination of the so-called individual mandate penalty – which was stripped as part of last year’s tax overhaul.


While the requirement to buy insurance was considered a crucial part of the original law, enrollment dipped but did not dive in anticipation of that penalty disappearing. The official numbers show enrollment in the 39 states that use the federal exchange declined by 4.2 percent from last year – from roughly 8.8 million to 8.5 million.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“The funny aspect to the individual mandate is that it mostly was [threatening] to penalize people who were already going to buy insurance anyway,” said Robert Graboyes, a senior research fellow and health scholar at George Mason University’s libertarian-oriented Mercatus Center.

In other words, Graboyes said, the vast majority of people who signed up on the government-run portal did not need the threat of a penalty.

Federal judge strikes down ObamacareVideo
Meanwhile, many people who did not find ObamaCare to be a good deal skipped it and either paid the price or made an excuse. Figures from the Internal Revenue Service show that 4.1 million taxpayers in 2017 paid the penalty for not having insurance in 2016. The federal government collected $2.9 billion in revenue from those taxpayers. Another 10.8 million taxpayers claimed one of many hardship exemptions.

Yet experts said the elimination of the penalty is just one of many factors driving an enrollment decline.

The big question going into 2019 and beyond will be whether that slide will continue, and whether the system will continue to take on sicker customers while losing the young and healthy – creating an imbalance that would threaten higher prices. Add to the mix a recent court ruling against the law, and ObamaCare continues to take hits despite Republicans’ repeated failure to repeal it.

Edmund Haislmaier, a health policy expert at the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation, said many people who were young and healthy have concluded that insurance simply was not worth it. This is especially true if they had no assets that would be at risk if an emergency caused them to be treated without insurance at a hospital.

“What [the architects of the law] didn’t account for was the behavior of the target population,” he said.

For now, Republican congressional efforts to further dismantle the law – beyond their mauling of the mandate – are dead in the water for at least the next two years, with Democrats taking back the House.

But ObamaCare now faces a new legal threat, following a federal court ruling this month declaring the health care law unconstitutional – and creating a new element of uncertainty.

OBAMACARE COULD RETURN TO SUPREME COURT

That legal dispute is tied to the mandate penalty’s elimination.

Back in 2012, the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare’s individual mandate, ruling that the government could require the purchase of health insurance under its taxing power. But in his recent opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that because the mandate penalty was eliminated, the rest of the law is invalid.

“The remainder of the ACA is non-severable from the individual mandate, meaning that the Act must be invalidated in whole,” O’Connor wrote.

The Affordable Care Act remains in place pending appeal as the law’s defenders vow to preserve it. Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi blasted the ruling as “absurd.” The case eventually could come before the Supreme Court.

Josh Blackman, a South Texas College of Law Houston professor who has written two books on ObamaCare, said the judiciary must look at what the lawmakers who drafted the plan thought of the mandate. And there is plenty in the record indicating that they believed the law could not work without it, he said.

“We have to look at the mandate and the intent of the 2010 Congress to resolve this question,” he said.

The mandate originally was pitched as a way to get healthy people to sign up for subsidized insurance and offset the costs for others, thus keeping the program’s overall costs in check.

The Congressional Budget Office long had predicted that without the stick of a penalty, millions of people would ignore the carrot of subsidized health care. Last year, the budget forecasters determined that eliminating the mandate would result in 13 million fewer people with insurance by 2027 than if it remained in place. That included 5 million fewer people on Medicaid – even though the program is free to enrollees.

But Cynthia Cox, director of the program for the study of health reform and private insurance at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said polling conducted by her organization indicates many people were not even aware of the penalty.

“The mandate is only as effective as people know about it. … To me, that just seems like a lack of information,” she said.

The penalty itself has risen from its inception. People filing their tax returns in April will have to pay the greater of 2.5 percent of household income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child if they did not have health insurance for the entirety of 2018. That is far less than the cost of coverage for many people, though.

And come 2019, the penalty imposed on people without insurance will drop to zero when they file their returns in 2020.

Cox pointed to other explanations for the enrollment decline, including an improving economy that has allowed more people to get insurance from employers and the introduction of short-term, limited-duration health plans that are designed to fill insurance gaps when people are between jobs.

Joshua Peck, co-founder of the advocacy group Get America Covered, disputed that the decline is the result of a stronger economy. He noted that the economy has been growing each year the Affordable Care Act has been in place. But he agreed that the new short-term alternatives – what he calls “junk plans” – have played a role.

