Trump approves plan to cap refugees at 18,000 in 2020

President Donald Trump has signed off on a plan that continues a dramatic drop in the number of refugees taken in by the U.S. to no more than 18,000 in fiscal year 2020.

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When the State Department first announced the plan in September religious and humanitarian groups sharply criticized the administration.

In the last full year of the Obama administration, the refugee ceiling was 85,000. This year, the Trump administration set the limit at 30,000. That number was the lowest since the modern resettlement program’s creation in 1980.

In a statement issued Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo noted that refugee resettlement “is only one aspect of U.S. humanitarian-based immigration efforts.” He cited diplomatic efforts to find solutions to crises as well as humanitarian aid.

Aramco chairman expects strong demand for IPO from global institutions – Al Arabiya

DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco chairman, Yasir al-Rumayyan, expects strong demand from global institutions for Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO), he told Al Arabiya news channel.

Saudi Arabia’s state oil company kick-started its initial public offering (IPO) on Sunday, announcing its intention to float on the domestic bourse in what could be the world’s biggest listing as the kingdom seeks to diversify its economy away from oil. (Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; writing by Saeed Azhar, editing by Davide Barbuscia)

How to move beyond diversity to inclusion and belonging

How one Edward Jones managing partner defines ‘diversity’ in the workplace

Edward Jones managing partner Penny Pennington explains the difference between a workplace that’s diverse, versus inclusive and finally gives employees a sense of belonging.

Many corporations are making strides to ensure their workplaces are more diverse and have various perspectives at the table.

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Edward Jones managing partner Penny Pennington spoke to FOX Business about how important the conversation of diversity is.

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She explained the difference between a workplace that's diverse versus inclusive.

“Diversity you can count. Diversity is often the things that you can see about people. Inclusion is the next important element that unlocks diversity, and inclusion you can feel. But belonging is the end game.”

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Belonging, she said, brings a sense of purpose to employees and is what all workplaces should work toward.

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"Belonging is where I know that I am welcomed into the endeavor, that my voice, my perspective counts and that I feel like I matter," Pennington said.

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UK PM Johnson says my deal is only way to get Brexit done

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his failure to deliver Brexit last week as he had promised was a “matter of deep regret”, but his deal remained to only way to get Britain out of the bloc.

“The only way out of the EU now, the only way to get Brexit done, is to go with the deal that we’ve got,” he told Sky News in an interview at the start of his campaign for next month’s election.

Al-Baghdadi’s death a ‘milestone’ in fight against ISIS: NATO chief

NATO’s secretary general says the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a “milestone” in the fight against the extremist group but is cautioning that the struggle is far from over.

NATO Jens Stoltenberg told Germany’s Bild newspaper on Sunday that IS once controlled a vast area in Syria and Iraq and the international anti-IS coalition, of which NATO is a part, needs to “ensure that it doesn’t return.”

Trump ‘Needs To Tweet Like We Need To Eat,’ Kellyanne Conway Says

President Donald Trump’s prolific tweeting stems from a fundamental need, according to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.

“He needs to tweet like we need to eat,” she told The New York Times in a recent interview, adding that Twitter is perhaps the president’s most powerful weapon in getting his message out to the world.

“It’s the democratization of information,” she said.

Regardless of who Trump’s Twitter followers are, “they all hear ‘ping’ at the same time,” Conway said.

Conway’s husband, George Conway, is also an avid Twitter user. A vocal critic of the president’s, he often uses the platform to skewer his wife’s boss. 

The Times published Conway’s comments on Saturday as part of a comprehensive interactive feature about Trump’s presidential Twitter habits.

According to the Times, Trump has tweeted more than 11,300 times since taking office. More than half of those tweets were attacks on someone or something, the paper said, including about 1,300 tweets that attacked news organizations and about 850 that targeted minority groups.

Trump has also tweeted praise at times ― mostly for himself.

The Times said 2,026 of his tweets “praised President Trump.” 

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1 million car charging points in Germany by 2030: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to drastically increase the number of charging stations for electric cars in Germany to give consumers more confidence to switch over to electric from internal combustion engines.

Speaking in her weekly video podcast Sunday, Merkel said she wants Germany to have 1 million charging stations by 2030. Germany currently has about 21,000 charging stations.

The comments come ahead of her meeting Monday with automobile industry executives as part of efforts to help Germany’s transport sector meet emissions targets.

In addition to talking about Germany’s charging infrastructure, Merkel says those at the meeting will discuss government and industry incentives for electric cars and how to protect auto industry jobs amid the transition to producing more environmentally friendly vehicles. She says the development of hydrogen-powered cars can also play a role.

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