Peck also blamed the Trump administration for slashing outreach efforts by 90 percent over the past two years. Although “most people are not motivated by the penalty,” he argued, eliminating the mandate has not helped.

“It did have an impact,” he said. “But it isn’t all by itself the most important factor.”

www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacare-mandate-says-goodbye-in-2019-as-health-law-faces-new-threat

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The Affordable Care Act will lose its teeth in 2019, as the penalty for not buying insurance disappears – leaving the health care law’s future as murky as ever.

On one hand, recently released enrollment numbers indicate the system may be able to survive the elimination of the so-called individual mandate penalty – which was stripped as part of last year’s tax overhaul.


While the requirement to buy insurance was considered a crucial part of the original law, enrollment dipped but did not dive in anticipation of that penalty disappearing. The official numbers show enrollment in the 39 states that use the federal exchange declined by 4.2 percent from last year – from roughly 8.8 million to 8.5 million.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP

“The funny aspect to the individual mandate is that it mostly was [threatening] to penalize people who were already going to buy insurance anyway,” said Robert Graboyes, a senior research fellow and health scholar at George Mason University’s libertarian-oriented Mercatus Center.

In other words, Graboyes said, the vast majority of people who signed up on the government-run portal did not need the threat of a penalty.

Federal judge strikes down ObamacareVideo
Meanwhile, many people who did not find ObamaCare to be a good deal skipped it and either paid the price or made an excuse. Figures from the Internal Revenue Service show that 4.1 million taxpayers in 2017 paid the penalty for not having insurance in 2016. The federal government collected $2.9 billion in revenue from those taxpayers. Another 10.8 million taxpayers claimed one of many hardship exemptions.

Yet experts said the elimination of the penalty is just one of many factors driving an enrollment decline.

The big question going into 2019 and beyond will be whether that slide will continue, and whether the system will continue to take on sicker customers while losing the young and healthy – creating an imbalance that would threaten higher prices. Add to the mix a recent court ruling against the law, and ObamaCare continues to take hits despite Republicans’ repeated failure to repeal it.

Edmund Haislmaier, a health policy expert at the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation, said many people who were young and healthy have concluded that insurance simply was not worth it. This is especially true if they had no assets that would be at risk if an emergency caused them to be treated without insurance at a hospital.

“What [the architects of the law] didn’t account for was the behavior of the target population,” he said.

For now, Republican congressional efforts to further dismantle the law – beyond their mauling of the mandate – are dead in the water for at least the next two years, with Democrats taking back the House.

But ObamaCare now faces a new legal threat, following a federal court ruling this month declaring the health care law unconstitutional – and creating a new element of uncertainty.

OBAMACARE COULD RETURN TO SUPREME COURT

That legal dispute is tied to the mandate penalty’s elimination.

Back in 2012, the Supreme Court upheld ObamaCare’s individual mandate, ruling that the government could require the purchase of health insurance under its taxing power. But in his recent opinion, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that because the mandate penalty was eliminated, the rest of the law is invalid.

“The remainder of the ACA is non-severable from the individual mandate, meaning that the Act must be invalidated in whole,” O’Connor wrote.

The Affordable Care Act remains in place pending appeal as the law’s defenders vow to preserve it. Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi blasted the ruling as “absurd.” The case eventually could come before the Supreme Court.

Josh Blackman, a South Texas College of Law Houston professor who has written two books on ObamaCare, said the judiciary must look at what the lawmakers who drafted the plan thought of the mandate. And there is plenty in the record indicating that they believed the law could not work without it, he said.

“We have to look at the mandate and the intent of the 2010 Congress to resolve this question,” he said.

The mandate originally was pitched as a way to get healthy people to sign up for subsidized insurance and offset the costs for others, thus keeping the program’s overall costs in check.

The Congressional Budget Office long had predicted that without the stick of a penalty, millions of people would ignore the carrot of subsidized health care. Last year, the budget forecasters determined that eliminating the mandate would result in 13 million fewer people with insurance by 2027 than if it remained in place. That included 5 million fewer people on Medicaid – even though the program is free to enrollees.

But Cynthia Cox, director of the program for the study of health reform and private insurance at the Kaiser Family Foundation, said polling conducted by her organization indicates many people were not even aware of the penalty.

“The mandate is only as effective as people know about it. … To me, that just seems like a lack of information,” she said.

The penalty itself has risen from its inception. People filing their tax returns in April will have to pay the greater of 2.5 percent of household income or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child if they did not have health insurance for the entirety of 2018. That is far less than the cost of coverage for many people, though.

And come 2019, the penalty imposed on people without insurance will drop to zero when they file their returns in 2020.

Cox pointed to other explanations for the enrollment decline, including an improving economy that has allowed more people to get insurance from employers and the introduction of short-term, limited-duration health plans that are designed to fill insurance gaps when people are between jobs.

Joshua Peck, co-founder of the advocacy group Get America Covered, disputed that the decline is the result of a stronger economy. He noted that the economy has been growing each year the Affordable Care Act has been in place. But he agreed that the new short-term alternatives – what he calls “junk plans” – have played a role.

Peck also blamed the Trump administration for slashing outreach efforts by 90 percent over the past two years. Although “most people are not motivated by the penalty,” he argued, eliminating the mandate has not helped.

“It did have an impact,” he said. “But it isn’t all by itself the most important factor.”

www.foxnews.com/politics/obamacare-mandate-says-goodbye-in-2019-as-health-law-faces-new-threat

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If you were hoping to snap up all five of Johnny Depp's adjacent penthouses inside Eastern Columbia Lofts, a landmarked Art Deco building in downtown Los Angeles, you're out of luck. After a month on the market, the first has sold for $2.545 million, Nick Segal of Partners Trust confirmed to Mansion Global.

The 2,500 split-level condo is the largest of the actor's predictably eclectic units and features two bedrooms, three baths, a galley-style kitchen, and a private terrace overlooking the city. The Wall Street Journal reported that the actor initially asked a cumulative price of $12.78 million for all five—he chose to keep the original layouts out of each but added doors to connect three and used the other two as an art studio and a guest house—but was willing to unload them individually.

More: Johnny Depp Relists French Village for $55 Million, More Than Doubling the Price

Public records show the "Black Mass" star bought the condos from the developer for about $7.2 million between 2007 and 2008.


While it's unclear whether Mr. Depp, 53, decided to list the properties as a result of his volatile divorce from actress Amber Heard, it is known he also listed his 15-bedroom compound in the south of France for a reported $55 million. Last month, the former couple reached an agreement with Ms. Heard, 30, announcing she'd donate her $7 million settlement to charity.

The remaining four penthouses inside Eastern Columbia Lofts are still for sale, collectively or individually, with price upon request.

Kevin Dees of Partners Trust represented the actor in the sale.

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bibox:The good news in a new Washington Post Fact Checker poll is that most Americans don’t believe the various untrue claims that President Trump makes. Nearly two-thirds of respondents, for example, know that Russia tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, more than four times the percentage which said Russia didn’t.

Trump, of course, has consistently tried to muddy the water on that issue and, unsurprisingly, those who strongly approve of Trump’s job performance are about as likely to believe Russia didn’t interfere than it did. Even Republicans overall, by a 2-to-1 margin, accept that Russia tried to interfere.

There’s another group worth considering in this context: Those who identify Fox News as one of their main news sources. Compared with those who identify other cable news networks as a primary news source or those who identify newspapers or NPR in the same way, Fox News watchers are much more likely to accept Trump’s view of Russian interference.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/14/media-consumers-most-likely-believe-trumps-falsehoods-fox-news-watchers/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.480fe53cd55d

Bad eating habits are not optimal for your health. The body doesn’t get the nutrient it needs from it or doesn’t get it in the right proportion.
We have all indulged in a bad eating habit at some points in our lives. The point is not making them a habit.

It’s okay to have cheat days — to eat junks, drink a glass of wine, eat late at night once in a while. Having stringent rules won’t help and may result in you burning yourself out.

As humans, we are programmed to be against anything that doesn’t offer us freedom. Too much freedom isn’t good either, but enough to make our lives pleasurable.
Some habits lead to bad nutrition which will have negative effects on our health in the long run. These habits are not encouraged and must be avoided whenever possible.

If you want to be fit and enjoy its benefits then its best to steer clear of bad habits and commit to fitness. As you may know, fitness is 70 % diet and 30 % exercise.

It’s surprising how bad eating habits never became a major problem until recently — the 21st century. The rate of overweight and obesity are alarmingly high.

A lot of this is as a result of improvement in food technology. There are now a lot of processed foods than there has ever been. Lots of fast food companies are present today, and new ones are emerging.

These effects can be seen today — overweight and obesity are at the highest, Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975.

HABITS THAT WILL RESULT IN BAD EATING HABITS

1. Eating Junk food
This is pre-prepared or packaged food that has low nutritional value.
This is what you get when you eat from fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King etc.
The excess fat, simple carbohydrates and processed sugar found in junk food contribute to increased risk of health disorders such as obesity and heart diseased.

2. Eating Unbalanced diet
Eating carbs, proteins and fats in the wrong proportion. An example is eating junk food or a favourite meal you can’t do without while neglecting the other components of a balanced diet.
Eating too many carbs and less protein can result in obesity, heart diseases, infections – since proteins help the body to fight infections.

3. Eating snacks
This might lead to poor food choices and adding unwanted calories.
Don’t wonder where the extra weight comes from if you’re used to eating snacks. There are exceptions – days when you can’t cook, make breakfast etc. Exceptions are exceptions, not just a result of your cravings.

4. Drinking sugary drinks often
Sugary drinks aren’t good for your health. You should try substituting them for water which has several health benefits.
Studies have shown a correlation between drinking sugary drinks and obesity, diabetes and other medical problems. In addition to this, soft drinks intake of milk, calcium and other nutrients.

5. Eating at night
Remember the body follows the circadian rhythm – a natural, internal system that’s designed to regulate feelings of sleepiness and wakefulness over a 24-hour period.
So when you should be sleeping food won’t be easily digested as when you should be awake. Also at night you won’t be burning calories compared to during the day. This is one of the easiest ways to lose weight.

6. Alcoholism
Not surprising that there is a high frequency of obesity, diabetes, heart diseases in alcoholics. One gram of alcohol gives 7 Calories.
That’s higher than what you get from carbohydrate and protein. In fact, studies have found out that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. If you are addicted to alcohol, read about how to break free from addiction here.

HABITS THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR NUTRITION

1. Cook your own food 
It’s as simple as that. Cooking your own food is cheaper, safer, healthier and you can calculate the calories you consume yourself — make sure it’s in line with the goal you want to achieve.
It might take a lot of time at first, with time you will get used to this. If you are too busy and don’t have time for this, then you might want to take the second advice.

2. Order food from a specific restaurant that calculates the calories 
If you lead a busy life and don’t just have the time to cook your food, you can consider ordering food from a restaurant which takes fitness into consideration and calculates the calories in the food you order. An example of this restaurant are Munchery, Sun Basket, Home Chef. Find one in your local area that is your taste.

3. Remove Junks from the house 
If you get into the habit of eating junks a lot or you eat at night — then you shouldn’t have these stuff in the house. This is the easiest way of avoiding the temptation to eat junks. Don’t let them be in proximity to you.

4. Set a fitness goal and a prize if you achieve that goal
This is an efficient way of keeping good habits — rewarding yourself if you’re able to keep it. For example, if you set the goal of not eating the whole month and you achieve this goal, you can reward yourself by going to see a movie, buying yourself a present, having a cheat meal — or just doing whatever you think is worth rewarding yourself with.

5. Have a cheat day 
A cheat day is a day you’ve decided to break your rule and have a cheat meal. For example telling yourself you will eat pizza, ice cream or whatever that doesn’t fit in your usual meal Sunday evenings. This works in the sense that your brain doesn’t see your rules as too stringent and burn you out. Remember as humans we don’t like anything that restricts our freedom.
I personally don’t have a cheat day but whenever I crave junk food so bad I can’t control myself. I declare that day to be a cheat day. Since this doesn’t happen often, I don’t see it as a problem and it works for me. If it will work for you, then you can try this.
If you have too stringent rules and you break them once, this might be a catalyst to further break them. That’s why having a cheat meal/day works.

6. Stay Positive, Be Happy
Avoid stress, do things that make you happy. Negative emotions such as boredom, loneliness, depression can lead to bad eating habits and lack of motivation to cook your own meals. Learn how to be genuinely happy here.

7. Be fit 
You rarely see fit people with bad eating habits — not that they don’t indulge in bad eating habits but when you compare with people that are not fit, it’s significantly lower. This is because being fit helps to reduce stress and improves your mood — one of the causes of poor nutrition. Also being fit makes you fall in love with your body and do anything that will alter it. And don’t forget the hormone “leptin”. It’s in normal level in fit people — and helps prevent weight gain by suppressing appetite until weight loss.
If you are not fit yet, you can begin your journey here.

Conclusion
We have discussed some bad eating habits and the effects they have on our health. Remember no matter how much workouts you do, you won’t get the desired result without the right nutrition.
Think about workouts as the piece that completes the fitness puzzle.
Some habits to help improve your nutrition have also been discussed. There are others of course that you should also pay attention to.

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In the deep region of Ratanakiri in northeastern Cambodia lie the Kreung people. A people invested in agriculture, electricity is a strange occurrence. Food, shelter and love are the principal needs of these people.

Unlike cultures where smoking and drinking is not allowed, teenage boys and girls have free will to. Also, in the areas of love, there is the belief that finding the right man requires a deep search through s*x in the “love huts”.



Once a girl clocks 13, her father builds a hut where a girl can s*xually experiment with any boy she likes.

Boys in Kreung are taught to be respectful towards girls. Because their respect for girls will determine if they will continue to maintain the number of livestock they have, they are at the liberty of responding politely to sleeping with her or just talking when they get invited to the hut.

Owing to this cultural uniqueness, the Kreung people forbid divorce. The community encourages girls to have as many boyfriends as she wants and can invite them at the same time into the hut. Jealousy and rape are unheard of.

Once she no longer finds him attractive, she can leave him for another. Despite these relations, they cannot be seen in the public with their lover unless they are engaged or married.

On the cases of pregnancy, the girl chooses who she opines will be best to raise the unborn child.
Despite the existence of this culture, HIV/AIDS was not detected in the country until 1991. From then until 2003, Cambodia had one of the highest HIV/AIDS occurrences in Asia.

However, because of modernisation and the rigorous attempt by the Royal Government of Cambodia, this culture is no longer as rampant as before.

Source:

guardian.ng/life/cambodia-community-where-girls-sleep-with-multiple-men-to-find-the-one/

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Everything you need to live well

In the deep region of Ratanakiri in northeastern Cambodia lie the Kreung people. A people invested in agriculture, electricity is a strange occurrence. Food, shelter and love are the principal needs of these people.

Unlike cultures where smoking and drinking is not allowed, teenage boys and girls have free will to. Also, in the areas of love, there is the belief that finding the right man requires a deep search through s*x in the “love huts”.



Once a girl clocks 13, her father builds a hut where a girl can s*xually experiment with any boy she likes.

Boys in Kreung are taught to be respectful towards girls. Because their respect for girls will determine if they will continue to maintain the number of livestock they have, they are at the liberty of responding politely to sleeping with her or just talking when they get invited to the hut.

Owing to this cultural uniqueness, the Kreung people forbid divorce. The community encourages girls to have as many boyfriends as she wants and can invite them at the same time into the hut. Jealousy and rape are unheard of.

Once she no longer finds him attractive, she can leave him for another. Despite these relations, they cannot be seen in the public with their lover unless they are engaged or married.

On the cases of pregnancy, the girl chooses who she opines will be best to raise the unborn child.
Despite the existence of this culture, HIV/AIDS was not detected in the country until 1991. From then until 2003, Cambodia had one of the highest HIV/AIDS occurrences in Asia.

However, because of modernisation and the rigorous attempt by the Royal Government of Cambodia, this culture is no longer as rampant as before.

Source:

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The good news in a new Washington Post Fact Checker poll is that most Americans don’t believe the various untrue claims that President Trump makes. Nearly two-thirds of respondents, for example, know that Russia tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, more than four times the percentage which said Russia didn’t.

Trump, of course, has consistently tried to muddy the water on that issue and, unsurprisingly, those who strongly approve of Trump’s job performance are about as likely to believe Russia didn’t interfere than it did. Even Republicans overall, by a 2-to-1 margin, accept that Russia tried to interfere.

There’s another group worth considering in this context: Those who identify Fox News as one of their main news sources. Compared with those who identify other cable news networks as a primary news source or those who identify newspapers or NPR in the same way, Fox News watchers are much more likely to accept Trump’s view of Russian interference.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/14/media-consumers-most-likely-believe-trumps-falsehoods-fox-news-watchers/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.480fe53cd55d